Paul Birch (footballer, born 1968)

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Paul Birch

| fullname = Paul Anthony Birch{{Hugman|1600|accessdate=25 October 2015}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|12|3|df=y}}

| birth_place = Reading, England

| height = 6ft 0in{{Cite book |last=Rollin |first=Jack |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook: 1988–89 |publisher=Queen Anne Press |year=1988 |isbn=0-356-15880-2 |location=London |pages=82}}

| position = Forward

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1986

| youthclubs1 = Arsenal

| youthyears2 = 1986–1987

| youthclubs2 = Portsmouth

| years1 = 1987–1988

| clubs1 = Brentford

| caps1 = 18

| goals1 = 2

| years2 =

| clubs2 = Rothwell Town

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

}}

Paul Anthony Birch (born 3 December 1968) is an English retired professional footballer who played in the Football League for Brentford as a forward.{{Cite book |last=Haynes |first=Graham |title=Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006 |last2=Coumbe |first2=Frank |publisher=Yore Publications |year=2006 |isbn=978-0955294914 |location=Harefield |pages=21}} He quit League football in October 1988 to become an estate agent.{{Cite book |last=Croxford |first=Mark |title=The Big Brentford Book of the Eighties |last2=Lane |first2=David |last3=Waterman |first3=Greville |publisher=Legends Publishing |year=2011 |isbn=978-1906796716 |location=Sunbury, Middlesex |page=367}}