Paul Linwood

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Personal information
Paul Linwood
Full name	Paul Anthony Linwood
Date of birth	October 24, 1983 (1983-10-24) (age 24)
Place of birth	Birkenhead, England
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Chester City
Number	19
Youth clubs
2000-2002	Tranmere Rovers
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002-2006 2005 2006-	Tranmere Rovers → Wrexham (loan) Chester City	44 0 0 (0) 9 0 0 0(0) 79 0 0 (2)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 January 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Paul Linwood (born October 24, 1983 in Birkenhead, England) is a professional football (soccer) Defender currently playing in Football League Two for Chester City.

Linwood was with hometown club Tranmere Rovers from 2002 to 2006, having been a trainee previously. He made his first-team debut in a LDV Vans Trophy tie at Blackpool in October 2003, with his Football League debut following a few days later in a 2-1 win over Oldham Athletic.

Linwood spent the start of the 2005-2006 season on loan to Wrexham , before enjoying a short spell back in the Tranmere first-team. But in the summer of 2006 he opted to join neighbours Chester City, with a £15,000 transfer fee set at tribunal. He made his Chester debut as the Blues beat Accrington Stanley on August 5, 2006, the club he would score his first league goal for Chester against later in the season. He also found the net in a Johnstone's Paint Trophy tie at Chesterfield during the campaign.

He has become an established figure at the Deva Stadium was named as the club's player of the season for current season.

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v • d • e Chester City F.C. – current squad

4 Dinning • 6 Butler • 7 Partridge • 9 Murphy • 11 Ellison • 12 Danby • 14 Hughes • 17 Wilson • 18 Vaughan • 19 Linwood • 20 Holroyd • 21 Rutherford • 22 Vaughan • 24 Carroll • 25 Roberts • 26 Newton • 27 Kelly • 32 McManus • 33 Rule • 34 Gregory • 36 Mitchell • 37 Feliciello • Manager: Davies