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Paul Stratford

English footballer (born 1955)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ7153835 ↗
Source-derived summary

Paul Stratford (born 4 September 1955) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. He spent his entire career with Northampton Town, scoring 59 goals in 172 appearances in the Football League.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Paul Stratford” is english footballer (born 1955). The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Paul, Stratford and English, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1955—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1955-09-04. For this dossier, Paul, Stratford and English is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “english footballer (born 1955)” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7153835. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1955.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Paul Stratford”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Paul Stratford primary sources, Paul Stratford archive and Paul research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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  2. Which claims depend on a single source or contested interpretation?
  3. Which primary records establish identity, chronology and institutional ties?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Paul Stratford” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.