Paul Buckle

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Paul Buckle
Personal information
Full name	Paul John Buckle
Date of birth	December 16, 1970 (1970-12-16) (age 37)
Place of birth	Hatfield, England
Height	5' 7" (170cm)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Torquay United (Manager)
Youth clubs
	Brentford
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1989–1994 1993 1994–1995 1995–1996 1995–1996 1995–1996 1996–1999 1999–2002 2002–2003 2003–2004 2004–2007 2004–2005	Brentford Wycombe Wanderers (loan) Torquay United Exeter City Northampton Wycombe Colchester United Exeter City Aldershot Town Weymouth Exeter City Tiverton Town (loan)	57 (1) 3 (0) 59 (9) 22 (2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 106 (7) 93 (5) 29 (5) 37 (9) 39 (4) 12 (1)
Teams managed
2007-	Torquay United
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11/07/06. * Appearances (Goals)

Paul John Buckle (born December 16, 1970) is an English professional footballer and football club manager. He is currently manager of Conference side Torquay United.

Buckle began his career as an apprentice at Brentford, turning professional in July 1989. He played 57 league games (15 as substitute) for Brentford, scoring just once. He also played 3 Conference games on loan to Wycombe Wanderers before leaving on a free transfer to Torquay United in February 1994.

After nine goals in 59 league games, Buckle moved to local rivals Exeter City in October 1995, again on a free transfer. However, with Exeter suffering serious financial problems and almost going out of business, Buckle left in the 1996 close-season as with City in administration they could not afford his wages. He played in a friendly for Cambridge United (away to Watford) on the 7th of August. However, later that month joined Northampton Town, but failed to make the Cobblers first team.

On the October 18, 1996 he returned to Wycombe Wanderers on non-contract terms, before moving to Colchester United on the 28th of November. He helped Colchester to promotion from Division Three by playing in the play-off final at Wembley against Torquay United. After 7 goals in 106 league games for Colchester, Buckle returned to Exeter City on a free transfer on July 2, 1999, signing a 2-year contract. He sustained a serious ankle injury in the opening game of the new season, and although he made a full recovery and regained a first team place, Buckle was one of many players transfer-listed by Exeter manager Noel Blake in May 2000. However, he remained at St. James' Park, playing in 41 league games the following season.

In July 2002, Buckle moved to Aldershot Town^[1] and in August 2003 moved to Weymouth.^[2] In December 2004, Buckle returned to Exeter City for a third spell, playing for no wage^[3] although he moved to Tiverton Town in January 2005.^[4] In March 2005, Buckle returned to Exeter City once more,^[5] this time as player-coach under manager Alex Inglethorpe and continued in this role under Inglethorpe's successor Paul Tisdale.

In June 2007, he was appointed manager of relegated Torquay United by new Torquay Chief Executive Colin Lee.^[6]

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[edit] Career statistics^[1]

Club	Season	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Brentford	1989-1994	42 (15)	1	3 (1)	0	5 (1)	0	6 (1)	0	56 (18)	1
	All	42 (15)	1	3 (1)	0	5 (1)	0	6 (1)	0	56 (18)	1
Wycombe Wanderers (loan)	1993	3	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	0
	All	3	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	0
Torquay United	1994-95	57 (2)	9	3	0	8	0	1	0	32	9
	All	57(2)	9	3	0	8	0	1	0	32	9
Exeter City	1995–96	22	2	1	0	-	-	2	0	25	2
	All	22	2	1	0	-	-	2	0	25	2
Northampton Town	1996–97	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0
	All	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0
Wycombe Wanderers	1996–97	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0
	All	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0
Colchester United	1996–97	22	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	0
	1997–98	36 (5)	5	1	0	2	0	1	0	40 (5)	5
	1998–99	39 (4)	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	43 (4)	2
	All	97 (9)	7	2	0	4	0	2	0	105 (9)	7
Exeter City	1999–00	27	1	3 (1)	0	-	-	5	1	35 (1)	2
	2000–01	39 (2)	3	1	0	-	-	1	0	41 (2)	3
	2001–02	19 (6)	1	2	0	-	-	1	0	21 (6)	1
	All	85 (8)	5	6 (1)	0	-	-	7	1	98 (9)	6
Aldershot Town	2002–03	29	5	1	0	-	-	-	-	30	5
	All	29	5	1	0	-	-	-	-	30	5
Weymouth	2003–04	37	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	37	9
	All	37	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	37	9
Exeter City	2004-05	9 (2)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	9 (2)	1
	All	9 (2)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	9 (2)	1
Tiverton Town (loan)	2004-05	12	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	1
	All	12	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	1
Exeter City	2005–06	24 (4)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	24 (4)	3
	2006–07
	All	24 (4)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	24 (4)	3
Career totals		417 (40)	43	16 (2)	0	17 (1)	0	18 (1)	1	468 (44)	44

[edit] External links

Paul Buckle's career stats at Soccerbase

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