Paul Sugrue

{{Short description|English footballer and manager}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}} {{Use British English|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Paul Sugrue | image = | caption = | fullname = Paul Anthony Sugrue<ref name=Hugman>{{Hugman|19027|accessdate=13 April 2020}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|11|6|df=y}}<ref name=Hugman/> | birth_place = Coventry,<ref name=Hugman/> England | height = {{height|ft=5|in=7}}<ref>{{cite book |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88 |editor-first=Peter |editor-last=Dunk |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=London |date=1987 |page=[https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00lond/page/254 254] |isbn=978-0-356-14354-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00lond/page/254}}</ref> | position = Forward | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 197x–1980 | clubs1 = Nuneaton Borough | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1980–1981 | clubs2 = Manchester City | caps2 = 20 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 1981–1982 | clubs3 = Cardiff City | caps3 = 5 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 1982–1985 | clubs4 = Middlesbrough | caps4 = 89 | goals4 = 6 | years5 = 1984–1986 | clubs5 = Portsmouth | caps5 = 4 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 1985–1986 | clubs6 = Northampton Town | caps6 = 8 | goals6 = 2 | years7 = 1986–1987 | clubs7 = Newport County | caps7 = 2 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = | clubs8 = Bridgend Town | caps8 = | goals8 = | years9 = 1988–1989 | clubs9 = Elo Kuopio | caps9 = 29 | goals9 = 7 | years10 = 1990–1991 | clubs10 = Barnet | caps10 = 1 | goals10 = 0 | manageryears1 = | managerclubs1 = Nuneaton Borough | manageryears2 = 2006–2007 | managerclubs2 = Merthyr Tydfil }}

'''Paul Anthony Sugrue''' (born 6 November 1960) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward in the Football League for Manchester City, Cardiff City, Middlesbrough, Portsmouth, Northampton Town and Newport County.<ref name=NeilBrown>{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player8/paulsugrue.html |title=Paul Sugrue |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=13 April 2020}}</ref>

Sugrue played non-league football for Nuneaton Borough before a long career in the Football League.<ref name=NeilBrown/> He then returned to non-league with Bridgend Town<ref name=NeilBrown/> and played for Elo Kuopio in Finland, before returning to England to play a pivotal role in Barnet's 1991 Conference title-winning campaign. He had a spell as manager at Nuneaton Borough,<ref name=Pompeyrama>{{cite web |url=http://pompeyrama.com/pompey-fc-players-467-Paul-Sugrue.html |title=Players Paul Sugrue |publisher=Pompeyrama |accessdate=30 September 2009}}</ref> and later became vice-chairman of Merthyr Tydfil, taking over managerial duties as well in February 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.southern-football-league.co.uk/news/newsFeb06.htm |title=February News Archive |publisher=Southern Football League |date=25 February 2006 |accessdate=30 September 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.themartyrs.com/newindex.html#history |title=History |publisher=Merthyr Tydfil F.C |accessdate=30 September 2009}}</ref>

== Personal life == In late 2017 Sugrue appeared in court on fraud charges, alongside fellow former footballer Mark Aizlewood and others.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/crime/court-told-ex-leeds-united-player-was-part-college-scam-1769818 |title=Court told ex-Leeds United player was part of college scam |newspaper=Yorkshire Evening Post |date=11 September 2017 |accessdate=13 April 2020}}</ref> He was found guilty in February 2018 and sentenced to seven years imprisonment.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-42944273 |title=Ex-player Mark Aizlewood and others guilty of football fraud |website=BBC News |date=5 February 2018 |accessdate=13 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-43196467 |title=Mark Aizlewood jailed over football apprenticeship fraud |website=BBC News |date=26 February 2018 |accessdate=13 April 2020}}</ref>

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==External links== * [http://pompeyrama.com/pompey-fc-players-467-Paul-Sugrue.html Biography] at Portsmouth F.C. fansite Pompeyrama

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sugrue, Paul}} Category:1960 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Coventry Category:English men's footballers Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Nuneaton Town F.C. players Category:Manchester City F.C. players Category:Cardiff City F.C. players Category:Middlesbrough F.C. players Category:Portsmouth F.C. players Category:Northampton Town F.C. players Category:Newport County A.F.C. players Category:English Football League players Category:English football managers Category:Nuneaton Town F.C. managers Category:Merthyr Tydfil F.C. players Category:Bridgend Town A.F.C. players Category:English fraudsters Category:English criminals Category:English male criminals Category:British sportspeople convicted of crimes Category:Elo Kuopio players Category:English expatriate sportspeople in Finland