Paul Ince - Career Statistics
Squads	Apps	comp. apps	Starts	Sub on	Sub off	Mins.	Goals	goals ave.min	comp. goals	Capt.	Disc.
-	53	29	50	3	11	4406	2	2203 min	2	7	13   1
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors.

Paul Ince - Match History
Club: Manchester United F.C. - 16 full appearances manager: Graham Taylor - 12 full capsx
Age 24
-	b	18 February 1992 - England B 3 France B 0, Rangers Stadium, Shepherds Bush	Fr	HW	Start	7
1	689	9 September 1992 - Spain 1 England 0, Estádio El Sardinero, Santander	Fr	AW	x	x
2	-	x - x, x	x	x	x	x
Age 25
3	-	x - x, x	x	x	x	x
4	-	x - x, x	x	x	x	x
5	-	x - x, x	x	x	x	x
6	-	x - x, x	x	x	x	x
7	-	x - x, x	Tour	x	captain	x
8	-	x - x, x		x	captain	x
9	-	x - x, x		x	x	x
10	-	x - x, x	x	x	x	x
11	-	x - x, x	x	x	x	x
Age 26
12	-	x - x, x	x	x	x	x
Coach: Terry Venables - 11 full capsx
13	-	x - x, x	x	x	x	x
14	-	x - x, x	x	x	x	x
15	-	x - x, x	x	x	x	x
Age 27
16	-	15 February 1995 - x, x	Fr	Aab	x	x
Club: Internazionale Milano F.C. - 17 full appearances
Age 28
17	-	27 March 1996 - x, x	x	x	x	x
18	-	x - x, x	x	x	x	x
19	-	x - x, x	x	x	x	x
20	-	8 June 1996 - x, x	ECF	x	x	x
21	-	15 June 1996 - x, x		x	x	x
22	-	18 June 1996 - x, x		x	x	x
-	-	x - x, x		x	Suspended
23	-	26 June 1996 - x, x		x	x	x
Coach: Glenn Hoddle - 21 full capsx
24	-	1 September 1996 - x, x	x	x	x	x
25	-	x - x, x	x	x	x	x
Age 29
26	-	x - x, x	x	x	x	x
27	-	x - x, x	x	x	x	x
28	-	x - x, x	x	x	captain	x
29	-	x - x, x	x	x	x	x
30	-	x - x, x	x	x	x	x
31	-	4 June 1997 - x, x	TC	x	captain	x
32	-	7 June 1997 - x, x		x	sub	x
33	-	10 June 1997 - x, x		x	x	x
Club: Liverpool F.C. - 12 full appearances
34	-	11 October 1997 - x, x	x	x	captain	x
Age 30
35	-	15 November 1997 - x, x	x	x	captain	x
36	-	x - x, x	x	x	sub	x
37	-	x - x, x	x	x	x	x
38	-	x - x, x	x	x	x	x
39	-	x - x, x	TC	x	captain	x
40	-	15 June 1998 - x, x	WCF	x	x	x
41	-	22 June 1998 - x, x		x	x	x
42	-	26 June 1998 - x, x		x	x	x
43	-	30 June 1998 - x, x		x	x	x
44	751	5 September 1998 - Sweden 2 England 1, Rasunda Fotbollstadion, Solna	ECP	AL	Start	x
Age 31   Coach: Howard Wilkinson - 1 full capx
45	755	10 February 1999 - England 0 France 2, Wembley Stadium, Wembley	Fr	HL	x	x
Club: Middlesbrough F.C. - 8 full appearances Coach: Kevin Keegan - 8 full capsx
46	762	10 October 1999 - England 2 Belgium 1, Stadium of Light, Sunderland	Fr	HW	x	x
Age 32
47		13 November 1999 - Scotland 0 England 2,	ECP P-O	AW
48		17 November 1999 - England 0 Scotland 1,		HL
49			Fr
50			Fr		sub
51	769		ECF		Start	14
52	770				Start
53	771	20 June 2000 - England 2 Romania 3, Stade Communal, Charleroi		NL	Start

PAUL THE PIONEER

Boss Ince: My dream to be first black Prem GUV'NOR

 
As the first black player to captain his country, Paul Ince rightly regards himself as having played a pioneering role in history of the game.  When he led out England against the United States in Boston in 1993, Ince was fulfilling more than just a boyhood ambition and achieving much more than a personal career milestone.

