Paul Crosbie

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Paul Crosbie
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-11-25) 25 November 1976 (age 47)
Place of birth Dumfries, Scotland [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
ProvoPool Celtic
International career
2004–2006 Turks & Caicos Islands 4 (0)
Managerial career
2003–2006 Turks & Caicos Islands
2012–2014 March Town United
2016– Huntingdon Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul Crosbie (born 25 November 1976) is a football player and manager who manages English non-league team Huntingdon Town.

Contents

Football career

Managerial

Crosbie was a community football coach for Wimbledon between 1998 and 2003 but was made redundant due to the club's financial position. When unemployed, he found a job opening on the internet for the Technical Director position at the Turks and Caicos Islands Football Association, two weeks after first hearing of the Islands at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. [2] [3]

Crosbie became manager of the Turks and Caicos Islands national team in August 2003. [4]

In June 2012, Crosbie became manager of English non-league team March Town United [5] [6] and he joined the Huntingdon Town coaching staff in June 2016. [7]

Playing

He made four international appearances for Turks and Caicos Islands between 2004 and 2006, [8] appearing in two 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches for them. [9]

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References

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  5. Rob Setchell (5 June 2012). "BREAKING NEWS: Paul Crosbie appointed as March Town United manager". Cambs Times. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  6. "MARCH APPOINT CROSBIE". NonLeagueDaily.com. 6 June 2012. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. Ex-international player and manager joins the coaching staff and Huntingdon Town also celebrate new backing boost - HuntsPost
  8. Paul Crosbie at National-Football-Teams.com
  9. Paul Crosbie FIFA competition record (archived)