Paul Stewart (footballer)
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| Paul Stewart | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | October 7, 1964 | |
| Place of birth | Manchester, England | |
| Height | 5ft 11ins | |
| Playing position | Forward | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1981-87 1987-88 1988-92 1992-96 1994 1994 1995 1995 1996-97 1997-98 |
Blackpool Manchester City Tottenham Hotspur Liverpool Crystal Palace (loan) Wolves (loan) Burnley (loan) Sunderland (loan) Sunderland Stoke City |
201 (56) 51 (26) 131 (28) 32 (1) 18 (3) 8 (2) 6 (0) 2 (0) 34 (5) 21 (3) |
| National team | ||
| 1988 1992 |
England Under-21 England |
1 (?) 3 (0) |
|
1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Paul Stewart (born 7 October 1964 in Manchester) is an English former professional footballer who played for the full England side.
Stewart started his career as an apprentice with Blackpool, turning professional in October 1981. He made his debut for the Seasiders as a substitute for Dave Bamber in a home draw with Rochdale on February 10, 1982. For the remainder of the season, he alternated between midfield and forward. It wasn't until Sam Ellis' taking over as manager from Allan Brown that Stewart found his true role, at centre-forward. In his final season (1985-86) with the Tangerines, he notched-up 21 goals and helped Mark Taylor net 14.[1]
After over 200 first team appearances, he joined Manchester City in March 1987 for a fee of £250,000, then a welcomed record for hard-up Blackpool. On November 7, 1987 he was one of three players, the others being David White and Tony Adcock to score a hat-trick in a 10-1 victory over Huddersfield Town.
In total that season, he scored 24 goals, convincing Terry Venables to sign him in June 1988 for Tottenham Hotspur for £1.7m (a portion of which went to his first club, Blackpool). Stewart made his debut for Spurs on 1 October 1988, as a substitute in a 2-2 draw at home to Manchester United. Bought as a striker, when his goals dried up, he was successfully converted to a midfield role and went on to win full England honours.
On January 5, 1991, Stewart returned to Bloomfield Road to score the only goal in Spurs' FA Cup third-round win.
Stewart was transferred to Liverpool during in July 1992 for £2.3m, but was less successful at Anfield than he had been at his previous clubs. He had loan spells at Crystal Palace (January 1994), Wolverhampton Wanderers (September 1994), Burnley (February 1995) and Sunderland (August-November 1995), before joining Sunderland on a free transfer in March 1996. His last move to a professional team came in July 1997, when he joined Stoke City on a free transfer. He played 24 times for Stoke before leaving league football at the end of the season, joining non-league side Workington.
Now retired, he lives in Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire.
[edit] Trivia
- Stewart is one of very few players to have played in six different local derby matches.
[edit] References
- ^ Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record: 1887-1992. Breedon Books.
[edit] External links
Categories: 1964 births | Living people | English footballers | Blackpool F.C. players | Manchester City F.C. players | Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players | Liverpool F.C. players | England under-21 international footballers | England international footballers | Crystal Palace F.C. players | Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players | Burnley F.C. players | Sunderland A.F.C. players | Stoke City F.C. players | Workington A.F.C. players | Footballers from Manchester
