Paul Edwards (footballer, born 1980)

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Paul Edwards
Personal information
Full name Paul Edwards [1]
Date of birth (1980-01-01) 1 January 1980 (age 44) [2]
Place of birth Manchester, England [2]
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [3]
Position(s) Left-back; winger
Youth career
Manchester City
Crewe Alexandra
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1996–199? Ashton United
199?–199? Curzon Ashton
1998 Doncaster Rovers 9 (0)
1998–200? Leigh Genesis
2000–2001 Altrincham 9 (0)
2001–2002 Swindon Town 14 (0)
2002–2004 Wrexham 79 (4)
2004–2005 Blackpool 28 (3)
2005–2007 Oldham Athletic 60 (0)
2007–2009 Port Vale 56 (2)
2010–2011 Barrow 55 (0)
2011–2012 Fleetwood Town 7 (0)
2012 → Mansfield Town (loan) 3 (0)
2012 → Barrow (loan) 4 (0)
2013–2014 Barrow 21 (0)
Total336(9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul Edwards (born 1 January 1980) is an English former footballer. He made 246 league appearances in the English Football League.

Contents

Starting in non-League football, he played for Ashton United and Curzon Ashton before briefly appearing with League club Doncaster Rovers in 1997. Spells at Knutsford Town and Altrincham followed before he was picked up by Swindon Town in 1999. After three years, he moved on to Welsh club Wrexham before switching to Blackpool for the 2004–05 season. After two years with Oldham Athletic, he signed with Port Vale in summer 2007. After two years with Vale, he dropped into the Conference to play for Barrow. Having won the FA Trophy with the club in 2010, he switched clubs to Fleetwood Town the following year. He joined Mansfield Town on loan in January 2012, before joining Barrow on loan two months later. He spent a year out of the game before re-signing with Barrow in August 2013.

Career

Early career

Born in Manchester, Edwards started his career with Crewe Alexandra, never making the first-team he dropped into non-League football with Ashton United, [4] He went on to play for Curzon Ashton, before signing with Doncaster Rovers and making nine Third Division appearances during the second half of the 1997–98 season. He left Belle Vue as Danny Bergara's "Donny" were relegated in last place at the end of the campaign. He returned to non-League football with Leigh Genesis and then Altrincham, featuring in nine Northern Premier League Premier Division games for "Alty" during the 2000–01 season. He returned to the Football League with Second Division club Swindon Town for the start of the 2001–02 season following a successful trial spell. [5] After the season finished he refused a new contract with Swindon and instead signed with Welsh club Wrexham in June 2002; Swindon received an appearance-based transfer fee from Wrexham. [5] [6] He spent two seasons at the Racecourse Ground before rejecting a new contract with the club, [7] instead joining Blackpool. [8] After 31 games for the "Seasiders" in the 2004–05 season he joined Oldham Athletic on a free transfer in May 2005. [9]

Port Vale

Rejecting a new deal at Oldham, Edwards signed with Port Vale in June 2007. [10] After not making much of an impression at Vale Park he was placed on the transfer list. After hearing about this, he gave an outburst in The Sentinel claiming he was the best player playing at Port Vale. Despite denying the remarks, [11] he was booed onto the pitch the following game against AFC Bournemouth. [12] Vale lost that game 3–1 but the game after that against Yeovil Town saw Edwards answer his critics as he scored in a 2–2 draw. [13]

During the build-up to the 2008–09, Edwards suffered an ankle injury in pre-season that threatened to cut short his Port Vale career. However, after overcoming this, he soon returned to the bench after superb performances in the reserves. He came on during Vale's 2–1 home defeat to Notts County and was arguably the best player with his trickery and pace on the left of midfield. He found himself back in the first team the following week and gave a man of the match performance against Shrewsbury Town on 11 October 2008 at the New Meadow, which Vale won 2–1. [14] Following the conclusion of the season he was offered a new contract, but after the appointment of new manager Micky Adams the offer was withdrawn. [15]

Barrow

It had been suggested that he would link up again with John Sheridan, his manager at Oldham, now at Chesterfield. [15] But this came to nothing and after a brief trial with his former club Wrexham in late 2009, he signed for Barrow in March 2010, [16] and ironically made his debut against Wrexham later in the month. Two months he lifted his first trophy with the club after a 2–1 win over Stevenage Borough in the FA Trophy final at Wembley Stadium. [17] At the end of the season the club released left-back Gareth Jelleyman, with the intention that Edwards would fulfil this role the following season. [18] However, the club soon discovered that Edwards had also been offered a trial with Inverness Caledonian Thistle. [19] Edwards failed to gain a contract in Scotland however and returned to Barrow just after the start of the 2010–11 season. In May 2011 he was offered a new contract by Barrow, [20] having made a 43-game haul in the 2010–11 campaign.

Fleetwood Town and return to Barrow

In June 2011, he signed with Barrow's Conference rivals Fleetwood Town. [21] In January 2012 he joined Conference rivals Mansfield Town on a one-month loan, after manager Paul Cox had previously attempted to sign Edwards in the summer. [22] He played three games for the "Stags", before returning to Highbury. In March 2012, he re-joined former club Barrow on loan until 28 April. [23] He was released by Fleetwood in May 2012. [24] After a year out of the game, he returned to Barrow again, this time in the Conference North. [25] He played 25 games for the "Bluebirds" during the 2013–14 season, helping Darren Edmondson's side to an 11th-place finish.

Personal life

Edwards has a son, Devonte Redmond, who plays for Gulf United as a midfielder. [26]

Career statistics

ClubSeasonDivisionLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Doncaster Rovers 1997–98 [27] Third Division 9000000090
Altrincham 2000–01 [28] Northern Premier League
Premier Division		9000000090
Swindon Town 2001–02 [29] Second Division 14011001 [lower-alpha 1] 0161
Wrexham 2002–03 [30] Third Division38410202 [lower-alpha 1] 0434
2003–04 [31] Second Division41000101 [lower-alpha 1] 0430
Total794103030864
Blackpool 2004–05 [32] League One 28310002 [lower-alpha 1] 0313
Oldham Athletic 2005–06 [33] League One340201000370
2006–07 [34] League One26030102 [lower-alpha 2] 0320
Total600502020690
Port Vale 2007–08 [35] League One25220101 [lower-alpha 1] 0292
2008–09 [36] [37] League Two 310200000330
Total562401010622
Barrow 2009–10 [38] Conference National 120000000120
2010–11 [39] Conference National43000001 [lower-alpha 3] 0440
Total550000000550
Fleetwood Town 2011–12 [40] Conference National7000001 [lower-alpha 3] 080
Mansfield Town (loan) 2011–12 [40] Conference National3000000030
Barrow (loan) 2011–12 [40] Conference National4000000040
Barrow 2013–14 [2] Conference North 21020002 [lower-alpha 3] 0250
Career total [lower-alpha 4] 34591416013037810
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearance/s in the EFL Trophy.
  2. ↑ Appearance/s in the play-offs.
  3. 1 2 3 Appearance/s in the FA Trophy.
  4. ↑ Statistics between 1998 and 2001 not recorded.

Honours

Barrow

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