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Eric Paton

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Eric Paton

| image =

| fullname = Eric John Paton

| height =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|8|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland

| position = Right-back

| years1 = 1994–1999 | caps1 = 4 | goals1 = 15 | clubs1 = Hibernian

| years2 = 1998 | caps2 = 16 | goals2 = 1 | clubs2 = → Stenhousemuir (loan)

| years3 = 1999–2000 | caps3 = 25 | goals3 = 0 | clubs3 = Partick Thistle

| years4 = 2000–2002 | caps4 = 62 | goals4 = 15 | clubs4 = Clydebank

| years5 = 2002–2008 | caps5 = 173 | goals5 = 10 | clubs5 = Queen of the South

| years6 = 2008–2010 | caps6 = 67 | goals6 = 5 | clubs6 = Dundee

| years7 = 2010–2013 | caps7 = 50 | goals7 = 4 | clubs7= Stenhousemuir

| club-update = 00:20, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

}}

Eric John Paton (born 1 August 1978) is a Scottish retired professional footballer.

Paton joined Dundee in June 2008, after he signed a pre-contract agreement with the club on 24 January 2008.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/q/queen_of_the_south/7207276.stm Paton signs Dundee pre-contract] On 15 October 2010, Paton had his contract terminated by Dundee, a victim of the club entering administration.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/dundee/9085810.stm |title=Dundee given 50–50 survival chance by administrator |publisher=BBC Sport |date=15 October 2010 |accessdate=15 October 2010 |last=Spence |first=Jim}}

According to all managers who managed the goat all are of the same opinion one of the best players in Scotland and also known as a legend, top man and simply the best

Career statistics

{{Cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=11169 |title=Eric Paton Stats |work=Soccerbase}}

{{Updated|19 December 2012}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|FA Cup

!colspan="2"|League Cup

!colspan="2"|Other{{ref label|Other|A

}

!colspan="2"|Total

|-

!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals

|-

|rowspan="5" valign="center"|Hibernian

|1994–95

|Scottish Premier League||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0

|-

|1995–96

|Scottish Premier League||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0

|-

|1996–97

|Scottish Premier League||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0

|-

|1997–98

|Scottish Premier League||0||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||1||0

|-

|1998–99

|Scottish First Division||4||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||4||0

|-

|rowspan="1" valign="center"|Stenhousemuir (loan)

|1997–98

|Scottish Second Division||16||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||16||1

|-

!colspan="3" | Hibernian Total

!4!!0!!0!!0!!1!!0!!0!!0!!5!!0

|-

|rowspan="1" valign="center"|Partick Thistle

|1999–2000

|Scottish Second Division||25||0||3||0||1||0||1||0||30||0

|-

!colspan="3" | Total

!25!!0!!3!!0!!1!!0!!1!!0!!30!!0

|-

|-

|rowspan="2" valign="center"|Clydebank

|2000–01

|Scottish Second Division||27||7||1||0||0||0||2||0||30||7

|-

|2001–02

|Scottish Second Division||35||8||2||1||1||0||2||0||40||9

|-

!colspan="3" | Total

!62!!15!!3!!1!!1!!0!!4!!0!!70!!16

|-

|rowspan="6" valign="center"|Queen of the South

|2002–03

|Scottish First Division||22||3||2||0||1||0||2||0||27||3

|-

|2003–04

|Scottish First Division||35||2||2||0||2||0||1||0||40||2

|-

|2004–05

|Scottish First Division||30||4||2||0||1||0||0||0||33||4

|-

|2005–06

|Scottish First Division||34||0||2||0||1||0||1||0||38||0

|-

|2006–07

|Scottish First Division||32||1||3||0||2||0||2||0||39||1

|-

|2007–08

|Scottish First Division||20||0||3||0||1||0||1||0||25||0

|-

!colspan="3" | Total

!173!!10!!14!!0!!8!!0!!7!!0!!202!!10

|-

|rowspan="3" valign="center"|Dundee

|2008–09

|Scottish First Division||31||4||1||0||1||0||0||0||33||4

|-

|2009–10

|Scottish First Division||32||1||2||0||4||0||1||0||39||1

|-

|2010–11

|Scottish First Division||4||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||5||0

|-

!colspan="3" | Total

!67!!5!!3!!0!!6!!0!!1!!0!!77!!5

|-

|rowspan="3" valign="center"|Stenhousemuir

|2010–11

|Scottish Second Division||18||3||0||0||0||0||0||0||18||3

|-

|2011–12

|Scottish Second Division||26||1||0||0||2||2||1||0||29||3

|-

|2012–13

|Scottish Second Division||6||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||7||0

|-

!colspan="3" | Total

!50!!4!!1!!0!!2!!2!!1!!0!!54!!6

|-

!colspan="3" | Career totals

!397!!35!!24!!1!!19!!2!!14!!0!!454!!38

|}

:A. {{note|Other}} The "Other" column constitutes appearances (including substitutes) and goals in the Scottish Challenge Cup.

Honours

Dundee

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/8369525.stm

|title=Dundee 3-2 Inverness CT

|publisher=BBC

|date=22 November 2009 |accessdate=31 March 2021}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{Soccerbase}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Paton, Eric}}

Category:1978 births

Category:Footballers from Glasgow

Category:Living people

Category:Men's association football fullbacks

Category:Scottish men's footballers

Category:Hibernian F.C. players

Category:Partick Thistle F.C. players

Category:Stenhousemuir F.C. players

Category:Clydebank F.C. (1965) players

Category:Queen of the South F.C. players

Category:Dundee F.C. players

Category:Scottish Football League players