fullname youthclubs pcupdate years youthyears clubs caps birth_place goals height article_title position birth_date currentclub name
patrick atkinson sheffield united 29 october 2006 1987-1988 2000-2003 2005 - 1990-1991 1991-1992 1992-1993 1993-1995 1995-1998 1998-1999 1999 1999-2000 1987-1988 sheffield city scarborough barrow blyth spartans queen of the south blyth united spartans durham city newcastle benfield gateshead newcastle blue star barrow workington york 31 84 14 . 40 84 60 26 60 15 singapore 3 1 10 22 0 0 5 5 9 paddy atkinson
 left-back 22 may 1970 whitley bay -lrb- manager -rrb- paddy atkinson
paddy atkinson

patrick darren `` paddy '' atkinson -lrb- born 22 may 1970 in singapore -rrb- is an english former professional footballer .
as a schoolboy he went to several clubs , newcastle utd , sunderland , notts county , and west bromwich albion where he shared digs with alan shearer .
paddy signed apprentice forms with sheffield utd in 1986 with ian portifield as manager .
after 3 managers in 2 years -lrb- ian portifield , billy mcewan , and dave bassett -rrb- paddy went on loan to hartlepool utd and signed as a professional at 18 with john bird as manager .
he scored 2 goals on his debut vs lincoln city at the victoria ground in 1986 .
after 3 seasons making 30 + appearances and playing for a further 2 managers , bob moncur and cyril kowles , paddy moved to gateshead in the conference .
he scored gateshead 's 1st goal in the conference league .
paddy moved to barrow making 40 + appearances with ray wilkie as manager .
paddy moved to workington for 2 seasons before a successful trial seen him move to newcastle utd .
paddy played in newcastle reserves team scoring 12 goals in 3 seasons when kevin keegan was manager of the club .
it was kevin who recommended paddy to the singapore national team and to york city in the 1st division .
paddy signed for york city making over 60 appearances in 3 seasons .
paddy moved onto scarbrough in the 2nd division and mick wadsworth was manager before moving and playing for blyth spartans while recovering from an operation .
he moved north of the border playing for queen of the south for 4 seasons in the scottish 1st & 2nd division .
john connelly was the manager and paddy won a second division championship and a bells scottish cup .
at 34 paddy decided to take up his 1st coaching role and took queen of the south 's reserve team .
in his first season he won the reserve league and cup .
paddy later moved back home to the north east -lrb- newcastle upon tyne -rrb- and took on the assistant manager and 1st team coach 's role at newcastle benfield in the northern league .
with paul baker as manager he won the league cup .
paddy later took on the managers role with tom wade and won the league , league cup and cleator cup -lrb- 4 trophies in 4 seasons -rrb- .
he then took on the 1st team coaches role at bedlington terriers before leaving in the summer of 2012 to take up a post at blyth spartans where he was assistant to tommy cassidy at the northern premier league side , before later a being appointed manager , a post he resigned from in 2013 .
on 9 january 2015 paddy was appointed manager of whitley bay .
