Paul McHale (born 30 September 1981 in (Stirling) is a Scottish retired Association footballer and current football agent.
Career
McHale started his career with
Rangers, but failed to play a senior game for them. He was loaned out to
St Mirren in 2003.
He joined
Sauchie Juniors in December 2003, With the club, the team reached the last eight of the
Scottish Junior Cup
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, finished runners up in the Lothian First Division and won the Lothians & Fife Cup (4–0 v
Linlithgow Rose
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).
He scored five times (out of 5) from the penalty spot for the team.
McHale spent the
2004–05 season at
Cowdenbeath
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.
He became
Graham Roberts
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' first signing for Clyde in the summer of 2005. Paul was handed the captain's armband, and has proved to be an influential leader. McHale missed most of
season 2005–06 with a stomach injury, including the shock
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,[Celtic
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. McHale hoped to lift Clyde's first major trophy in 48 years in November 2006, the
Scottish Challenge Cup, but Clyde lost out on a penalty shoot out.
In January 2006, he joined
Dundee for a fee of £5,000. He was made redundant by the club in October 2010 when they entered administration.
He then joined
Stirling Albion
Stirling Albion Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the city of Stirling. The club was founded in 1945 following the demise of King's Park after World War II. The club currently competes in Scottish League Two as a member of the ...
until 3 January 2011, and then signed a contract extension in January which took him through to the end of the season.
Honours
;
Sauchie Juniors
*Fife and Lothians Cup: 2003–04
See also
*
2005–06 Clyde F.C. season ,
2006–07
References
External links
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1981 births
Living people
Footballers from Stirling
Scottish footballers
Association football midfielders
Scottish Football League players
Rangers F.C. players
St Mirren F.C. players
Cowdenbeath F.C. players
Clyde F.C. players
Dundee F.C. players
Stirling Albion F.C. players
Stenhousemuir F.C. players