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Paul Edwards (footballer Born 1947)
Paul Francis Edwards (born 7 October 1947) is an English former association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender for Manchester United F.C., Manchester United, Oldham Athletic A.F.C., Oldham Athletic and Stockport County F.C., Stockport County. Born in Shaw and Crompton, Lancashire, Edwards began his football career with Manchester United, signing his first amateur contract with them on 14 August 1963. He turned professional 18 months later, but it was not for another four years that he made his first team debut, playing in the 3–0 defeat away to Everton F.C., Everton on 19 August 1969. His first – and only – goal for the club came in the December of that year. In a Football League Cup, League Cup semi-final against Manchester City F.C., Manchester City on 17 December 1969, Edwards let fly with a long-range effort that flew past the City goalkeeper. It proved to be the highlight of Edwards' Manchester United career. In his first ful ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaw And Crompton
Shaw and Crompton is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, which contains the town of Shaw and lies on the River Beal at the foothills of the South Pennines. It is located north of Oldham, south-east of Rochdale and north-east of Manchester. Historically in Lancashire, the area shows evidence of ancient British and Anglian activity. In the Middle Ages, Crompton formed a small township of scattered woods, farmsteads, moorland and swamp. The local lordship was weak or absent, and so Crompton failed to emerge as a manor with its own lord and court. Farming was the main industry of this rural area, with locals supplementing their incomes by hand-loom woollen weaving in the domestic system. The introduction of textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution initiated a process of rapid and unplanned urbanisation. A building boom began in Crompton in the mid-19th century, when suitable land for factories in Oldham was becomi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
