Leigh Palin

Leigh Palin

Personal information
Full name	Leigh Grenville Palin[1]
Date of birth	12 September 1965[1]
Place of birth	Worcester, England[1]
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1983–1985	Aston Villa	0	(0)
1984–1985	→ Shrewsbury Town (loan)	2	(0)
1985–1986	Nottingham Forest	0	(0)
1986–1989	Bradford City	71	(10)
1989–1990	Stoke City	19	(3)
1990–1992	Hull City	57	(7)
1992	→ Rochdale (loan)	3	(0)
1992	Burnley	1	(0)
1992–1993	Partick Thistle	5	(0)
–	Tadcaster Albion
Total		158	(20)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Leigh Grenville Palin (born 12 September 1965) is a former English footballer who played in the Football League for Bradford City, Burnley, Hull City, Rochdale, Shrewsbury Town and Stoke City.^[1]

Career

Born in Worcester, he started his career with Aston Villa. He never played a league game for Aston Villa, and following a short loan spell with Shrewsbury Town, he moved to Nottingham Forest, where he also failed to reach the first team. He moved to Bradford City, where his career took off and in three season with the "Bantams" Palin played 94 matches, scoring thirteen goals and also played in the Second Division play-off against Middlesbrough in the 1987–88 season.

He then joined Mick Mills at Stoke City in 1989–90 but Stoke were having a terrible season and were well on their way to relegation and Mills was sacked in November 1989 and in came Alan Ball.^[1] Ball made a large number of changes to the squad in an attempt to avoid the drop and in March Palin was allowed to leave for Hull City.^[1] He spent three years at Hull and had a brief loan spell with Rochdale and a brief non-contract stay with Burnley, before he moved to Scottish football with Partick Thistle. He dropped into non-league football with Tadcaster Albion.

Career statistics

• Sourced from The English National Football Archive

Club	Season	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other^[A]		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Aston Villa	1983–84	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shrewsbury Town (loan)	1984–85	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Nottingham Forest	1985–86	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bradford City	1986–87	21	3	3	0	1	0	2	0	27	3
	1987–88	20	3	1	0	4	0	4	0	29	3
	1988–89	30	4	2	0	4	1	2	2	38	7
	Total	71	10	6	0	9	1	8	2	94	13
Stoke City	1989–90	19	3	0	0	2	0	2	0	23	3
	Total	19	3	0	0	2	0	2	0	23	3
Hull City	1989–90	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	1
	1990–91	35	5	1	0	3	0	1	0	40	5
	1991–92	13	1	2	0	1	0	2	1	18	2
	Total	57	7	3	0	4	0	3	1	67	8
Rochdale (loan)	1991–92	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	Total	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Burnley	1992–93	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Career Total		153	20	9	0	15	1	13	3	190	24

A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League play-offs, Football League Trophy and Full Members Cup.

References

1. Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.

External links

• Leigh Palin stats at Neil Brown stat site