Paul Bradshaw was born in Sheffield on 2nd October 1953 and represented Sheffield Schoolboys before going on to make the Yorkshire and ultimately the England Schoolboy teams. He slipped through the hands of the South Yorkshire clubs and joined First Division Burnley's groundstaff in 1969 before signing professional forms on his seventeenth birthday the following year. Not surprisingly with the wealth of talent at Burnley's disposal he did not make the first team in the first few years at Turf Moor but he did make the England Youth team and took part in the European Under-Eighteen Championship, playing all five games as the England team remained undefeated to lift the Championship. He made his Burnley debut in the Watneys Cup clash with Bristol Rovers but there was no happy ending as the Pirates triumphed 0-2 at Turf Moor. It did not do too much to enhance his first team prospects and it was not until 22nd March 1975, that he was given his League debut as a substitute for Brian Flynn in a 3-3 with Arsenal at Turf Moor. Jimmy Adamson finally gave him his chance in the following season after Leighton James had departed for Derby County, but when Adamson was replaced in January 1976 he found himself out in the cold, as new Manager Joe Brown replaced him with Colin Morris, after having played nine games in the League and one each in the League and F.A. Cup. He was given his chance by Brown at the start of the following season, but after scoring twice in three League appearances and making a further appearance in the League Cup he was dropped for new signing Tony Morley. His goals had come in a 3-1 win over Fulham at Turf Moor on 24th August 1976 and 1-2 defeat by Luton Town at the same venue just four days later. A week later the Clarets went down 0-3 at Hereford and that was his final game for them. He moved to his hometown to join the Owls or £20,000 and made his debut for them on 25th September 1976 in a 2-2 draw at Wrexham and scored his first goal for his new club. He became a regular, scoring seven goals in thirty-seven League games and 2 F.A. Cup appearances. He had scored twice in six League Cup starts, made two starts in the F.A. Cup and scored twice in twenty-seven League appearances of which two had been as a substitute before he received a career ending injury when still only twenty-five and was forced to retire, after being unable to make a recovery three years later. He then became a Physical Education teacher in Sheffield.
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Ray Hankin and Gwyn Thomas were the Leeds goalscorers.
