Patrick Boyle
Personal information
Full name	Patrick Boyle
Date of birth	March 20, 1987 (1987-03-20) (age 22)
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	Partick Thistle
Youth career
?-2003 2003-2005	Livingston Everton
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005–2008 2006 2008 2009 2009–	Everton → Norwich City (loan) → Crewe Alexandra (loan) Dumbarton Partick Thistle	00 (0) 03 (0) 17 (0) 17 (3) 00 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 July 2009. * Appearances (Goals)

Patrick Joseph Gerard Boyle (born 20 March 1987 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish footballer currently playing as a left back for Scottish First Division side Partick Thistle. He has represented his country at under 19 level.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Everton 1.2 Dumbarton 1.3 Partick Thistle 2 Career Honours 2.1 Dumbarton 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Career

[edit] Everton

Boyle signed terms for Everton's academy in 2003, from Scottish side Livingston. He performed well in his first two years for the academy and reserves and in July 2005 the defender was rewarded with a one year professional contract. Boyle was named on the substitutes bench for a FA Cup 4th Round tie against Chelsea in March 2006. In the summer of 2006 he signed a one year extension to his contract and made his first appearances for the first team in the 2006 pre-season.

Boyle joined Championship side Norwich City on a one month loan deal and made his debut for the club on 16 September against Crystal Palace at Carrow Road. His loan spell at Norwich ended on October 17 due to Boyle picking up a back injury. This injury caused him to miss the remainder of the 2006/07 season.

He signed for League One side Crewe Alexandra on 21 January on loan. After impressing in his first month Boyle's contract was extended by a further 2 months making him a part of the Alex squad until April 19th 2008^[1] After making a total of 17 appearances for Crewe Alexandra, Boyle returned to Everton.

On 14 May 2008 he was, along with many other young players, released by Everton.

[edit] Dumbarton

After appearing as a trialist in 3 matches, on 31 January 2009, Boyle signed with Scottish Third Division side Dumbarton. In the remainder of the 2008-09 season he made 17 league appearances for the club, scoring 3 goals. This contribution helped Dumbarton win the Third Division championship, and promotion to the Second Division.

[edit] Partick Thistle

Boyle signed for Partick Thistle on 9 July 2009 on a 2 year contract. ^[2]

[edit] Career Honours

[edit] Dumbarton

• Scottish Third Division:
  • Winner (1): 2008–09

[edit] External links

• Patrick Boyle career stats at Soccerbase

[edit] References

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