In pulling on the captain's armband, Ince broke down one of football's most shameful barriers and paved the way for a generation of young black men to realise their dreams of becoming professional players. But 14 years on from that seminal episode in his illustrious career, Ince is appalled that, while black players form an integral part of modern English football, the Premier League cannot boast one black English boss. It is why Ince has made it his personal crusade who became the this country's first black Premier League boss and why he chose the eve of his Macclesfield side's glamour FA Cup tie with Chelsea to reveal his dismay at the current situation.

"When I became captain of England people said it was responsible for a lot of black kids in the ghetto starting to play football.  I was regarded as some sort of figurehead for black people to get into football.  So it's strange there are no black managers in the Premier League, particularly when people like Ian Wright and Les Ferdinand were such great players.  Wrighty and Les have gone into TV, but I've spoken to them loads of times and said that when you've had such great careers you have to put something back into the game.  I just feel that maybe I'm the one to take it on, who became the that first black Premier League manager.  There's Keith Alexander and Leroy Rosenior who have tried it in the lower leagues.  Keith got into the play-offs three times but no-one has been prepared to give him the chance to go higher and I can't understand why.  Hopefully I can change that.  If I keep performing the way I have started here then in another four or five years may they will have no choice but to say 'yes'."

Alexander, currently the only other black manager in England, has been ignored by many clubs and Ince said: "He's at Peterborough now but look at his great work at Lincoln.  No one would give him a chance to go to the next level.  But his record is second to none in getting teams into promotion play-offs. You wonder why and the only conclusion you can reach is that it's because of his colour.  It's strange that all the great black British players from the past have just disappeared. It would be lovely if I could break that mould.  I was the first black captain England ever had, and becoming the first black English Premier League manager would be another milestone."

Ince has been out of the limelight since his glory days with West Ham, Manchester United, Inter Milan, Liverpool and England, but he will be the centre of attention once again during Macclesfield's dream third round tie at Stamford Bridge.  In a little over two months, the 39-year-old has performed a minor miracle at the struggling League Two side. When Ince took over in October, Macclesfield were bottom of the table, seven points adrift of safety, 92nd in the Football League. But in that time Ince has transformed the club's fortunes.  Macclesfield had not won in their first 17 fixtures of the season, but under Ince they have hauled themselves off the foot of the table and are unbeaten in their last 10 games.  As a United star he was on the receiving end of Sir Alex Ferguson's infamous "hairdryer" treatment, but Ince has a more gentle way of coaxing the best out of his own players.  I don't think you can bollock lads any more because the football culture has changed.  The lads here are so passionate about their football. They've got mouths to feed, they don't get paid a lot of money, but they come in every day and work their nuts off.  You've got to make them believe they are the greatest player in the world, and if you can do that you can go on a good run like we've done."

The eyes of the football world may be on Macclesfield and their unlikely attempt to cause the biggest FA Cup upset of all time, but Ince knows that once tomorrow is over it is back to reality for him and his players.  That means journeys to places like Barnet, Torquay and Grimsby, where conditions are less than desirable, attendances are sparse and few people outside the two clubs playing each other have any interest in the outcome.  But Ince will be glad when the furore over the Chelsea game is out of the way and he can concentrate once again on his real aim - to preserve Macclesfield's League status. "I want my players to embrace the experience at Chelsea," he added. "But this game isn't important to me. Keeping Macclesfield in the League is important to me. I'll be glad when this match is gone, and we'll have to focus our attention on Barnet, our next League game."
This interview appeared in the Daily Mirror, London - 5th January 2007.

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