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Paul Lodge

Paul Lodge (born 13 February 1961) is an English former footballer and football manager.

A midfielder, he played in every division of the Football League, as well as in the Conference, Northern Premier League, and League of Wales. He began his career at Everton in 1979 and had loan spells at Wigan Athletic and Rotherham United, before joining Preston North End in 1983. He moved on to Bolton Wanderers the following year, who in turn loaned him out to Port Vale. After spending time with Stockport County, he headed into semi-professional football in 1986 with Barrow. He moved on to Southport, Macclesfield Town, Witton Albion (winning the Northern Premier League Premier Division title in 1990–91), and Morecambe, before returning to Southport in November 1993. After another 100 league appearances for the club, he ended his career following spells with Lancaster City, Bangor City, Chorley, and Burscough.

He began coaching with Southport in 1998 and also served as the club's caretaker manager in 1999. He spent June 2001 to March 2002 as Paul Futcher's assistant at Stalybridge Celtic. He took on the management reins at St Helens Town in July 2003 but was sacked in January 2004. After coaching at Accrington Stanley, he spent two months in charge at Chorley in late 2006. He then returned to his coaching role at Accrington Stanley. Provided by Wikipedia