Paul Stewart (soccer player)

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Paul Stewart
Personnel
Surname Paul Andrew Stewart
birthday October 7, 1964
place of birth Manchester ,  England
position Striker , midfielder
Juniors
Years station
1978-1981 Blackpool FC
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1981-1987 Blackpool FC 201 (56)
1987-1988 Manchester City 51 (26)
1988-1992 Tottenham Hotspur 131 (28)
1992-1996 Liverpool FC 32 0(1)
1994 →  Crystal Palace  (loan) 18 0(3)
1994 →  Wolverhampton Wanderers  (loan) 8 0(2)
1995 →  Burnley FC  (loan) 6 0(0)
1995 →  Sunderland AFC  (loan) 2 0(0)
1996-1997 Sunderland AFC 34 0(5)
1997-1998 Stoke City 22 0(3)
1998-2000 AFC Workington
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1988 England U-21 1 0(1)
1989-1992 England B 5 0(1)
1991-1992 England 3 0(0)
1 Only league games are given.

Paul Andrew Stewart (born October 7, 1964 in Manchester ) is a former English football player . He was known as a player who could be used in attack and midfield at the same time and who had his best time with Blackpool FC and Tottenham Hotspur . The greatest success for the three-time national team player was winning the FA Cup in 1991 with the "Spurs".

Athletic career

After football training in the youth department of Blackpool FC , he made his debut in February 1982 under coach Allan Brown in a fourth division duel with AFC Rochdale (1: 1) as a substitute for Dave Bamber . His position changed frequently between attack and midfield and only under Brown's successor Sam Ellis did he conquer the regular place as a center forward during the 1982/83 season. His hit rate was not necessarily high and one focus was that he put goals on teammates like John Deary or Eamonn O'Keefe . In 1985 he was promoted to the third division and in his last season 1986/87 he scored 21 goals (his strike partner Mark Taylor scored another fourteen times). Before the end of the season, he moved to the top English division at Manchester City in March 1987 - a transfer of 250,000 pounds that the financially weak Blackpool urgently needed to renovate.

With the "Citizens" he should contribute in the remaining games of the season with goals for relegation. Ultimately, however, this project failed and the club was only ranked second to last . The following year Stewart scored 24 league goals in 40 games and since Manchester could not return to the top class, he took the opportunity to play again in the elite class in mid-1988 when Tottenham Hotspur took him for a transfer fee of 1.7 million pounds committed (a not inconsiderable part of it is said to have gone to Blackpool).

Due to injury, he had to wait until October 1, 1988 for his debut at the "Spurs" when he was substituted on in the home game against Manchester United and missed a late penalty when the score was 2-2. In the course of the year he scored twelve more championship goals and after another season in 1989/90, in which he went on the hunt for goals with Paul Walsh , coach Terry Venables pulled him permanently back into midfield. The aim was that his strengths, which in addition to his tackle and headball strength lay in the fact that he preferred to start offensive actions “from the depths”, came into play better. This measure paid off and in this role he won the English Cup in 1991 , where he equalized in the 2-1 final win over Nottingham Forest . In addition, he played three A internationals between September 1991 and May 1992.

With great expectations, Stewart then hired for £ 2.3million before the 1992/93 season at Liverpool FC . As a 27-year-old he was apparently at his sporting zenith, but the four-year commitment turned out to be disappointing. His style of play was not infrequently lethargic and the Liverpool supporters reacted increasingly frustrated. Occasionally he was used as a striker, but even there he rarely knew how to please. In the last two of his four years he did not play a single game for Liverpool and instead spent his time, which also struggled with injuries, at loan clubs Crystal Palace , Wolverhampton Wanderers , Burnley FC and Sunderland AFC . He finally moved to the latter club in March 1996 for free and as a second division champion, he was promoted to the Premier League .

In the top division Sunderland had a hard time fighting for relegation and especially the hit yield was low. Stewart was the club's top scorer with just four goals (alongside three other team-mates). Occasionally he acted as the only striker and looked a little "lost" there. In the end, relegation from the Premier League was on the books and Stewart left Sunderland for Lancashire for primarily family reasons. In his last professional season 1997/98 Stewart was active for the second division side Stoke City . As a strike partner of Peter Thorne , he scored three more goals (including a 1-0 win against his ex-club Manchester City), but although he did not disappoint himself with solid performances and high commitment, he had to accept relegation again . Problematic were his increasing thigh problems and in the following two years he let his career end at the amateur club AFC Workington .

Alleged abuse against youth coaches

In November 2016 Stewart belonged together with his former club colleague David White to a group of former football players, who stated, as adolescents by youth coach abused to have been. The Manchester City club then announced an investigation into the incidents. In an interview with the Daily Mirror , Stewart said he was abused every day by a coach between the ages of 11 and 15, which later drove him into alcohol and drug addiction.

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Individual references / footnotes

  1. ^ "England - U-21 International Results 1986–1995 - Details" (RSSSF)
  2. ^ "England - International Results B-Team - Details" (RSSSF)
  3. ^ Calley, Roy (2011). Blackpool: The Complete Record, 213–23 . Breedon Books Sport.
  4. ^ Hugman, Barry J .: Premier League: The Players - A Complete Guide to Every Player 1992-93 . Tony Williams Publishing, 1992, ISBN 1-869833-15-5 , pp. 319 f .
  5. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1997-98 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1997, ISBN 1-85291-581-1 , pp. 258 .
  6. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1998-99 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1998, ISBN 1-85291-588-9 , pp. 286 .
  7. ↑ "Soccer: British ex-professionals report abuse in adolescence - SPIEGEL ONLINE". Accessed November 26, 2016. http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/fussball-britische-ex-profis-berichten-von-missrauch-im-jugendalter-a-1123180.html .
  8. ↑ "Football Sex Abuse Victims: 'I Was Raped up to 100 Times'". BBC News, November 25, 2016, Section UK. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38103811 .
  9. ↑ Armstrong, Jeremy. "Former England football star reveals he was sexually abused for years by coach". mirror, November 23, 2016. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/paul-stewart-sexually-abused-coach-9313094 .
personal data
SURNAME Stewart, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stewart, Paul Andrew
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH October 7, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Manchester