Paul Bolland

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Paul Bolland
Personal information
Full name Paul Graham Arthur Bolland[1]
Date of birth (1979-12-23) 23 December 1979
Place of birth Bradford, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
1994–1997 Bradford City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1999 Bradford City 12 (0)
1999 → Notts County (loan) 10 (0)
1999–2005 Notts County 161 (6)
2005–2009 Grimsby Town 118 (13)
2009–2011 Macclesfield Town 53 (3)
2011–2013 Mansfield Town 10 (0)
2012 → Harrogate Town (loan) 19 (2)
2012–2013 → Harrogate Town (loan) 36 (1)
2013 Harrogate Town 0 (0)
Total 419 (25)
Teams managed
2013–2015 Harrogate Town (U19)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:05, 12 March 2013 (UTC).


Paul Graham Arthur Bolland (born 23 December 1979) is an English former professional footballer and head of football at Queen Ethelburga's Collegiate.

As a player he was a midfielder from 1997 to 2013 and represented Bradford City, Notts County, Grimsby Town, Macclesfield Town, Mansfield Town and Harrogate Town.[2]

Career

Bradford City

Born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, Bolland started his career with his home town team of Bradford City at the start of the 1997–98 season after progressing through the club's youth setup. His first manager was Chris Kamara, before playing under Paul Jewell. He found his time at Valley Parade a hard one, and found it difficult to break into the first team setup, and he eventually left the club in April 1999 after the club had secured promotion to the Premier League for the first time in their history.

Notts County

After struggling to break into the first team at Bradford, Bolland signed for Notts County, initially on loan, and then permanently for £75,000. Bolland was unexpectedly not given a contract extension by Notts County at the end of the 2004–05 season, prompting him to join Grimsby Town.

Grimsby Town

Bolland became one of the first new signings for Russell Slade at Grimsby Town for the 2005–06 season. He slotted into his familiar central midfield role, alongside fellow new signings Jean-Paul Kamudimba Kalala and Ciaran Toner. Bolland was part of the Town side that defeated Tottenham Hotspur in the League Cup that same season, and The Mariners went on to finally lose out in the League Two Play Off Final. Paul kept his regular role in the 2006–07 season, briefly captaining the side on several occasions under short lived manager Graham Rodger and his replacement Alan Buckley. On 15 September 2007, he made his 100th appearance for Grimsby, and later on in the same season, he scored one of his most notable goals which came in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy semi-final first leg against Morecambe in a 1–0 win at Christie Park. In the second leg at Blundell Park, Grimsby defended for their lives as they earned a 0–0 draw. After the final whistle Bolland was mobbed by fans as he had played a major part in enabling the Mariners to play at Wembley Stadium for the third time in their history. In the final, Grimsby Town played Milton Keynes Dons, at Wembley Stadium, where they lost 2–0. Bolland spent the entire 2008–09 season out injured, after picking up an injury in the latter stages of the previous season. Bolland was released by Grimsby in the summer of 2009, with new manager Mike Newell admitting he wanted to give Bolland a chance to prove himself in pre-season, but Bolland decided to leave the club, settling up his contract with one month remaining. On 18 June Bolland was linked with Chester City[3]

Macclesfield Town

Bolland signed for Macclesfield Town on 29 June 2009.[4] He was released by the club, along with 10 other players at the end of the 2009–10 season.[5] He went on trial with Conference National team York City in July,[6] although he was later re-signed by Macclesfield on a one-year contract on 19 July.[7] Bolland was voted as Player of The Year by his fellow Macclesfield Town Players and given a trophy 'Players Player of the Year' for 2010–11 season.

Mansfield Town

Paul signed for Conference National club Mansfield on 1 June 2011 on a two-year contract, after rejecting a new contract at Macclesfield. After struggling to hold down a place in the first team, he joined Harrogate Town on loan. Bolland made 19 appearances for Harrogate, scoring twice and helping the club stave off relegation from the Conference North. He returned to Mansfield at the end of April with his parent club contesting the Conference National play-offs.

Bolland re-signed for Harrogate on a season long loan on 17 August 2012.[8] He played 36 times for the club, scoring 1 goal. Bolland was released by the club in May 2013.

Coaching career

Bolland returned to Harrogate in the summer of 2013 and also took a role as the clubs U19 Head Coach, in July 2013 Bolland began training with Bradford Park Avenue and playing in the clubs pre-season matches.[9] In 2015 he became Head of Football at Queen Ethelburga's Collegiate.

Honours

Grimsby Town

References

  1. ↑ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/07/2011 and 31/07/2011" (PDF). The Football Association. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
  2. ↑ http://www.harrogatetownafc.com/news/news-room/news-item/paul-bolland-returns-as-well/
  3. ↑ http://www.sportgrimsby.co.uk/football/grimsby_town/mariners_news/displayarticle.php?ID=8828
  4. ↑ http://www.mtfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10393~1705521,00.html
  5. ↑ "Macclesfield release Jon Brain but make Rooney offer". BBC Sport. 14 May 2010. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
  6. ↑ Flett, Dave (13 July 2010). "Quartet of trialists hope to catch eye of York City manager Martin Foyle". The Press. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
  7. ↑ "Bolland Signs". Macclesfield Town F.C. 19 July 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
  8. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19296355
  9. ↑ http://www.harrogatetownafc.com/news/news-room/news-item/paul-bolland/
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