Paul_Roberts_(footballer,_born_1962)
Paul Roberts (footballer, born 1962)
English footballer
Paul Roberts (born 27 April 1962) is an English former professional footballer who played as a full back, making over 400 appearances in the Football League.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1962-04-27) 27 April 1962 (age 61) | ||
Place of birth | West Ham, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Full back | ||
Youth career | |||
19xx–1978 | Millwall | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1978–1983 | Millwall | 146 | (0) |
1983–1985 | Brentford | 62 | (0) |
1985–1986 | Swindon Town | 27 | (0) |
1986–1987 | Southend United | 38 | (0) |
1987–1988 | Aldershot | 39 | (0) |
1988 | Leytonstone & Ilford | ? | (?) |
1988 | Exeter City | 3 | (0) |
1988–1990 | Southend United | 54 | (0) |
1990–1992 | Fisher Athletic | ? | (?) |
1992–1994 | Colchester United | 63 | (1) |
1994 | Chesham United | ? | (?) |
Total | 432 | (1) | |
Managerial career | |||
1994–95 | Chesham United | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Born in West Ham, Roberts began his career as an apprentice at Millwall, making his senior debut in 1978. Roberts also played for Brentford, Swindon Town, Southend United, Aldershot, Leytonstone & Ilford, Exeter City, Fisher Athletic, Colchester United and Chesham United. He was player-manager of Chesham during the 1994–95 season, which saw them relegated from the Isthmian League Premier Division.[2] He later became a London Cab driver.[3]
Club
- Millwall[4]
- FA Youth Cup winner: 1978–79
- Swindon Town[5]
- Football Conference winner: 1991–92
- FA Trophy winner: 1991–92
Individual
- Millwall Player of the Year: 1981
- Colchester United Player of the Year: 1993[7]
- Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 340. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
- Chesham United Archived 8 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine Non-League Club Directory
- U's double-winning stars of 1991-92, Part Six: Paul Roberts East Anglian Daily Times, 4 June 2012
- "FA Trophy Honours". Coludaybyday.co.uk.
- "Tier Four (League Two) Honours". Coludaybyday.co.uk.
- "Conference Honours". Coludaybyday.co.uk.
- "Colchester United Player of the Season". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2020.[dead link]
- Paul Roberts at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
- Paul Roberts at Coludata.co.uk
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