Leigh Palin

Professional footballer
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroProfessional footballer
PlacesUnited Kingdom
isAthlete Football player Association football player
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth12 September 1965, Worcester, Worcester, Worcestershire, West Midlands
Age59 years
The details

Biography

Leigh Grenville Palin (born 12 September 1965) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Bradford City, Burnley, Hull City, Rochdale, Shrewsbury Town and Stoke City. His father, Grenville, was also a professional footballer.

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. 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. He spent three years at Hull and had a brief loan spell with Rochdale followed by a short spell at Burnley, before he moved to Scottish football with Partick Thistle. He dropped into non-league football with Tadcaster Albion.

Career statistics

  • Sourced from Leigh Palin profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aston Villa1983–84First Division0000000000
Shrewsbury Town (loan)1984–85Second Division2000000020
Nottingham Forest1985–86First Division0000000000
Bradford City1986–87Second Division213301020273
1987–88Second Division203104040293
1988–89Second Division304204122387
Total71106091829413
Stoke City1989–90Second Division193002020233
Hull City1989–90Second Division9100000091
1990–91Second Division355103010405
1991–92Second Division131201021182
Total577304031678
Rochdale (loan)1991–92Fourth Division3000000030
Burnley1992–93Second Division1000000010
Career Total153209015113319024
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