Paul Lake
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paul Andrew Lake | ||
| Date of birth | 28 October 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Manchester, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender / Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1977–1980 | Denton Youth | ||
| 1980–1983 | Blue Star | ||
| 1983–1986 | Manchester City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1996 | Manchester City | 110 | (7) |
| National team | |||
| 1988–1989 | England U21 | 5 | (0) |
| 1990 | England B | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Paul Andrew Lake (born 28 October 1968) is an English former footballer who played for Manchester City and represented England at under-21 and B team level. His brother Michael is also a former professional footballer.
He had an excellent early career with Manchester City, winning the FA Youth Cup in 1986 and helping the club to win promotion out of the Second Division in 1988–89. However a ruptured Anterior cruciate ligament in September 1990 would lead to several seasons struggling with knee injuries, and he would only play four further games from that point before announcing his retirement in January 1996. Despite his career effectively ending at the age of 21 he was later inducted into the Manchester City Hall of Fame, and was seen as a player who would have been a key first team player for many years had it not been for his injury problems. He went on to spend ten years as a physiotherapist in the game, before he began working in various ambassadorial roles.
He was born on 28 October 1968, five minutes before his twin sister Tracey, to Sheila McGinty (housewife) and Ted Lake (asphalt technician). He grew up in Haughton Green in Lancashire (now Greater Manchester), though both his parents came from Ardwick. The twins were the younger siblings of Susan (born 1962), David (1964), and Michael (born 1966). He spent all of his free time during childhood playing football. He grew up supporting Manchester City, as he was taken to games at Maine Road by the local milkman. His great-uncle George was on the books of Manchester City prior to the First World War.
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