Paul Tisdale
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| Paul Tisdale | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Paul Tisdale | |
| Date of birth | January 14, 1973 (age 34) | |
| Place of birth | Valletta, Malta | |
| Height | 5 ft 9 ins | |
| Nickname | Tis | |
| Playing position | Manager (former Midfielder) |
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| Club information | ||
| Current club | Exeter City | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1987-1991 | Southampton | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1991-1997 1992 1996 1997-1998 1997-1998 1998 1998 1998-1999 1999-2000 |
Southampton Northampton (loan) Huddersfield (loan) Bristol City Exeter City (loan) Dundee United (loan) FinnPa Panionios Yeovil Town |
16 (1) 5 (0) 2 (0) 6 (0) 10 (1) 0 (0) ? (?) ? (?) 15 (1) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 2001-2006 2006- |
Team Bath Exeter City |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Paul Tisdale (born January 14, 1973 in Malta) is an ex-professional footballer, and the current manager of Exeter City F.C..
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[edit] Playing career
[edit] Southampton
A former England youth international, Tisdale came through the youth system at Southampton. He signed as a professional in June 1991. He was loaned out to Northampton Town at the end of the 1991-92 season, where he made 5 league appearances.
He eventually made his Southampton debut in a League Cup game against Huddersfield Town on 5 October 1994. Unfortunately, at this time Southampton were enduring frequent changes of manager and, as a result, Tisdale never had a settled run in the first team. Having played his last senior game for Southampton on 27 April 1996, he again went out on loan in the 1996-97 season, this time to Huddersfield Town, where he made only 2 appearances.
In his time at Southampton he made a total of 18 first team appearances, scoring 1 goal, against Manchester City on 16 March 1996, when he took one touch and delicately lifted the ball over goalkeeper Eike Immel. Following the departure of mentor David Merrington, Tisdale moved to Bristol City in August 1997.
[edit] Bristol City and after
At Bristol City his appearances were limited. It was while at Bristol City that Tisdale got his first taste of life at Exeter, on a 3 month loan in the 1997-98 season. He left Ashton Gate after just 1 year, and began a globe-trotting career, playing for FinnPa (Finland) and Panionios (Greece) before returning to spend a year with Yeovil Town.
[edit] Coaching and management
[edit] Team Bath
Injury forced him to end his career early, and he took a coaching role with Team Bath in 2000. His time at the University of Bath side is best remembered for the FA Cup run in the 2002-03 season, in which they became the first university team to enter the competition since Gonville & Caius in 1881. Team Bath entered in the preliminary round and advanced through four qualifying rounds to the first round proper, before losing to Mansfield Town. At Team Bath, he had a great deal of success, earning four promotions.
[edit] Exeter City
Paul Tisdale's achievements at Team Bath prompted Exeter City to appoint him as their manager on June 26 2006.
The appointment received a mixed reception from the Grecian faithful, who, having been promised a wily, experienced campaigner, were surprised that their new leader was a coach from the University of Bath and not a gaffa from the School of Hard Knocks.
Following a major summer clearout under predecessor Alex Inglethorpe, three of Tisdale's four pre-season signings were defenders. Classy centre-half Rob Edwards was the one key first-teamer, with Jon Richardson, Patrick Ada and Bertie Cozic brought in as versatile squad men. The transfer window closed with City boasting just three strikers and no winger, much to the alarm of many Grecians.
However, Tiz's neat footballing style was warmly welcomed at St James Park, with his side's patient approach and desire to pass the ball in all areas of the pitch catching the eye amid the rough and tumble of the Conference League. City were too-often blunt in attack - never more so than in a 1-0 defeat at Burton, live on Sky TV - but they stayed among the play-off contenders courtesy of an efficient record against lesser sides and a host of draws against stronger sides. Around the turn of the year, home wins against high-flying Oxford and Dagenham showed the quality in Tiz's side.
Late in 2006, Tisdale finally got himself a winger by re-signing Wayne Carlisle, and in the Janaury 2007 transfer window he recruited full-back Steve Tully, wide man Lee Elam and striker Richard Logan from Weymouth.
[edit] External links
| Exeter City F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Rice | 3 B. Jones | 4 Gill | 6 Todd | 7 Taylor | 8 Mackie | 9 Stansfield | 10 Challinor | 11 Phillips | 14 Cozic | 15 Edwards | 18 Tully | 19 Richardson | 20 Logan | 21 Moxey | 22 Elam | 27 P. Jones | 29 Carlisle | 33 Buckle | Manager: Tisdale |
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