Paul Hince

Paul Frank Hince (born 2 March 1945 in Manchester, England), is an English former footballer who played as a winger in the Football League. He played for the Division One championship-winning side in 1967–68. In January 2021 the football league took the decision to award Paul and 3 other former City players a championship winning medal for the 1967-68 season. Paul's was presented to his son at half time at the game between City and Burnley on 16th October 2021.

Paul Hince
Personal information
Full name Paul Frank Hince
Date of birth (1945-03-02) 2 March 1945
Place of birth Manchester, England
Position(s) Winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966–1968 Manchester City 7 (4)
1968–1969 Charlton Athletic 23 (2)
1969–1970 Bury 38 (3)
1970–1971 Crewe Alexandra 48 (5)
1971–1972 Macclesfield Town 36 (2)
Total 130 (13)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Biography

Paul Hince was a reporter with the Ashton News before commencing his football career at Old Trafford, but achieved most success scoring four goals and playing eleven games at cross town rivals Manchester City during the Mercer-Allison partnership in the 1967 – 1968 season.[1] On retiring from the game Paul went back to journalism working for the Manchester Evening News[1][2] as the City correspondent where he frequently referred to City as "God's own Club," and later became the Chief Sportswriter and England correspondent.

Paul is the author of the book Memories of a Failed Footballer and a Crap Journalist. Although undoubtedly a "True Blue" as a journalist, Paul was well known for upsetting both Manchester City and United fans in his weekly columns. During Press Conferences Alex Ferguson would regularly react badly to questions from Hince who was delighted when Ferguson responded asking him if he was all right, did he need any paracetamol, or should he call a psychiatrist. Paul retired from the Manchester Evening News in 2006 and later wrote a column for the internet based "football.co.uk" site and is still a prolific "internet" journalist.

References
  1. "One last swipe at Manchester City and then Sir Alex Ferguson was gone...". Independent. Independent. 17 May 2013. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  2. Taylor, Daniel (31 August 2018). "Ten years on: how Abu Dhabi ownership transformed Manchester City". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 September 2018.


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