Paul Maguire (footballer)

Paul Maguire
Personal information
Full name Paul Bernard Maguire[1]
Date of birth (1956-08-21) 21 August 1956 (age 68)[2]
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland[2]
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Kilbirnie Ladeside
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1980 Shrewsbury Town 151 (35)
1980–1984 Stoke City 107 (24)
1984–1985 Tacoma Stars (indoor) 29 (12)
1985–1988 Port Vale 115 (22)
Northwich Victoria
Total 402+ (93+)
Managerial career
Northwich Victoria (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul Bernard Maguire (born 21 August 1956) is a Scottish former footballer who scored 81 goals in 373 league appearances in the Football League. He played in all four divisions of the Football League, as well as the Conference and the Major Indoor Soccer League.

He began his career with Shrewsbury Town in 1976 and made over 150 appearances over the next four years with the club, helping them to the Third Division title in 1978–79. He was sold to First Division club Stoke City for £262,000 in 1980. He spent four seasons at the Victoria Ground. He made his most telling contribution in his last match for the club, scoring all the goals in a 4–0 win against Wolverhampton Wanderers on the final day of the 1983–84 season. He spent 1984–85 in the United States with the Tacoma Stars before joining Port Vale in June 1985. He helped the club to win promotion out of the Fourth Division in 1985–86 before he moved on to non-League club Northwich Victoria in May 1988.

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  3. ^ Rollin, Jack (1980). Rothmans football yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 334. ISBN 0362020175. Retrieved 14 April 2020.