Personal information | |||
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Full name | Paul Francis Bannister[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 11 October 1947||
Place of birth | Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent, England[1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Port Vale | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1965–1968 | Port Vale | 12 | (2) |
Eastwood | |||
Milton United | |||
Copestick & Farrell | |||
Hanley Rangers | |||
Middleport W.M.C. | |||
Managerial career | |||
Middleport W.M.C. | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Paul Francis Bannister (born 11 October 1947) is an English former footballer who played as a forward. He made 12 appearances in the Football League for Port Vale between 1965 and 1968, before spells in non-League football with Eastwood, Milton United, Copestick & Farrell, Hanley Rangers, and Middleport W.M.C.
Bannister graduated through the Port Vale youth side to sign as a professional in April 1965.[1] He played the last two games of the 1964–65 season and scored the club's last goal of the season in a 2–1 win over Walsall at Vale Park.[1] At the end of the season, Jackie Mudie's side was relegated from the Third Division to the Fourth Division.[1] He played the opening two games of the following season, but fell out of favour.[1] For the clash with bottom-placed Bradford City on 12 January, Vale assembled the youngest ever Football League forward line: Alex Donald (17), Roddy Georgeson (17), Mick Cullerton (17), Bannister (18), and Paul Ogden (19).[1] He broke his leg in a 2–0 home win over Halifax Town on 27 April 1966.[1] After a second leg fracture he finally recovered to play in the first-team again in April 1968, but after three consecutive appearances under Stanley Matthews in 1967–68, he was released by the "Valiants" in July of that year.[1] He moved into non-League football with Eastwood, Milton United, Copestick & Farrell and Hanley Rangers, before taking up a player-manager role with Middleport W.M.C.[1]
Source:[2]
Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Port Vale | 1964–65 | Third Division | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
1965–66 | Fourth Division | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
1966–67 | Fourth Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1967–68 | Fourth Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 |