Paul Mullin

Paul Philip Mullin (born 6 November 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Wrexham.

He is a product of the Everton, Liverpool, and Huddersfield Town academies.

This brace also meant he had now scored 7 goals in his first 10 games for the club, thus having the best start of any Wrexham player since the club joined the National League in 2008, breaking the previous record held by Jefferson Louis who had scored 6 times in his first 10 appearances in 2009.

After scoring three goals across the course of the month, including a vital last-minute winner against FC Halifax Town, Mullin was awarded the league's Player of the Month award for November 2021.

On 2 April 2022, in the semi-finals of the 2021–22 FA Trophy, Mullin scored both goals in a 2–0 win over Stockport County.

Subsequently Mullin was signed to Huddersfield Town in 2012 after impressing at U18 and U21 level; he signed a one-year contract at the club.

However, at the end of the 2013–14 season, Mullin was released by the club, without ever making a first team appearance.

After a successful trial period he signed for Morecambe on a short-term contract in August 2014.

He made his professional debut coming on as a second-half substitute in the League Cup first round defeat to Bradford City on 12 August 2014.

Four days later, on his league debut, Mullin scored his first professional goal after coming on as a second-half substitute in the 3–2 win over Newport County, in which he scored a winning goal.

One week later, on 23 August, Mullin made his full debut scoring both goals in a 2–1 win away at Cambridge United.

After scoring three goals in his first seven matches, Mullin signed a three-year contract with the club in mid-September.

Mullin then went through a barren spell of 11 games without scoring, only finding the net again in a 2–1 loss at Accrington Stanley on 31 October 2014.

Both goals came in stoppage time, twice lobbing the goalkeeper, as he helped Wrexham reach their first FA Trophy final since 2015.

Mullin continued to have a successful first season at Wrexham, scoring 26 goals in the league campaign to help the club to a second-placed finish, losing the automatic promotion from the National League to Stockport County.

Wrexham then lost the 2022 FA Trophy final in Wembley Stadium to Bromley on 22 May, and just six days later, Wrexham lost 5–4 to Grimsby Town in the semi-finals of the promotion play-offs despite Mullin scoring twice.

In total, Mullin scored 32 goals in all competitions in his debut season, thus winning Wrexham Men's Team Top Goalscorer, Player of the Season, and Goal of the Season awards as well as the National League's Golden Boot and Player of the Season.

On 20 August 2022, Mullin scored his first hat-trick for Wrexham in a 5–0 home victory against Maidstone United.

On 27 June 2017, Mullin joined League two club Swindon Town for an undisclosed fee.

Mullin was well regarded by fans for his hard-working approach but goals were hard to come by; which led to his departure after only one season.

In June 2018, he signed for Tranmere Rovers.

He scored his first goal for Tranmere in a 4–3 EFL Trophy loss against Crewe Alexandra on 4 September 2018.

He was the 2020–21 EFL League Two top scorer with Cambridge United and, having helped to secure their promotion to League One as runners-up, then subsequently moved to Wrexham ahead of the 2021–22 season where he again became top scorer; this time in the National League.

In the 2022–23 season, Mullin scored 38 league goals as Wrexham were promoted to League Two as champions.

Born in England, he is eligible to play for Wales through his grandmother.

Mullin was born in Litherland, Merseyside.

He spent time in the academies of both Everton and Liverpool and after a period in the Liverpool Foundation Football College, he moved to Huddersfield Town.

Huddersfield Town's youth coach Frankie Bunn invited Mullin to the squad.

In January 2020, Tranmere Rovers took Premier League club Watford to an FA Cup third round replay after drawing 3–3 at Vicarage Road, Mullin scored a penalty in the first game and went on to score the winner after coming on as a substitute in the replay at Prenton Park.

Tranmere drew Manchester United in the fourth round at home.

Mullin signed for Cambridge United on a six-month loan deal on 31 January 2020, and scored his first goal for the club on 11 February 2020, away at Scunthorpe United.

He scored again at Leyton Orient on 7 March, the last match before the season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In July 2020, Mullin signed permanently on a one-year contract.

On 20 October 2020, he scored a hat-trick in a 3–1 victory over Port Vale, taking his goal total to 11 in ten matches in all competitions.

On 27 March 2021, Mullin scored his 25th league goal of the season in a 2–1 victory over Carlisle United, a goal which saw him break David Crown's record for the most league goals by a Cambridge United player in a season.

As a gesture, club partners Mead renamed their stand the "Paul Mullin Stand", a name that would stay in place for the remainder of the 2020–21 season.

In April 2021, Mullin was nominated for the EFL League Two Player of the Season, before being announced as the winner at the EFL Awards on 29 April, where he was also named in the 2020–21 EFL League Two Team of the Season.

Mullin was also awarded the League Two Golden boot after scoring 32 goals in Cambridge United's 2020–21 campaign, in which they secured promotion to the third tier of English football, a record number for the division since its rebranding in 2004.

At the end of the 2020–21 season, Mullin rejected a new contract offer with Cambridge United and in July 2021 joined National League side Wrexham on a three-year deal.

On 19 October, Mullin scored both goals in a 2–0 win over Marine in the fourth qualifying round replay of the 2021–22 FA Cup, thus helping Wrexham reach the cup's first round proper.