{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use British English|date=July 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Paul Emson |image = |image_size = |caption = |fullname = Paul David Emson<ref name=Hugman/> |birth_date = {{birth date|1958|10|22|df=y}}<ref name=Hugman/> |birth_place = Grimsby, often mistaken for Lincoln,<ref name=Hugman/> England |height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}<ref>{{cite book |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990–91 |editor-first=Jack |editor-last=Rollin |date=1990 |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=London |page=220 |isbn=0-356-17911-7}}</ref> |position = Left winger |youthyears1 = – |youthclubs1 = |years1 = – |clubs1 = Brigg Town |caps1 = |goals1 = |years2 = 1978–1983 |clubs2 = Derby County |caps2 = 127 |goals2 = 13 |years3 = 1983–1986 |clubs3 = Grimsby Town |caps3 = 97 |goals3 = 15 |years4 = 1986–1988 |clubs4 = Wrexham |caps4 = 49 |goals4 = 5 |years5 = 1988–1991 |clubs5 = Darlington |caps5 = 48 |goals5 = 5 |years6 = 1991 |clubs6 = Kettering Town |caps6 = 15 |goals6 = 2 |years7 = 1991 |clubs7 = Gateshead |caps7 = 4 |goals7 = 1 }}
'''Paul David Emson''' (born 22 October 1958) is an English former footballer who scored 38 goals from 321 appearances in the Football League playing on the left wing for Derby County, Grimsby Town, Wrexham and Darlington.<ref name=Hugman>{{Hugman|5956|accessdate=8 July 2015}}</ref> He began his football career in the Grimsby & District League<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gdfl.co.uk/About.aspx |title=About the League: Mists of Time: Part Three |publisher=Grimsby & District Football League |accessdate=8 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709122828/http://www.gdfl.co.uk/About.aspx |archivedate=9 July 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> before moving into senior non-league football with Brigg Town,<ref name=NB>{{cite web |title=Paul Emson |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player2/paulemson.html |work=Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=5 May 2014}}</ref> and later played in the Conference for Kettering Town and Gateshead.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.poppiesfans.com/archives/players/?recordID=E6 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709142706/http://www.poppiesfans.com/archives/players/?recordID=E6 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=9 July 2015 |title=Player Database: Paul Emson |website=poppiesfans.com |accessdate=8 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |editor-first=John |editor-last=Harman |title=Alliance to Conference 1979–2004: The first 25 years |publisher=Tony Williams Publications |date=2005 |isbn=978-1-869833-52-7 |pages=291, 295, 362, 374}}</ref>
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