Paul Holsgrove

Paul Holsgrove
Personal information
Full name Paul Holsgrove[1]
Date of birth (1969-08-26) 26 August 1969[1]
Place of birth Wellington, Shropshire, England[1]
Height 6 ft 02 in (1.88 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1990 Aldershot 3 (0)
1990 Farnborough Town
1990–1991 Wokingham Town
1991 Luton Town 2 (0)
1991–1992 Heracles Almelo 21 (6)
1992–1994 Millwall 11 (0)
1994–1997 Reading 70 (6)
1997 → Grimsby Town (loan) 10 (0)
1997–1998 Crewe Alexandra 8 (1)
1998 Stoke City 12 (1)
1998 Brighton & Hove Albion 0 (0)
1998–1999 Hibernian 17 (1)
1999 → Airdrieonians (loan) 4 (0)
2000 Darlington 3 (0)
2000 Hayes 30 (0)
2000–01 Slough Town 32 (3)
2001 Windsor & Eton
Total 223 (18)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Paul Holsgrove (born 26 August 1969) is an English former professional football player who played as a midfielder.

He played professional football from 1987 until 2001 and played in three countries, His native England, Netherlands and Scotland. Holsgrove played for Aldershot, Wokingham Town, Luton Town, Heracles Almelo, Millwall, Reading, Grimsby Town, Crewe Alexandra, Stoke City, Hibernian, Airdrieonians, Darlington, Hayes, Slough Town and Windsor & Eton.[1]

Career

Holsgrove was born in Wellington, Shropshire and began his career with Aldershot. He played for the Shots four times, after which he dropped into non-League, playing for Farnborough Town and Wokingham Town.[2] Following failed trials at Wimbledon and West Bromwich Albion he joined Luton Town. Holsgrove only played twice for the Hatters in two seasons at Kenilworth Road and then decided to move to the Netherlands to play for Eerste Divisie side Heracles Almelo.

Holsgrove played 21 times for "Heraclieden" scoring six goals for the 1991–92 season before returning to England. He joined Millwall in August 1993 where he played 15 times in 1992–93 but injury kept him out of the 1993–94 season. He joined Reading in August 1994 and played 29 times in 1994–95 scoring four goals. He played in 37 games in 1995–96 and 17 times in 1996–97 before finding himself out of the side in 1997–98. He joined Grimsby Town on loan playing in ten matches in two months.[3]

He left Reading to join Crewe Alexandra on a non-contract basis in November 1997 and played nine times for the Alex before joining Stoke City in January 1998.[1] He played 12 times for Stoke scoring once which came in a 1–1 draw with Ipswich Town on 7 February 1998. He left Stoke after they suffered relegation and he went on to play for Hibernian, Airdrieonians, Darlington, Hayes, Slough Town and Windsor & Eton.[1]

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aldershot 1985–86 Fourth Division 0000001010
1986–87 Fourth Division 0000000000
1987–88 Third Division 2000000020
1988–89 Third Division 1000000010
Luton Town 1990–91 First Division 1000000010
1991–92 First Division 1000000010
Heracles Almelo 1991–92 Eerste Divisie 216000000216
Millwall 1992–93 First Division 110101020150
1993–94 First Division 0000000000
Reading 1994–95 First Division 243104100294
1995–96 First Division 301205000371
1996–97 First Division 142201000172
1997–98 First Division 2000100030
Grimsby Town (loan) 1997–98 Second Division 100000000100
Crewe Alexandra 1997–98 First Division 8110000091
Stoke City 1997–98 First Division 121000000121
Hibernian 1998–99 Scottish First Division 171002000191
Airdrieonians 1999–2000 Scottish First Division 4000000040
Darlington 1999–2000 Third Division 3000001040
2000–01 Third Division 0000000000
Hayes 2001–02 Conference National 300000000300
Career Total 19115701414021616
A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Anglo-Italian Cup, Football League Trophy.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Lowe, Simon (2000). Stoke City The Modern Era – A Complete Record. Desert Island Books. ISBN 1-874287-39-2.
  2. ↑ Paul Holsgrove Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database
  3. ↑ "Paul Holsgrove". The Fishy. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
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