Paul Bastock

Bastock started his career in the youth team at Coventry City in the eighties and was a member of their 1987 FA Youth Cup winning side that beat a Southampton youth side including Alan Shearer and Matt Le Tissier. He was released by Coventry and signed his first professional contract in 1988 with Cambridge United where he stayed for one season during which he also played once on loan for Bath City in October 1988, a 1–1 draw against VS Rugby. He then moved to Malaysia to play in the Malaysian Super League where he spent six months with Sabah FA. He then moved back to England, where he spent time on trial with Newcastle United and Leyton Orient, and played a single match for Cheltenham Town in the Gloucestershire Senior Cup in return for a pair of gloves, before signing for Fisher Athletic. After a season with Fisher, he transferred to Kettering Town in 1990 where he spent two years. At Kettering, after a brief period on loan at Aylesbury United, he impressed and was snapped up by Boston United in 1992. His next 12 years with the Lincolnshire club were to prove the best of his footballing career. His first season with Boston was a disaster, with the club finishing bottom and being relegated from the Football Conference to the Northern Premier League. However, despite conceding 69 goals in 42 games, Bastock was still voted Player of the Season by supporters. He started to concede less goals the season after and Boston had a string of respectable league positions from 1993 to…

Bastock also played once for the England National Game XI (England C) in a game against a Highland League selection.

On 1 November 2018, Bastock joined King's Lynn Town as assistant manager, and left the club on 10 December 2021. On 23 January 2022, Bastock was announced as Kettering Town's new assistant manager, alongside Ian Culverhouse. He left the club, along with Culverhouse, on 15 May 2022. In September 2022, Bastock returned to Boston United for the role of the assistant manager, once again to Ian Culverhouse. He left Boston on 28 October 2024 after Ian Culverhouse was sacked. On 28 November 2024, Bastock was appointed as assistant manager at National League South club St Albans City, once again alongside Ian Culverhouse, and they both left on 28 October 2025 in order to re-join King's Lynn Town. On 29 October 2025, Bastock joined King's Lynn Town as assistant manager to Ian Culverhouse and they departed on 4 March 2026.

Bastock's son Callum is also a footballer and a fellow goalkeeper. He played several first-team games at semi-professional level for Boston Town before moving on 22 February 2013 to Grimsby Town on a two-year scholarship deal.