Paul Tait (footballer, born 1974)

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Paul Tait
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-10-24) 24 October 1974 (age 49)
Place of birth Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Wallsend Boys Club
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1993–1994 Everton 0 (0)
1994–1995 Wigan Athletic 5 (0)
1995–1996 Runcorn
1996–1999 Northwich Victoria 157 (65)
1999–2002 Crewe Alexandra 64 (22)
2001 → Hull City (loan) 2 (0)
2002–2004 Bristol Rovers 74 (44)
2004–2006 Rochdale 47 (23)
2006 Chester City 29 (18)
2006 Boston United 14 (8)
2006–2007 Southport 14 (2)
2007–2008 Northwich Victoria 34 (26)
2008–2009 Barrow 24 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 May 2009

Paul Tait (born 24 October 1974) is an English former professional footballer and current manager of Everton Football Club U21's who played as a striker. Tait is a former wallsend boys club player. An Everton trainee who became a much travelled player having played for ten different clubs with his most productive spell coming at Crewe Alex between 1999 and 2002 Bristol Rovers between 2002 and 2004.

At Chester City, Tait was the final first-team player signed by Keith Curle just over a week before the manager was released in January 2006. He then played under Mark Wright and subsequently moved on to Boston United three months later.

He signed for Southport in January 2007 after initially being on loan from Boston United, although his Southport career was hampered by a serious facial injury that sidelined him for much of January 2007 and onwards. [1] He was released by Southport in May 2007 and returned to Northwich two months later. After being placed on the transfer list by manager Dino Maamria. [2] Tait moved on to Barrow whom he helped gain promotion to Conference National in 2008 scoring in both play off semi-finals. He then joined Everton in a full time coaching role and left by the Bluebirds in May 2008. He has had a very successful coaching career to date involved in the development of players such as Ross Barkley ,Kieran Dowell and Anthony Gordon

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References

  1. ↑ Tait leaves Boston for Southport
  2. ↑ "Trio transfer-listed by Northwich". BBC News. 15 November 2007. Retrieved 26 August 2009.
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