youthclubs years youthyears clubs caps birth_place goals height position birth_date article_title name
bristol rovers -- -- 2005 2005 2005 -- 2006 2006 2007 -- 2008 1996 2008 -- 1996 -- 2001 2001 -- 2002 2002 -- bristol town bath city mangotsfield united chippenham town bath city chippenham rovers town doncaster rovers bath city newport county chippenham 22 0 164 27 13 whalley , lancashire , england 1 0 84 4 4 5 10 forward 2 february 1975 martin paul
 martin paul
martin paul

martin paul -lrb- born 2 february 1975 in whalley , lancashire -rrb- is an english former professional footballer .
paul began his career as a trainee with bristol rovers .
he played 29 first-team games before being released in 1996 .
he joined doncaster rovers , but in november 1996 joined bath city .
after initially struggling to establish himself , paul became a regular goalscorer for bath , including scoring 30 goals in the 1998-99 season to be the top scorer in the southern league .
he was sold to newport county in may 2001 for # 3,000 , from where he moved to chippenham town , again for a four-figure fee , in july 2002 .
he returned to bath city in february 2005 .
however , his second spell with bath was not as successful as his first and he left to join mangotsfield united in december 2005 .
he was linked with a move to paulton rovers in september 2006 , and later played for chippenham before retiring during the 2006-07 season .
he did however come out of retirement to play for bath city in their errea cup tie against tiverton town in january 2007 , and began playing in their league side again while on non-contract terms .
in february 2008 he signed again for chippenham town .
