Paul Casey (footballer, born 1961)

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Paul Casey
Personal information
Full name Paul Casey [1]
Date of birth (1961-10-06) 6 October 1961 (age 61) [1]
Place of birth Rinteln, [1] Germany
Position(s) Full-back
Youth career
Sheffield United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1979–1982 Sheffield United 25 (1)
1982–1988 Boston United 217 (11)
1988–1991 Lincoln City 59 (4)
1991–1996 Boston United 156 (2)
1996–1999 Lincoln United
1999–? Wyberton
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul Casey (born 6 October 1961) is an English former footballer who played as a full-back, making 74 appearances in the Football League for Sheffield United and Lincoln City. [1] [2]

Career

Casey was born in Rinteln, Lower Saxony. [1] He began his football career as an apprentice with Sheffield United, playing 25 times for the club in the league [2] and helping the club win the Fourth Division title in 1981–82, but was then released and joined Alliance Premier League club Boston United. [3] He played more than 250 first-team games, including an appearance in the 1985 FA Trophy final, and was the club's player of the season in 1983–84, before moving to Lincoln City in April 1988 for a £13,000 fee. [4] [5] He played the last ten matches of that season as Lincoln clinched the Football Conference title, and went on to make 69 first-team appearances [1] before returning to Boston in 1991. He stayed at Boston for another five seasons, in the Conference and the Northern Premier League, then moved on to Lincoln United. [4]

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References

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