Paul Crichton

Nottingham Forest

Crichton started his career as a trainee at Nottingham Forest club, turning professional in May 1986. While at Forest he was loaned out to six different clubs to gain experience, although he was never given an opportunity at Forest. The first of these loans, was with neighbours Notts County, which gave Crichton his league debut in September 1986. This was followed by further loans to Darlington in (January) and Peterborough United in (March). In September 1987 he rejoined Darlington, with further loans at Swindon Town in December 1987, and Rotherham United in March 1988. He joined Torquay United on loan in August 1988, playing 13 games at the start of the season, keeping Ken Veysey out of the side. He played well enough to attract attention from other clubs, and moved from Forest to Peterborough United in November on a free transfer.

Doncaster Rovers

He was released at the end of the following season and joined Doncaster Rovers in August 1990. On 15 September that year in a game against Rochdale at Spotland, Crichton achieved a rare if not unique feat by saving the same penalty three times. The referee had insisted it be retaken twice. Rovers went on to win 3–0. He appeared in 90 league and cup games for Doncaster.

Grimsby Town

He moved to Grimsby Town on a free transfer in July 1993. He was an ever-present in his first season at Blundell Park, hardly missing a game for 3 years until September 1996, when he moved to West Bromwich…

On 26 June it was announced that Crichton had left Priestfield and joined Cambridge United as a player-coach. In January 2007 he was loaned to King's Lynn until the end of the season, but remained as goalkeeping coach at Cambridge United. However, after Cambridge lost 5–0 twice in succession, Crichton was recalled from his loan, and was present in goal during the club record victory on 31 March 2007 (7–0 v. Weymouth). He was released by Cambridge in May 2007 and returned to King's Lynn on a permanent contract for the 2007–08 season, but was allowed to leave to join Brighton & Hove Albion as goalkeeping coach, to further his career. On 9 February 2009, he moved to take over as goalkeeping coach at Norwich City replacing Tommy Wright, after Bryan Gunn was appointed as manager. He left the club in February 2010, moving to Sheffield United to coach there, though was also registered as a player for emergencies for his first season. In July 2012 took up the goalkeeper coaching job at Championship club Huddersfield Town. On 23 June 2014 he returned to former club Grimsby Town as the club's new goalkeeping coach. On 9 July, having only taken part in a week's worth of pre-season training, Crichton departed Grimsby and joined Blackpool in a similar role. On 7 August 2015 Crichton joined Queens Park Rangers, again as goalkeeping coach, and left the club on 28 January 2016. After emigrating to the United States to open a soccer school, Crichton was appointed assistant coach of Miami FC,…

Crichton now lives in Port Orange, Florida and is a coach for PSA Soccer Academy and technical director for the Miami FC Academy.

As a player

Grimsby Town

Lincolnshire Senior Cup winner: 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96 Supporters Player of the Year winner: 1994