Paul John Heaton (born 24 January 1961) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder for Oldham Athletic and Rochdale.
In 1986, he moved to Finland to play for Rovaniemen Palloseura, Kuusysi Lahti, PU-62 Mikkeli, and Kajaanin Haka. He then became a coach at FC Tarmo and FC Haka. [1]
Paul David Heaton is an English singer-songwriter. He was the frontman of the Housemartins, who had success with the singles "Happy Hour" and the UK number one "Caravan of Love" in 1986 before disbanding in 1988. He then formed The Beautiful South, whose debut single and album were released in 1989 to commercial success. They had a series of hits throughout the 1990s, including the number-one single "A Little Time". They disbanded in 2007. He subsequently pursued a solo career, which produced three albums, and in 2014 he released What Have We Become?, a collaboration with former Beautiful South vocalist Jacqui Abbott. As of 2022, he has recorded four more albums with her: Wisdom, Laughter and Lines in 2015, Crooked Calypso in 2017, Manchester Calling in 2020 and N.K-Pop in 2022.
Rochdale Association Football Club is a professional football club based in the town of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. The team currently compete in the National League, the fifth tier of the English league system. Nicknamed 'The Dale', they have played home matches at Spotland Stadium since 1920 and contested derby matches with now expelled Bury.
FC Haka is a Finnish football club based in the industrial town of Valkeakoski. It competes in Finland's premier division of football, Veikkausliiga. It is one of the most successful clubs in Finland, with nine Finnish championships and 12 Finnish Cup wins.
Thomas David Heaton is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Manchester United.
Teemu Mikael Tainio is a Finnish football coach and former player. He is the current head coach of FC Haka.
Toni Kuivasto is a retired Finnish footballer who last played for Veikkausliigaside FC Haka.
Ian Henderson is an English professional footballer who currently plays for Rochdale. Henderson has played most of his career as a forward, but he has also been used in various midfield roles, he can operate on both sides of the pitch as a winger, and has captained his club on numerous occasions. Henderson is Rochdale's all-time leading goalscorer.
Stephen John Parkin is an English football manager and former player who played as a defender. As of 2021, he serves as the assistant manager at Wrexham. He played for Mansfield Town, Stoke City and West Bromwich Albion and has been manager of Barnsley, Mansfield Town and Rochdale.
Péter Kovács is a Hungarian former professional footballer played as a forward for Újpest and Érd in Hungary, for La Neuveville-Lamboing in Switzerland, for Lahti and Haka in Finland, for Tromsø, Viking, Strømsgodset, Odd Grenland, Sarpsborg 08, Sandefjord and Arendal in Norway, and for Lierse in Belgium.
Valeri Aleksandrovich Popovitch is a Russian former football forward. Popovitch is the all-time scoring leader of FC Haka. After his contract ended with HJK in 2010, he joined Ilves Tampere playing in Kakkonen, as a player-coach, signing a two-year contract. Currently he is a youth coach at FC Haka.
Shayne McMenemy is a former Ireland international rugby league footballer who played as a back rower in the 1990s and 2000s. He played club football in Australia for the Western Suburbs Magpies and WA Reds, and in England for the Rochdale Hornets, Oldham, Halifax and Hull FC.
The 2001 season was the 71st completed season of Finnish Football League Championship, known as the Veikkausliiga. At the same time it was the 12th season of the Veikkausliiga.
Derrick Parker is an English retired professional footballer who played as a striker. He played for six different teams in the Football League during his career, as well as having a spell in Finland with Haka Valkeakoski. He also played for several non-league clubs.
Jeffrey Heaton is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s who became a St Helens R.F.C. Hall of Fame inductee. He played at club level for St. Helens, Liverpool City/Huyton and Rochdale Hornets, as a scrum-half, i.e. number 7.
Paul Cuddy is an English former professional footballer who played as a central defender in the Football League for Rochdale before embarking on a long playing and managerial career in semi-professional football. He has played three times for the England semi-professional side.
The Lancashire County Rugby Football Union is the society responsible for rugby union in the county of Lancashire, England, and is one of the constituent bodies of the national Rugby Football Union having been formed in 1881. In addition it is the county that has won the County Championship on most occasions
Paul Wheatcroft is an English footballer who played as a forward. He started his career as a youth at Manchester United before joining Bolton Wanderers in 2000, being loaned out to Rochdale and Mansfield Town. In 2002, he then joined Scunthorpe United before dropping into non-League football with Southport, Stalybridge Celtic and Radcliffe Borough, where he was loaned to with Rossendale United.
Joel Paul Antonio Taylor is an English footballer who plays as a left back for Chester FC in the National League North.
Maximus Tainio is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Finnish club AC Oulu. He is the son of former footballer Teemu Tainio.