Paul Wilkinson

Paul Wilkinson

Another well travelled striker who turned out for ten League clubs in a long career, which included four caps at England Under-21 level, although he could have been lost to the game as he had trials for Nottinghamshire CCC as a youngster.

Starting with Grimsby, Paul’s goalscoring form soon had the scouts flocking to Blundell Park leading to a £250,000 move to Everton in 1985. From there he moved on to Nottingham Forest, Watford and Lennie Lawrence’s Middlesbrough for increasingly larger fees.

Out of favour at the Riverside, Paul was remembered by new Luton boss Lawrence leading to a loan transfer to the Hatters in March 1995. The Town were desperately fighting relegation and needed Paul’s goals but typical of the club’s luck at the time the tall forward broke a toe in only his third game!

After his playing career ended following stints at Barnsley, Millwall and Northampton, Paul became a coach at several clubs and was appointed manager of Bury just before they were expelled from the Football League.