Paul Sugrue

Paul Sugrue
Personal information
Full name Paul Anthony Sugrue
Date of birth (1960-11-06) 6 November 1960
Place of birth Coventry, England
Playing position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
197x–1980 Nuneaton Borough
1980–1981 Manchester City 20 (0)
1981–1982 Cardiff City 5 (0)
1982–1985 Middlesbrough 89 (6)
1984–1986 Portsmouth 4 (0)
1985–1986 Northampton Town 8 (2)
1986–1987 Newport County 2 (0)
– Bridgend Town
1988–1989 Elo Kuopio 29 (7)
Teams managed
– Nuneaton Borough
2006–2007 Merthyr Tydfil

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Paul Anthony Sugrue (born 6 November 1960 in Coventry)[1] is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward in the Football League for Manchester City[2] Cardiff City,[3] Middlesbrough,[4] Portsmouth,[5] Northampton Town[6] and Newport County.[7]

Sugrue played non-league football for Nuneaton Borough before a long career in the Football League.[2] He then returned to non-league with Bridgend Town[7] and played for Elo Kuopio in Finland. He had a spell as manager at Nuneaton Borough,[1] and later became vice-chairman of Merthyr Tydfil, taking over managerial duties as well in February 2006.[8][9]

Criminal proceedings

In 2012, Sugrue was one of three men arrested into allegations of fraud regarding £1.6m of government funds that had been given to a company where Sugrue was serving as a director.[10] Sugrue was later banned from serving as a director of any company for six years, along with Mark Aizlewood and two others.[11] In June 2016 Sugrue was charged following an investigation by the Serious Fraud Office [12]

References

  1. 1 2 "Players Paul Sugrue". Pompeyrama. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Manchester City : 1946/47–2008/09". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  3. ↑ "Cardiff : 1946/47–2008/09". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  4. ↑ "Middlesbrough : 1946/47–2008/09". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  5. ↑ "Portsmouth : 1946/47–2008/09". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  6. ↑ "Northampton Town : 1946/47–2008/09". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  7. 1 2 "Newport County : 1946/47–1987/88". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  8. ↑ "February News Archive". Southern Football League. 25 February 2006. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  9. ↑ "History". Merthyr Tydfil F.C. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  10. ↑ "SFO make arrests in football apprenticeship investigation". The Guardian. 2012-05-17. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
  11. ↑ "Ex-County star Aizlewood banned as company director". South Wales Argus. 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
  12. ↑ Sugrue charged


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