Paul Connor (footballer)

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Paul Connor is an English Footballer who currently plays for Leyton Orient. He was born in Bishop Auckland on 12 January 1979. He is a 6'2" centre forward with an eye for goal.

[edit] Career

He was signed by Middlesbrough straight after he left school. With his chances of first team football at the Riverside Stadium very scarce, he went on loan to Hartlepool for a month and then to Stoke where he made 3 appearences. After Middlesbrough released him, Stoke didn't hesitate to sign him permanently.

Whilst at Stoke he went on loan to Cambridge City where he scored 5 goals in 14 games. After his time at Stoke he moved to Rochdale, who made a club record fee of £150,000 to bring him to Scotland.

Signed by Brian Flynn just before transfer deadline day in March for £35,000 from Rochdale. Connor has proved to be a hardworking, skilful striker, forging effective partnerships with both Lee Trundle and Kevin Nugent.

Often maligned for basically not being Trundle, Paul scored a number of very important goals again last season with some excellent finishes. The second top goal scorer in the 2004/2005 season with 12 finishes in 44 appearances was 3 or 4 better than our top scorers totals for a number of seasons during the 1990s.

In January of 2006, he had fallen down the pecking order at the Liberty Stadium, and so the Leyton Orient manager, Martin Ling, signed him for £40,000. So far he has made 20 appearances, scoring 8 goals.

Leyton Orient F.C. - Current Squad
1 Garner | 2 Barnard | 3 Lockwood | 4 Simpson | 5 Fortune | 6 Mackie | 7 Tudor | 8 Easton | 9 Alexander | 11 Keith | 12 Morris | 14 Tann | 15 Miller | 16 Guttridge | 18 Connor | 19 Ibehre | 20 Duncan | 21 Saah | 22 Echanomi | 23 Palmer | 24 Demetriou | 25 Corden | 26 Chambers | 27 Thelwell | 28 Walker | Manager: Ling