The 28-year-old started his career as a trainee with Manchester United but failed to make the breakthrough at Old Trafford and joined Sunderland as a youngster. He enjoyed loan spells with Scarborough, Hartlepool and Darlington before signing for the Quakers on a permanent basis in 1999.<\/P>
After making more than 100 appearances for Darlington his impressive form caught the eyes of Norwich City and he moved to Carrow Road in 2002. The left back made just 16 appearances for the Canaries before returning to Yorkshire with Bradford City in 2003. He was named Bantams Player Of The Year in 2004 but left the West Yorkshire side at the end of the season to join Sheffield Wednesday.<\/P>
He made the move to Hillsborough in May 2004 and was a virtual ever present for the Owls during their promotion campaign last season. He has turned out 47 times for Sheffield Wednesday, played in last season's Coca Cola League One Play Off Final victory at the Millennium Stadium and in the goalless draw at Oakwell in February 2005.<\/P>
Paul has made almost 280 appearances in total throughout his professional career, netting 13 goals.<\/P>
Paul established himself firmly in the Reds side and scored a decisive penalty in the historic Play Off Final shoot out at Cardiff in May 2006.<\/P>","2FCA3E5C341526AA":"1","2AC3E7C85928CE18A3090AFF171DB8C9":"2024-8-20","AFC96B2FF8428221":"Preston","A1A3C2B16933D2932CAA0F59CAFD2D37A7D990F044C6143D":"1880","9AF366BFF83B51E6BE6603E9444757A4":"
League<\/U><\/STRONG><\/P> Football League First Division (first tier)<\/STRONG> Football League Second Division\/Football League First Division\/Championship (second tier)<\/STRONG> Football League Third Division\/Football League Second Division\/League 1 (third tier)<\/STRONG> Football League Fourth Division\/Football League Third Division\/League 2 (fourth tier)<\/STRONG> Cup<\/U><\/STRONG><\/P> FA Cup<\/STRONG> FA Charity Shield<\/STRONG> Football League War Cup Other Preston North End Football Club (often shortened to PNE) is a professional football club in Preston, Lancashire, who play in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system.<\/P> The club was a founding member of the Football League and completed the inaugural season unbeaten to become the first league champions, in the same season winning the FA Cup without conceding a goal to become the first club to achieve the English football "Double". Preston's unbeaten League and Cup season earned them the nickname "The Invincibles".<\/P> Preston's most recent major trophy success was their FA Cup victory over Huddersfield Town in 1938. Many notable players have played for the club, including Tom Finney, Bill Shankly, Tommy Docherty, Alan Kelly Sr. and Graham Alexander.<\/P> Based on results achieved in the Football League from 1888–89 to 2015–16, Preston were ranked as the fourth most-successful English football club of all time domestically, while only Notts County had played more Football League games than Preston.<\/P>","2CED97379BA5D88CE40611752FB01FA2":"","8AADACF35D89D013D4BD2861BB0924F0":"18","DF1F83E13127F6C1":"Paul Heckingbottom","26AEE84946AA3EE0753F3100E62B970B":"Sheffield United F.C.","F54BDD5A0D63E83FD0B4671C8FED08AE":"England","7850BFBCDDAACDE9":"Preston North End F.C.","435426036942DBEA7AAF62FDF12D923A":"Deepdale Stadium","e_index":4};
Champions: 1888–89, 1889–90
Runners-up: 1890–91, 1891–92, 1892–93, 1905–06, 1952–53, 1957–58<\/P>
Champions: 1903–04, 1912–13, 1950–51
Runners-up: 1914–15, 1933–34
Play-off Runners-up: 2000–01, 2004–05
Play-off Semi-finalists: 2005–06, 2008–09<\/P>
Champions: 1970–71, 1999–2000
Play-off Winners: 2014–15
Play-off Semi-finalists: 1988–89, 1998–99, 2013–14<\/P>
Champions: 1995–96
Runners-up: 1986–87
Play-off Runners-up: 1993–94
Play-off Semi-finalists: 1994–95<\/P>
Winners: 1889, 1938<\/P>
Runners-up: 1938<\/P>
<\/STRONG>Winners: 1941<\/P>
<\/STRONG>In 1996, Preston's Third Division title made them the third club to have been champions of all four professional leagues in English football. This feat has also been achieved by Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1988, local rivals Burnley in 1992, and both Sheffield United and Portsmouth in 2017.<\/P>","480882DFDB04CD6B51949E56E163439C":"0","EC5D596A5D80446F935E9C751DEF66E8":"183cm","3316B2DB0B85B0BE":"Preston North End F.C.","8D5A204CDEF7148F16FFC2E9FB1EE211":"1977-7-17","168A56ED2BB242F4":"enquiries@prestonnorthend.co.uk","C0FE8DFCAA690E72":"http:\/\/www.pnefc.net\/","6F57BC549B91E4F9B6527BF7F4BF203F":"76kg","8CFBF2FE25EFB09A":"","80B37F2A697D8EFD":"27.14","0FD504EDD8B1D3841B8B3A87EB81E7E9":"Preston North End F.C.","160343B2F56DD1006D4E7F061757C207":"23,404","F130A460B61EDB83511FAE53BCCB265B":"Sheffield United F.C.,Sheffield United(U21),Hibernian FC,Leeds United F.C.,Barnsley F.C.","D21B7B52C3154356":"1","0D34E6C50E8B5F692E33A5A7830475C3":"Paul Heckingbottom","480882DFDB04CD6BE39EA745DB9708F3FDC1AF08E10C208A":"1","CDD49FE9965EE16A":"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Deepdale,+preston,+England&sll=62.733372,7.14842&sspn=0.002831,0.01133&ie=UTF8&ll=53.771899,-2.687713&spn=0.003652,0.01133&t=h&z=17","7316390EDD0778189C728D1A7D275848":"England","9313EC01B36593E9":"417","E7D2F501BA5F9F82CBF994866126F3A8":"