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]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paul Anthony Birch[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 3 December 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Reading, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1986 | Arsenal | ||
| 1986–1987 | Portsmouth | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1988 | Brentford | 18 | (2) |
| Rothwell Town | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career statistics edit
| 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 | ||
- ^ Appearance in Football League Trophy
References edit
- ^ "Paul Birch". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ Rollin, Jack (1988). Rothmans Football Yearbook: 1988–89. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 82. ISBN 0-356-15880-2.
- ^ Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 21. ISBN 978-0955294914.
- ^ Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2011). The Big Brentford Book of the Eighties. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. p. 367. ISBN 978-1906796716.
- ^ a b White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 399–400. ISBN 0951526200.
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