Paul McGee (born 17 May 1968) is an Irish former professional

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in t ...

Career

McGee scored twice as Emfa clinched the 1987 League of Ireland First Division Shield by virtue of a 4–2 win over Finn Harps at

Oriel Park Oriel Park is a UEFA Category 2 football stadium located on the Carrickmacross Road in Dundalk, Ireland. The stadium is the home ground of Dundalk Football Club and is owned and operated by the club on land that has been leased from the Casey ...

. It was the club's first season in senior football. He was the PFAI Young Player of the Year for the 1987–88 season. Early in 1989, he moved to England when

Jock Wallace John Martin Bokas Wallace (6 September 1935 – 24 July 1996) was a Scottish professional footballer and manager. Wallace played as a goalkeeper, and has the unique distinction of being the only player ever to play in the English, Welsh and Sco ...

signed him for Colchester United in the Fourth Division, but after just three games for the

Essex Essex ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East of England, and one of the home counties. It is bordered by Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Kent across the Thames Estuary to the ...

side he made the big step up to the First Division when

Bobby Gould Robert Alfred Gould (born 12 June 1946) is an English former footballer and manager. Early life Robert Alfred Gould was born in Wyken, Coventry, Warwickshire on Wednesday, 12 June 1946. He is the son of Henry Gould and Helen McKellar Gould ...

signed him for

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in domestic Football in England, English football. First played during ...

holders

Wimbledon Wimbledon most often refers to: * Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London * Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships Wimbledon may also refer to: Places London * W ...

. McGee scored the equaliser at

Highbury Highbury is an area of North London, England, in the London Borough of Islington. Highbury Manor Highbury was once owned by Ranulf, brother of Ilger, and included all the areas north and east of Canonbury and Holloway Roads. The manor hou ...

on his debut for Wimbledon on his 21st birthday in May 1989, but had played only 60 league games for the Dons by the time he left them in 1995 to sign for Linfield in Northern Ireland. His best season at Wimbledon was the 1990–91 season, when he was Wimbledon's second highest scorer in the league with six goals. Three years later, however, he was rarely selected for the first team. In more recent years, McGee has played for the Republic of Ireland PFAI Over 40s team, and scored a goal in the International Social Soccer Veteran's Tournament in Dublin in May 2014, at the age of 46.

References

*
Since 1888... The Searchable Premiership and Football League Player Database
(subscription required)

Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database {{DEFAULTSORT:McGee, Paul 1968 births Living people Republic of Ireland men's association footballers League of Ireland players Men's association football midfielders Premier League players NIFL Premiership players Kilkenny City A.F.C. players Bohemian F.C. players Colchester United F.C. players Wimbledon F.C. players Peterborough United F.C. players English Football League players Linfield F.C. players St Patrick's Athletic F.C. players Athlone Town A.F.C. players Republic of Ireland men's under-21 international footballers Republic of Ireland men's under-23 international footballers Tolka Rovers F.C. players Association footballers from County Dublin 20th-century Irish sportsmen