Paul Lambert
Real name	Paul Lambert
Height	5.11
Weight	9.10
Date of birth	07-08-1969
Place of birth	Glasgow
Position	Midfielder
Nationality	Scotland
International Caps	40 (for Scotland)
International Goals	1

Review
Paul Lambert's career started at St Mirren where he amassed 227 appearances for the club and had a Scottish Cup winners medal tucked under his belt before he left for three seasons at Motherwell. If rumours are to be believed, Lambert and Motherwell parted company over the trifling matter of a request for an additional £50 in his weekly wage packet. One wonders how Fir Park aficionados must have felt as they watched a triumphant Lambert lift the European Cup with Borussia Dortmund only 10 months later. Although there is no doubt that Lambert was worth that extra £50, he returned from Germany after 15 months at the Westfalen as a completely different player and was suddenly a mainstay in the national side. The following eight seasons with Celtic saw Lambert achieve four league winners medals, 2 Scottish Cups, 2 League Cups, a Football Writers' Player of the Year Award (2002) and another appearance in a European Final. He was quite simply a magnificent professional who gave his all every week for Celtic.

Perhaps the greatest testimony to the man comes not from these achievements but from the fans of the clubs for whom he was such a consistent performer. The Dortmund support stayed behind after his last game in Germany to show their appreciation with countless banners and messages of gratitude and he is very fondly remembered down Love Street way for his part in their halcyon days of the late eighties.

Lambert’s recent resignation as Livingston player-manager gives further insight into the man and his character. In a move that was as humble as it was brave, he resigned as manager in the hope that someone else would be able to save the club from relegation, inflicting potentially irreparable damage to his fledgling managerial career. This despite assurances from the board that his job was safe and amid widespread belief that his was an impossible task. His modesty, however, told him that there may be something that another individual could bring to the club to save it from relegation.

Lambert recovered from this blow to his managerial career when he was named as the Wycombe Wanderers manager in June 2006.


Celtic Career Statistics

Competition	Appearances	Sub_Apps.	Goals
League	179	14	14
Scottish Cup	20	4	1
League Cup	10	2	2
Europe________	43	3	2

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• How good was Lambert (June 08)