Paul Holsgrove (born 26 August 1969) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
He played professional football from 1987 until 2001 and played in three countries, His native England, Netherlands and Scotland. Holsgrove played for Aldershot, Wokingham Town, Luton Town, Heracles Almelo, Millwall, Reading, Grimsby Town, Crewe Alexandra, Stoke City, Hibernian, Airdrieonians, Darlington, Hayes, Slough Town and Windsor & Eton.
Career Holsgrove was born in Wellington, Shropshire and began his career with Aldershot. He played for the Shots four times, after which he dropped into non-League, playing for Farnborough Town and Wokingham Town.Paul Holsgrove Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database Following failed trials at Wimbledon and West Bromwich Albion he joined Luton Town. Holsgrove only played twice for the Hatters in two seasons at Kenilworth Road and then decided to move to the Netherlands to play for Eerste Divisie side Heracles Almelo. Holsgrove played 21 times for "Heraclieden" scoring six goals for the 1991–92 season before returning to England. He joined Millwall in August 1993 where he played 15 times in 1992–93 but injury kept him out of the 1993–94 season. He joined Reading in August 1994 and played 29 times in 1994–95 scoring four goals. He played in 37 games in 1995–96 and 17 times in 1996–97 before finding himself out of the side in 1997–98. He joined Grimsby Town on loan playing in ten matches in two months.
He left Reading to join Crewe Alexandra on a non-contract basis in November 1997 and played nine times for the Alex before joining Stoke City in January 1998. He played 12 times for Stoke scoring once which came in a 1–1 draw with Ipswich Town on 7 February 1998. He left Stoke after they suffered relegation. In 1998 he moved to Scotland joining Hibernian playing 19 games scoring once. The season after he had a spell playing on loan for Airdrieonians. Paul moved back south of the border before the end of the season. He returned to England joining for Darlington. He then played for Hayes, Slough Town and Windsor & Eton.
Personal
His father John Holsgrove and brothers Lee Holsgrove and Peter Holsgrove were also professional footballers.
His son, Jordan Holsgrove, has embarked on a career as a professional footballer. Jordan came through Reading's academy and U23 system, and he signed for Spanish club Celta Vigo in September 2020. Jordan was born in Edinburgh while his father played For Hibernian, and he has represented Scotland in youth internationals up to and including under-21.Jordan Holsgrove soccerway.com
Career statistics + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAldershot1985–86Fourth Division00000010101986–87Fourth Division00000000001987–88Third Division20000000201988–89Third Division1000000010Luton Town1990–91First Division10000000101991–92First Division1000000010Heracles Almelo1991–92Eerste Divisie216000000216Millwall1992–93First Division1101010201501993–94First Division0000000000Reading1994–95First Division2431041002941995–96First Division3012050003711996–97First Division1422010001721997–98First Division2000100030Grimsby Town (loan)1997–98Second Division100000000100Crewe Alexandra1997–98First Division8110000091Stoke City1997–98First Division121000000121Hibernian1998–99Scottish First Division171002000191Airdrieonians1999–2000Scottish First Division4000000040Darlington1999–2000Third Division30000010402000–01Third Division0000000000Hayes2001–02Conference National300000000300Career Total19115701414021616
A. The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Anglo-Italian Cup, Football League Trophy.
References
External links
Paul Holsgrove Heracles Almelo stats at vi.nl