Paul Stewart (footballer, born 1964)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paul Andrew Stewart | ||
| Date of birth | 7 October 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Manchester, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder, Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1987 | Blackpool | 201 | (56) |
| 1987–1988 | Manchester City | 51 | (26) |
| 1988–1992 | Tottenham Hotspur | 131 | (28) |
| 1992–1996 | Liverpool | 32 | (1) |
| 1994 | → Crystal Palace (loan) | 18 | (3) |
| 1994 | → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) | 8 | (2) |
| 1995 | → Burnley (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 1995 | → Sunderland (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | Sunderland | 34 | (5) |
| 1997–1998 | Stoke City | 22 | (3) |
| 1998–2000 | Workington | 55 | (15) |
| Total | 560 | (139) | |
| National team | |||
| 1988 | England U21 | 1 | (1) |
| 1989–1992 | England B | 5 | (1) |
| 1991–1992 | England | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Paul Andrew Stewart (born 7 October 1964) is an English former professional footballer who played top division football for Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool, and was capped three times at senior level for England in the early 1990s, also winning the FA Cup with Tottenham Hotspur.
Stewart started his career as an apprentice with Blackpool, turning professional in October 1981. He made his debut for the Seasiders in a home draw with Rochdale on 10 February 1982. For the remainder of the season, he alternated between midfield and forward. It wasn't until Sam Ellis became manager that Stewart found his true role, at centre-forward. In his final season (1986–87) with the Tangerines, he notched-up 21 goals and helped Mark Taylor net fourteen.
After over 200 first team appearances, he joined Manchester City in March 1987 for a fee of £200,000, then a welcomed record for hard-up Blackpool, but he was unable to keep City in the First Division. On 7 November 1987 he was one of three players, the others being David White and Tony Adcock to score a hat-trick in a 10–1 victory over Huddersfield Town in the Second Division.
In total that season, he scored 24 goals for City, but was unable to get them promoted. Terry Venables signed him in June 1988 for Tottenham Hotspur, paying £1.7million (a portion of which went to his first club, Blackpool). At the time it was one of the highest fees paid by an English club, and the highest for a Second Division player.
Stewart made his debut for Spurs on 1 October 1988, as a substitute in a 2–2 draw at home to Manchester United, missing a stoppage time penalty. Bought as a striker and scoring 12 goals in his first league season at White Hart Lane, when his goals dried up, he was successfully converted to a midfield role. He was part of a Tottenham midfield which also included Nayim, Paul Gascoigne and Paul Allen, backing up the strikerforce of Gary Lineker and Paul Walsh.
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