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Paul Jefcoate
Appearances: 8+2 Goals: 1
Date / Year of birth: 29th April 1960
Position: Striker / Midfielder
Season of first appearance: 1983/84
Season of last appearance: 1984/85
Also played for: Ramsgate
Attacking player born in Mtaifa, Malta whilst his father was in the Royal Navy who made his first reserve team appearances for Margate during the 1975/76 season. Paul also appeared for the reserves during the 1978/79 and 1980/81 campaigns.
He stayed at Hartsdown Park when Margate became Thanet United for the 1981/82 season and played exclusively for the reserves throughout the campaign, and during the 1982/83 season too.
The 1983/84 campaign saw Paul finally break into the first team and he made his debut in a 4-1 defeat at Poole on 24.3.84. He played as a striker and had a goal disallowed - a header from outside the 18-yard box. The local Adscene newspaper said that he had a "useful game". The Thanet Times also praised Paul's efforts, describing him as United's "danger man". He went on to make six further appearances before the end of the 1983/84 season, starting in all but one of those matches. In 2005 Paul recalled nutmegging former Southampton star Manny Andruszewski in the first couple of minutes of a 2-1 defeat at home to Waterlooville on 21.4.84. Paul said "I was foolish enough to call it" and still remembered Andruszewski's swift revenge - "I vaguely recall climbing from row 15 of the stand in the fifth minute, it was like being hit by a steam train."
Paul continued to be a regular in United's reserves during the 1984/85 campaign and he also made three further first team appearances. The first of them was as a substitute in a 4-2 win at Ashford on 11.12.84 - the match was an Eastern Floodlight Cup tie. On 7.3.85 Paul made his first senior start of the season and marked the occasion with a goal in a 2-1 defeat at Hastings United in another Floodlight Cup game. He later had a good game in a 1-1 draw at Basingstoke on 25.4.85 but it was his last appearance for Thanet. Paul left the club in the summer of 1985.
He went on to have a lengthy spell with Ramsgate and became the Rams' reserve team player-manager for a period that included the 1991/92-1994/95 seasons.
Paul made his last first team appearance for the Rams when he came on as a substitute in a game against Lordswood in April 2000 but he still turned out for the reserves occasionally as late as the 2002/03 season.
He also had a stint as the club's secretary that included the 1996/97-1999/00 campaigns and by the 2002/03 season Paul was Ramsgate's vice-chairman.
In 2005 Paul was still living locally and running his own business, as well as continuing in his role as vice-chairman of Ramsgate. At that time he was still turning out for Birchington USC in the Thanet Premier Sunday League and his team-mates included former Margate / Thanet legends Lennie Lee (who was the club's player-manager) and Joe Radford.
He was still playing locally in 2009 and was still Ramsgate's vice-chairman during the 2011/12 campaign. Paul's son Jamie was in Margate's reserve team that season.
At the end of June 2013 Paul became Ramsgate's chairman but he resigned from the role in February 2014.
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SEASON (CLUB) |
FULL (MAX) |
SUB |
GLS |
FAC |
FAT |
SLC |
KSC |
| |
|
1983/84 (TUFC) |
6 (49) |
1 |
0 |
SOUTHERN LEAGUE SOUTHERN DIV. (18TH OF 20) |
2QR |
1QR |
3R |
2R |
|
|
SEASON (CLUB) |
FULL (MAX) |
SUB |
GLS |
FAC |
FAT |
SLC |
KSC |
EFC | |
|
1984/85 (TUFC) |
2 (62) |
1 |
1 |
SOUTHERN LEAGUE SOUTHERN DIV. (5TH OF 20) |
1QR |
1QR |
GR |
SF |
RU |