Paul Digby

He came on for the injured David Perkins in the 33rd minute.

In doing so he became the club's fourth youngest ever player at 16 years and 244 days.

Digby went on to play three more times that season, his full debut coming at home against Birmingham on 21 February.

Despite Birmingham City winning 3–1 the midfielder, who had just turned 17, put in a man of the match performance.

Paul Andrew Digby (born 2 February 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for League One club Cambridge United.

Digby started his career in the youth team at Barnsley and won the Most Promising Academy player in 2008, whilst playing the club's under-13 side.

Paul won the award again in 2011 after his fine showings for the under 16's.

He signed a two-year scholarship with the club in the summer of 2011.

He was brought into first-team action on 27 September 2011 in a 1–1 draw with Derby County in the Football League Championship.

Digby finished the 2011–12 season, making four appearances.

In the 2012–13 season, Digby signed a new contract with the club, keeping him until 2015 and switched number shirt from 32 to 17 ahead of a new season.

Though he appeared in the substitute bench for three matches in the 2012–13 season, Digby, however, suffered a hip problem, resulting him absence for most of the season.

Ahead of the 2013–14 season, Digby signed another contract extension with the club, keeping him until 2017.

Digby made his first 2013-14 appearance of the season, where he made his first start, in a 1–0 loss against Blackpool on 10 August 2013.

However, Digby made five appearances of the 2013–14 season.

The 2014–15 season saw Digby making his first appearance on 16 August 2014, in a 2–1 win over Crewe Alexandra.

Digby got a handful of first team appearances, making eleven appearances, due to player injuries despite his international commitment.

The 2015–16 season saw Digby make his only appearance of the season against Fleetwood Town on 24 October 2014.

2015-16 season

On 4 January 2016, Digby joined Championship side Ipswich Town on loan for the remainder of the 2015–16 season.

In an interview with Manager Mick McCarthy he stated "This fella (Paul Digby) has got a bit of a pedigree in terms of him coming through the England youth ranks and he's come here and impressed. He's not looked out of place in training. In fact, he's looked very much at home. He's a good size, he's quick enough, he can actually play football from the back too. He can head it, he reads the game well, he doesn't mind a tackle and likes to block things".

The manager was full of praise for Digby and was very quick to make his way into the starting eleven, earning his first appearance for Ipswich Town in the FA Cup.

They played against Portsmouth on 9 January 2016, just five days after signing for the club.

The game ended 2-2 and set up a replay match at Fratton Park.

The FA Cup replay took place ten days later on 19 January, earning Digby his second start in an Ipswich shirt.

He went on to play the full duration of the game, unfortunately losing 2–1.

Digby made his Ipswich Town league debut on 27 February 2016, in a 1–0 win over Huddersfield Town, where he came on as a substitute.

This secured Ipswich their second win in February, after losing their previous three games, Digby was instrumental to Ipswich holding onto their 1–0 lead.

He made two more appearances as a substitute that season, on the 5 March he came on against Nottingham Forest, securing another a 1–0 victory.

His final substitute appearance was against Blackburn Rovers, where Ipswich came out victorious with a 2–0 win.

After impressing in a number of substitute appearances, resulting in three victories for Ipswich Town, Digby was handed his first start in the league.

On 23 April 2016 Digby made his first start for Ipswich Town in the league.

He played the full duration of the game against Middlesbrough, with the game ending 0–0, Digby recorded a clean sheet as he started in the centre of defence.

Middlesbrough got promoted to the Premier League at the end of the season, showing that Digby was capable of performing well against the top teams in the Championship.

On 28 June 2016, Digby completed a permanent transfer to Ipswich, signing a 1-year deal with the option of a second.

Digby's first game after signing for the club on a permanent basis came in the first round of League Cup, making his first start against Stevenage.

2017-18 season

On 16 May 2017 Digby joined Mansfield Town.

Digby stated that he was "excited" and "delighted" to sign for Mansfield Town.

Digby made his debut for Mansfield Town on 5 August 2018 against Crewe Alexander.