Joe Paladino - Player Profile
| Full Name: | Giuseppe Paladino |
| Born: | 29/08/1965 (age 59) |
| Place of Birth: | St Helens |
| Nationality: | England |
| Height: | 6 ft 6 in |
| Position: | Goal |
| First Team Debut: | 23/12/1990 v Brentford (A) - Barclays League Division Three (old) |
| Signed: | 22/12/1990 (free - St Helens Town) |
| Left: | 01/07/1991 |
‘Joe’, who failed to make the grade at Everton, was signed from St Helens Town in December 1990, on the advice of his former St Helens team mate Bryan Griffiths, amidst a goalkeeper injury crisis when Nigel Adkins had been injured during a game against Shrewsbury Town at Gay Meadow. Phil Hughes was also injured at the time and so Joe was signed until the end of the season. He made his Latics League debut on 23rd December 1990 against Brentford at Griffin Park in a game that the Blues lost 0-1. He had played 4 consecutive League games when Latics decided to bring back Tony Pennock from Stockport County, who then promptly made 2 League appearances before getting injured himself! Joe played the next League game against Reading at Elm Park before Phil Hughes returned to action. In total he made 7 League appearances before signing for Altrincham at the start of the following season.
He then had a spell with Runcorn and Witton Albion for whom he played in a FA Trophy Final.
He later swapped goalkeeping gloves for boxing gloves and reached the British top ten of professional heavyweight boxers before returning to the sport he loves in 1997.
Wigan Athletic Career
| League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| 1990-1991 | 7 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 8 (0) | 0 | |
| TOTALS | 7 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 8 (0) | 0 | |
