Paul Huntington

Paul David Huntington (born 17 September 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bradford City.His first involvement with the first team at Newcastle was when he appeared on the bench for the club's Intertoto Cup games against ZTS Dubnica and Deportivo La Coruña in July 2005.Stockport County wanted to extend the loan for a third and final month but Huntington was told to return by Leeds United.[11] He won the League One Player of the Month for January, beating competition from Brighton & Hove Albion's Elliott Bennett, Craig Dawson from Rochdale, and AFC Bournemouth's Liam Feeney to win this award which was presented by his manager Terry Skiverton.During this month he scored three times against Sheffield Wednesday, Milton Keynes Dons, and Brentford and was part of a defence that kept four clean sheets.His third goal of the season came against ex-club Yeovil Town on 29 November in a 2–0 victory, heading into the top left corner.His goalscoring run continued on 16 December when he scored the winning goal in a 1–0 victory at Notts County, in the northern section semi-final of the Football League Trophy.He followed it up with his second goal in two games at Sheffield United in the FA Cup 4th round replay at Bramall Lane 3 February in a 3–1 win.He won promotion with the Lilywhites in the 2014–15 season, scoring the second goal of a 4–0 victory over Swindon Town in the 2015 League One Play-Off Final at Wembley.On 16 November 2015 Huntington won League One Player of the Year at the North West Football Awards for the 2014–15 season.His first goal of the 2016-17 season came on 14 January 2017, scoring a header against Brighton & Hove Albion in a 2–0 win and was subsequently named in the EFL Team of the Week.[23] Huntington won promotion to League One via the play offs on 28 May 2023 after captaining the side to victory over Stockport County at Wembley.
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