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Paul Walker
Personal information
Full name Paul James Walker
Date of birth (1960-12-17) 17 December 1960 (age 64)
Place of birth Wood Green, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1975–1978 Brentford
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1983 Brentford 71 (5)
→ Marlow (loan)
1977 → Slough Town (loan) 5 (0)
1983–???? Johannesburg Rangers
International career
1976 England Schoolboys 8 (2)
Managerial career
2000–2001 Chertsey Town
2001–2002 Egham Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul James Walker (born 17 December 1960) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League for Brentford and is the club's youngest-ever debutant. He captained England Schoolboys and later managed in non-League football.

Career

Walker joined Brentford on schoolboy forms in September 1975 and made his professional debut on 14 August 1976, aged just 15 years, 7 months, 28 days. He made a total of 71 appearances for Brentford in the Football League, scoring five goals. Walker later played in South Africa for Johannesburg Rangers.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brentford 1976–77 Fourth Division 2 0 1 0 2 0 5 0
1977–78 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1978–79 Third Division 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1979–80 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1980–81 29 4 3 0 2 1 34 5
1981–82 9 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
1982–83 16 1 0 0 0 0 16 1
Total 71 5 4 0 5 1 80 6
Slough Town (loan) 1976–77 Isthmian League First Division 5 0 — — 5 0
Career total 76 5 4 0 5 1 85 6

References

  1. ^ "Paul Walker". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  2. Brentford's Official Matchday Magazine versus Gillingham. 27 August 1996. p. 21.
  3. Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2011). The Big Brentford Book of the Eighties. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. p. 328. ISBN 978-1906796716.
  4. ^ Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Yore Publications. p. 164. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  5. Hodgkins, Leila. "Chertsey Town | Clubs". The Non-League Club Directory. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  6. Hodgkins, Leila. "Egham Town | Clubs". The Non-League Club Directory. Archived from the original on 10 January 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  7. ^ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 394–397. ISBN 0951526200.
  8. "Paul Walker". Slough Town FC. Retrieved 9 January 2017.


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