Paul Trollope

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Personal information
Paul Trollope
Full name	Paul Jonathan Trollope
Date of birth	June 3, 1972 (1972-06-03) (age 36)
Place of birth	Swindon, England
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Bristol Rovers (First-team coach)^[1]
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1989–1992 1992 1992–1995 1994 1995–1997 1996 1996 1997–2002 2002 2002–2004 2004–2007	Swindon Town → Torquay United (loan) Torquay United → Derby County (loan) Derby County → Grimsby Town (loan) → Crystal Palace (loan) Fulham Coventry City Northampton Town Bristol Rovers	000 0(0) 010 0(0) 106 (16) 003 0(1) 062 0(4) 007 0(1) 010 0(0) 078 0(5) 006 0(0) 084 0(8) 030 0(2)
National team²
1997–2003	Wales	009 0(0)
Teams managed
2005–	Bristol Rovers
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 2, 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of April 2. 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Paul Jonathan Trollope (born June 3, 1972) is an English born Welsh international football player and coach.

He is the son of former Swindon defender John Trollope and began his career at Swindon as a trainee, turning professional in December 1989, but failed to make the first team. He joined Torquay United on loan in March 1992 and signed on a free transfer for the Plainmoor side that summer. after 106 league games and 16 goals for Torquay, he moved to Derby County in December 1994 for a fee of £100,000. He had loan spells with Grimsby Town in August 1996 and Crystal Palace in October 1996 and made his full international debut for Wales in May 1997 in a 1–0 victory at Kilmarnock. He went on to earn nine full caps.

He moved to Fulham in November 1997 for a fee of £600,000 and left the Cottagers five years later. The move saw him join Coventry City on a free transfer in March 2002 after losing his place at Craven Cottage. He stayed only a few months at Highfield Road, moving to Northampton Town in July 2002 after being released at the end of the season.

In June 2004 he moved to Bristol Rovers on a free transfer. In his second season he became caretaker manager and was then appointed First-team coach in a two-tier managerial structure, alongside Director of Football Lennie Lawrence in November 2005. His first season in charge ended in a respectable midtable position of 12th place in League Two. The following year Rovers reached the Football League Trophy final but lost to Doncaster Rovers.^[2] They made up for this loss by winning promotion to League One via the play-offs.^[3]

In the 2007/08 season, Trollope steered Bristol Rovers to mid-table security after a shaky start. Rovers also made the quarter-finals of the FA Cup for the first time in 50 years under his stewardship. Despite this success, there remains a small percentage of Rovers fans who criticise Trollope for his negative style of play.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Manager stats

As at 07:05, 21 May 2008 (UTC)^[4]

Club	From	To	P	W	D	L	%Won
Bristol Rovers	22 September 2005	Present	161	62	45	54	38.5

Season	Club	League	Position	Achievements
2005–06	Bristol Rovers	League Two	12th	None
2006–07	Bristol Rovers	League Two	6th	Manager of the Month - April Football League Trophy Runners Up Play-Off Winners
2007–08	Bristol Rovers	League One	16th	Equalled club record for progression in the FA Cup (quarter-finals)

[edit] Footnote

^ Trollope's role of first-team coach is different from the traditional role of a first-team coach in England, which is usually the third in command. Rovers employ a continental model, and Trollope's role is closer to that of a manager, working with Director of Football Lennie Lawrence.
^ Bristol Rovers 2-3 Doncaster AET, BBC Sport, 1 April 2007. Retrieved on 17 May 2007.
^ "Bristol Rovers 3-1 Shrewsbury", BBC, 2007-05-26. Retrieved on 2007-12-14.
^ Paul Trollope's managerial career from Soccerbase.

Known in the local Bristol paper the Evening Post and by gasheads alike as "Trolls"

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