Footballers who have played league football for both PNE and Plymouth
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793) Kevin Magee
PNE 26 apps; 1 goals
Plymouth 4 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 26/02/1994 v Lincoln (H) Won 2-0
859) Paul McGregor
PNE 4 apps; 0 goals
Plymouth 27 apps; 19 goals
PNE debut 27/03/1999 v Northampton (H) Won 3-0
400) Syd Rawlings
PNE 12 apps; 0 goals
Plymouth 56 apps; 20 goals
PNE debut 28/10/1933 v Port Vale (H) Drawn 0-0
800) Mark Sale
PNE 13 apps; 6 goals
Plymouth 8 apps; 1 goal
PNE debut 13/08/1994 v Darlington (A) Drawn 0-0
726) Graham Shaw
PNE 121 apps 29 goals
Plymouth 6 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 19/04/1989 v Rotherham (A) Lost 1-3
628) Brain Taylor
PNE 99 apps; 1 goal
Plymouth 35 apps; 5 goals
PNE debut 21/10/1978 v Fulham (A) Lost 3-5
444) Jackie Wharton
PNE 28 apps; 7 goals
Plymouth 11 apps; 2 goals
PNE debut 26/08/1939 v Leeds (H) Drawn 0-0
Player Profile Paul McGregor
Paul Anthony McGregor was born in Liverpool on 17 December 1974. He was a prolific scorer and record-breaker in the Nottingham Forest youth side. He signed professional forms in December 1991 but didn't make his debut until 10 December 1994 against Ipswich. He was on the fringe of the Collymore / Roy & Bohinen 1994/95 team which finished third and was used as a regular substitute.
The following season saw McGregor get his chance due to injuries and lack of form for Silenzi. McGregor came of the bench to score the winning goal in a UEFA Cup match against Lyon after Stuart Pearce had missed the penalty. A week later he made his first start in a Premier League match by scoring in a 1-1 home draw with Manchester United as Forest took the lead in the 19 th minute. McGregor scored a further league goal in March 1996 as Forest won hat Sheffield Wednesday 3-1.
The return of Jason Lee and Kevin Campbell, his tendency to drift in and out of games plus an operation on a knee injury limited his first team opportunities. McGregor made 30 league appearances for Forest scoring 3 goals although only 7 of those appearances was from the starting line up. His last appearance for the club was in March 1997 in a 1-1 draw at Blackburn.
In September 1998 McGregor joined Carlisle for a three month loan. He made his debut in a 1-1 draw at Shrewsbury. McGregor scored in his next match on his home debut against Barnet as Carlisle won 2-1 and in his third game, scoring the only goal against Scarborough . An equaliser against Cambrige in December 1998 was his third and final goal for the club. He made ten league appearances and played his last match in a 1-1 draw on 19 January 1999 against Scunthorpe in the Auto Windowscreen Shield as. Carlisle won the match on penalties.
McGregor joined Preston on 22 March 1999 and made his debut as a substitute five days later as PNE beat Northampton 3-0 at Deepdale. His only game in the starting eleven was in his second match as PNE lost 3-2 at Macclesfield, but was replaced in the 58 minute by Jon Macken. After being a substitute in the 2-2 draw at Millwall, McGregor made his fourth and last appearance for the club in the last home league game of the season on 1 May 1999 as PNE drew 1-1 with Notts County.
McGregor joined Plymouth on 12 June 1999 and made his debut on 7 August in a 2-1 defeat at Southend. His first goal for the club came in October as McGregor scored the only goal at Hull.
McGregor was the leader scorer for Plymouth in the 1999/2000 season with 16 goals in all competitions. This included two hat-tricks, the first in November in a 4-1 victory at home to Barnet whilst the second was in March 2000 as Plymouth beat Torquay 4-0 at Plainmoor.
McGregor scored three goals in his first four league / cup matches of the 2000/01 season and three goals in consecutive matches in October 2000. But his goal scoring touch deserted him, scoring only one further league goal for the remainder of the season. His final game for Plymouth was on 7 April 2001 in a 1-0 home win over Exeter . He had scored 19 goals from 77 appearances.
He joined Northampton in June 2001 and made his debut on 18 August 2001 in a 2-0 defeat at Stoke. McGregor scored in his second appearance as Northampton beat QPR 2-1 in the League Cup with McGregor scoring the winner in extra time. McGregor suffered from injuries and made his last appearance for the club on 22 March 2003 as a substitute in a 2-0 home defeat against Oldham . He made 62 appearances for the club scoring 5 goals.
During the nineties whist with Forest , McGregor used to sing with the indie band Merc.