Paul Crosbie
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 25 November 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Dumfries, Scotland[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| ProvoPool Celtic | |||
| International career | |||
| 2004–2006 | Turks & Caicos Islands | 4 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2003–2006 | Turks & Caicos Islands | ||
| 2012–2014 | March Town United | ||
| 2016– | Huntingdon Town | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Paul Crosbie (born 25 November 1976) is a football player and manager who manages English non-league team Huntingdon Town.
Football career
[edit]Managerial
[edit]Crosbie was a community football coach for Wimbledon between 1998 and 2003 but was made redundant due to the club's financial position. When unemployed, he found a job opening on the internet for the Technical Director position at the Turks and Caicos Islands Football Association, two weeks after first hearing of the Islands at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.[2][3]
Crosbie became manager of the Turks and Caicos Islands national team in August 2003.[4]
In June 2012, Crosbie became manager of English non-league team March Town United[5][6] and he joined the Huntingdon Town coaching staff in June 2016.[7]
Playing
[edit]He made four international appearances for Turks and Caicos Islands between 2004 and 2006,[8] appearing in two 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches for them.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ Young turk swaps dole for World Cup island paradise - The Independent
- ^ Broadfoot, Darryl (17 December 2003). "Island life for a wandering Womble". The Herald. Archived from the original on 18 October 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2014 – via HighBeam Research.
- ^ McCarthy, David (6 February 2004). "I Hit the Wrong Key on the Internet and Swapped P45 for a Palm Tree Paradise". Daily Record. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- ^ Bandini, Nicky; Dart, James; Lutz, Tom (25 October 2006). "Which country boasts the most island clubs?". The Guardian.
- ^ Rob Setchell (5 June 2012). "BREAKING NEWS: Paul Crosbie appointed as March Town United manager". Cambs Times. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
- ^ "MARCH APPOINT CROSBIE". NonLeagueDaily.com. 6 June 2012. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Ex-international player and manager joins the coaching staff and Huntingdon Town also celebrate new backing boost - HuntsPost
- ^ Paul Crosbie at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ Paul Crosbie – FIFA competition record (archived)
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- 1976 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Dumfries
- Scottish expatriate sportspeople in the Turks and Caicos Islands
- Men's association football midfielders
- Scottish men's footballers
- Turks and Caicos Islands men's footballers
- Turks and Caicos Islands men's international footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Turks and Caicos Islands
- Scottish football managers
- Turks and Caicos Islands national football team managers
- Expatriate football managers in the Turks and Caicos Islands
- Wimbledon F.C. non-playing staff
- Association football coaches
- 20th-century Scottish sportsmen
- Scottish football midfielder, 1970s birth stubs
- Turks and Caicos Islands football biography stubs