18 Facts About Paul Carden

Paul Andrew Carden was born on 29 March 1979 and is an English former professional footballer and coach, who is currently manager of Nantwich Town.

Paul Carden previously played for Blackpool, Rochdale, Chester City, Doncaster Rovers, Peterborough United, Accrington Stanley, and Burton Albion.

Paul Carden was a player and coach at Luton Town before leaving in January 2013, and was manager of Southport between January and November 2015.

Paul Carden had two spells with Chester and was a regular for most of his time there, chalking up more than 200 first-team appearances for the Blues.

Paul Carden teamed up with his former boss Mark Wright at Peterborough.

Later in the season, after Wright had departed, Paul Carden became one of the central characters of the Big Ron Manager documentary series on Sky, with Ron Atkinson drafted in to help new boss Steve Bleasdale.

On 18 October 2006 it was announced that Paul Carden had his contract with Peterborough terminated by mutual consent.

Paul Carden initially failed to complete the move following interest from Bury - a move failed to materialise and he signed a deal with Burton on 31 January 2007 until the end of the season.

Paul Carden was influential as Cambridge reached the Conference Premier play-off final at Wembley in May 2008.

Paul Carden was appointed as caretaker manager at Cambridge on 13 July 2009 after Brabin left the club following a second successive play-off final defeat in May On 22 July Carden signed a three-year deal as player and assistant manager at Cambridge, despite there being no full-time manager in place at the time.

On 16 June 2011, Paul Carden had his contract at Cambridge United terminated.

On 27 August 2011, Paul Carden was appointed first-team coach at Luton, joining up with Gary Brabin, who was now the club's manager.

Paul Carden remained with Luton as a coach until January 2013, when his contract was terminated.

Paul Carden was appointed Southport manager in January 2015 following the departure of Gary Brabin to Everton.

Paul Carden successfully kept Southport in the Conference Premier with some crucial wins against Halifax, Aldershot and Torquay United.

Paul Carden was appointed interim manager of Tranmere Rovers in September 2016 after a spell as assistant manager.

On 26 October 2016, Paul Carden was named manager of Warrington Town FC.

Paul Carden was appointed manager of Nantwich Town in February 2023.