Paul Birch (footballer, born 1968)

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Paul Birch
Personal information
Full name Paul Anthony Birch[1]
Date of birth (1968-12-03) 3 December 1968 (age 55)
Place of birth Reading, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
0000–1986 Arsenal
1986–1987 Portsmouth
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1988 Brentford 18 (2)
Rothwell Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul Anthony Birch (born 3 December 1968) is an English retired professional footballer who played in the Football League for Brentford as a forward.[3] He quit League football in October 1988 to become an estate agent.[4]

Career statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brentford 1987–88[5] Third Division 16 2 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 17 2
1988–89[5] 2 0 1 0 3 0
Career total 18 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 20 2
  1. ^ Appearance in Football League Trophy

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Paul Birch". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  2. ^ Rollin, Jack (1988). Rothmans Football Yearbook: 1988–89. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 82. ISBN 0-356-15880-2.
  3. ^ Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 21. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  4. ^ Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2011). The Big Brentford Book of the Eighties. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. p. 367. ISBN 978-1906796716.
  5. ^ a b White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 399–400. ISBN 0951526200.