Leigh Granville 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, Granville, 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. After a short stint in Hong Kong where he played for South China A.A., scoring 9 goals in 16 appearances, 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 + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAston Villa 1983–84First Division0000000000Shrewsbury Town (loan)1984–85Second Division2000000020Nottingham Forest1985–86First Division0000000000Bradford City1986–87Second Division2133010202731987–88Second Division2031040402931988–89Second Division304204122387Total71106091829413Stoke City1989–90Second Division193002020233Hull City1989–90Second Division91000000911990–91Second Division3551030104051991–92Second Division131201021182Total577304031678Rochdale (loan)1991–92Fourth Division3000000030Burnley 1992–93Second Division1000000010Career Total153209015113319024
A. The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League play-offs, Football League Trophy and Full Members' Cup.
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