Paul Stewart (footballer)
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| Paul Stewart | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 7 October 1964 | |
| Place of birth | Manchester, England | |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in | |
| Playing position | Forward | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1981-1987 1987-1988 1988-1992 1992-1996 1994 1994 1995 1995 1996-1997 1997-1998 1998-2000 |
Blackpool Manchester City Tottenham Hotspur Liverpool → Crystal Palace (loan) → Wolves (loan) → Burnley (loan) → Sunderland (loan) Sunderland Stoke City Workington Career |
201 (56) 51 (26) 131 (28) 32 (1) 18 (3) 8 (2) 6 (0) 2 (0) 34 (5) 21 (3) 55 (15) 559 (139) |
| National team | ||
| 1988 1989-1992 1991-1992 |
England U21 England B England |
1 (1) 5 (1) 3 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Paul Alan 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 fourteen.[1]
After over 200 first team appearances, he joined Manchester City in March 1987 for a fee of £200,000, 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 when Tottenham beat Blackpool 1-0 in the Third Round of the FA Cup. It was the only time Stewart faced his first club.[2]
Stewart was transferred to Liverpool during in July 1992 for £2.3m, but was plagued by injuries over the next four seasons and made his final appearance for Liverpool during the 1993-94 season, although he was contracted to the Anfield club until March 1996.
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 and helped them win promotion to the Premier League as Division One champions. He was unable to keep them in the Premier League after their relegation he signed for Stoke City.
His spell at Stoke City was his last at senior club, and he played 24 games in the 1997-98 Division One campaign before retiring from senior football. Stoke were relegated to Division Two that season.
Stewart then signed for non-league side Workington.
He has since given up playing completely and now lives in Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire.
[edit] References
- ^ Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record: 1887-1992. Breedon Books.
- ^ "Matchday memories: Spurs visit Bloomfield Rd" - Blackpool Gazette
