Paul Stokes is a former Irish footballer.

A striker he made a League of Ireland scoring debut for Waterford United

Waterford United

Waterford United is an Irish football club playing in the First Division of the League of Ireland. The club was founded and elected to the league in 1930 and hails from Waterford. Originally the club was based at Kilcohan Park greyhound stadium, but have now moved to the Waterford Regional Sports...

 at Bray Wanderers on the 31st of October 1993. In total he scored 7 goals in 13 appearances for the Blues before moving to Newry Town.

Paul was then transferred to Cliftonville F.C.

Cliftonville F.C.

Cliftonville Football & Athletic Club is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the IFA Premiership. Founded on 20 September 1879 by John McCredy McAlery in the suburb of Cliftonville in north Belfast, it is the oldest football club in Ireland and celebrated its 130th...

 for £10,000 where he really made his mark in two good seasons at Solitude, their leading scorer in 1996/97 with 18 goals which included a County Antrim Shield

County Antrim Shield

The County Antrim Shield is a football competition in Northern Ireland. The competition is open to senior teams who are members of the North East Ulster Football Association , often plus intermediate teams who...

 win.

Scored Cliftonville's first ever goal at home in European competition in a UEFA Intertoto Cup

UEFA Intertoto Cup

The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued...

 game in July 1996 http://ifapremiership.com/cliftonvilleeuropedetail.htm.

He joined Shamrock Rovers in the summer of 1997 on a Bosman http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_19970615/ai_n14464875 where in his one season he scored 3 league goals in 16 appearances. Overall he scored 5 times in 22 total appearances for the Hoops including one appearance in European competition.

Joined Coleraine after his spell at Rovers http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_19991107/ai_n14498732.

Honours

• FAI Super Cup
  FAI Super Cup
  The FAI Super Cup is a defunct football tournament which was played for 3 years between 1998 and 2000. It was played before the League of Ireland season began, usually in July. The first tournament was played in the neutral Morton Stadium and the 1999 and 2000 editions were both played for in...
  
  
  • Shamrock Rovers 1998

• County Antrim Shield
  County Antrim Shield
  The County Antrim Shield is a football competition in Northern Ireland. The competition is open to senior teams who are members of the North East Ulster Football Association , often plus intermediate teams who...
  
  
  • Cliftonville F.C.
    Cliftonville F.C.
    Cliftonville Football & Athletic Club is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the IFA Premiership. Founded on 20 September 1879 by John McCredy McAlery in the suburb of Cliftonville in north Belfast, it is the oldest football club in Ireland and celebrated its 130th...
    
     1997

• Player of the Year
  • Cliftonville F.C.
    Cliftonville F.C.
    Cliftonville Football & Athletic Club is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the IFA Premiership. Founded on 20 September 1879 by John McCredy McAlery in the suburb of Cliftonville in north Belfast, it is the oldest football club in Ireland and celebrated its 130th...
    
    1996/97