Paul Groves (footballer)
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Groves at West Ham United, August 2010 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paul Groves | ||
| Date of birth | 28 February 1966 | ||
| Place of birth | Derby, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender / Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Belper Town | |||
| 198?–1988 | Burton Albion | ||
| 1988–1990 | Leicester City | 16 | (1) |
| 1989 | → Lincoln City (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| 1990–1992 | Blackpool | 107 | (21) |
| 1992–1996 | Grimsby Town | 184 | (38) |
| 1996–1997 | West Bromwich Albion | 29 | (4) |
| 1997–2004 | Grimsby Town | 270 | (33) |
| 2004 | → Scunthorpe United (loan) | 7 | (2) |
| 2004 | Scunthorpe United | 6 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | York City | 42 | (3) |
| 2005–2006 | Stafford Rangers | 30 | (5) |
| Total | 699 | (109) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2001–2004 | Grimsby Town | ||
| 2009 | Portsmouth (caretaker) | ||
| 2012 | AFC Bournemouth | ||
| 2020–2021 | Gloucester City | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Paul Groves (born 28 February 1966) is an English football coach and former professional footballer.
He notably captained and managed Grimsby Town. He was naturally a central midfield player, but later in his career was used as a central defender. He also played in the Football League for Leicester City, Lincoln City, Blackpool, West Bromwich Albion and Scunthorpe United having also played at non-league level for Belper Town, Burton Albion, York City and Stafford Rangers. His playing career lasted from 1986 until 2006. He was player/manager at Grimsby Town from 2001 until 2004, he eventually retired in 2006 whilst he was player/assistant manager at Stafford Rangers.
After moving into coaching full time he became a first team coach at West Ham United following Avram Grant to the club from Portsmouth. However, he parted company with the club on 24 June 2011, following the arrival of Sam Allardyce he joined AFC Bournemouth as the club's youth team manager. On 25 March 2012 he became the club's first team manager following a caretaker spell in charge, however he was relieved of his duties in October that year but was re-appointed as youth team boss. He has also held coaching staff roles at Bristol City, Crawley Town, Mickleover Sports, Birmingham City, Chennaiyin FC and Maccabi Haifa. He became first team manager of Gloucester City in 2020 but was dismissed in 2021 and returned to India as assistant manager of NorthEast United.