Paul Davis Ennis (born 1 February 1990) is an English

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays for

FC United of Manchester Football Club United of Manchester, more commonly known as FC United, is a semi-professional football club based in Moston, Manchester, England, that competes in the , the seventh tier of the English football league system, and plays home m ...

Club career

Ennis played for

Stockport County Stockport County Football Club is a professional association football club based in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in EFL League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1883 as Heaton ...

in their youth team, including a spell on loan at Salford City. He was released by Stockport in 2008. Prior to playing for County, Ennis was fielded in a Stockport District Junior Schools match. His side lost 2-0 to a rival school featuring local youth prodigy, Scott Taylor, who scored a brace in the game. Taylor unfortunately went on to have an unsuccessful career due to a decade of smoking cigs and drinking dark ales. Despite this setback, he continued to train at their grounds and after Stockport received funds for playing at

Wembley Stadium Wembley Stadium, currently branded as Wembley Stadium connected by EE Limited, EE for sponsorship reasons, is an association football stadium in Wembley, London. It opened in 2007 on the site of the Wembley Stadium (1923), original Wembley Sta ...

that season, he was re-signed with a professional contract. He made his début on 21 March 2009 as part of a 4–0 defeat to

Northampton Town Northampton Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Northampton, England. The team competes in EFL League One, League One, the third level of the English football league system. Founded in 1897, the c ...

. In September 2009, Ennis joined

Stalybridge Celtic Stalybridge Celtic Football Club is an English football club based in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester. They are currently members of the and play at Bower Fold. The team traditionally plays in a blue and white strip. In 1921, Stalybridge Celti ...

, following a two-month trial period with

Wrexham Wrexham ( ; ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in the North East Wales, north-east of Wales. It lies between the Cambrian Mountains, Welsh mountains and the lower River Dee, Wales, Dee Valley, near the England–Wales border, borde ...

. He played 11 times for Stalybridge, mostly as a substitute, and left the club in November 2009. In January 2010, Ennis signed with

Welsh Premier League The Cymru Premier, known as the JD Cymru Premier for sponsorship reasons, is the national football league of Wales. It has both professional and semi-professional status clubs and is at the top of the Welsh football league system. It was found ...

side

Bala Town Bala Town Football Club () is a Welsh professional football club from Bala, Gwynedd, who play in the . They play their home games at Maes Tegid. History For a full history see; '' List of Bala Town FC seasons'' Although the current Bala Tow ...

, but left the club without making an appearance. However, after a brief return to Stalybridge for the end of the season where he played four more league games for the club, he rejoined Bala Town in August 2010. After fifteen appearances for the club, he left in February 2011 to join

Droylsden Droylsden is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, east of Manchester and west of Ashton-under-Lyne, with a population at the 2011 Census of 22,689. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, in the mid-19th cen ...

. He then joined Cheadle Town in March before ending the season with Witton Albion where he scored once in his five league appearances with the club. In July 2011 he joined

Northwich Victoria Northwich is a market town and civil parish in the Cheshire West and Chester borough of Cheshire, England. It lies on the Cheshire Plain, at the confluence of the rivers River Weaver, Weaver and River Dane, Dane, east of Chester, south of Warr ...

. He appeared twice for feeder club Northwich Villa in the

North West Counties Football League The North West Counties Football League is a association football, football league in the North West England, North West of England. Since 2019–20, the league has covered the Isle of Man, Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, ...

. In March 2012 he joined

Colwyn Bay Colwyn Bay () is a town, Community (Wales), community and seaside resort in Conwy County Borough on the north coast of Wales overlooking the Irish Sea. It lies within the historic counties of Wales, historic county boundaries of Denbighshire (h ...

. He had a brief stint at

Guiseley A.F.C. Guiseley Association Football Club is a football club based in Guiseley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. They are currently members of and play at Nethermoor Park. History The club was established in 1909 and initially played in the Wharfedal ...

from September 2013 to November, before joining

for a third time in his career. In mid September 2017 he moved to Shaw Lane In May 2019 he joined

Honours

F.C. United of Manchester * Fenix Trophy: 2023–24

References

External links

*
Welsh Premier League profile
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