Over the next two years Paul began to wind down his playing career and his appearances were limited to less than twenty. In his last Scottish Cup final he did not play, being the unused sub as Celtic grabbed victory with two late goals. His last goal for the Club came on 8th April 1989. Fittingly this was against old rivals Dundee against whom he had netted so often in the past, and where all of his major triumphs had culminated. Five weeks later he played his last game for the Tangerines but it was an anti-climax with United losing at home to Hamilton.

Paul stayed at Tannadice for the next five years, where he was able to pass on his knowledge in the role of coach, from the summer of 1989. He left the Club in 1993 after twenty years continuous service. Even without that remarkable achievement Luggy is a legendary figure at Tannadice. His final tally of 576 games in which he scored 171 goals makes him the top attacking player of all time at Tannadice. Although he is now managing Plymouth Argyle in the south east corner of England, he is still welcomed back at Tannadice, his spiritual home. He is still and always will be an Arab at heart.

Honours

• Championship 1982-83

• Winner 1979,1980
• Runner Up 1981, 1984

• Runner Up 1981, 1984, 1987, 1988 (Unused sub)

• Runner Up 1987

INTERNATIONAL RECORD

(Team in bold indicates each of Paul’s three international goals)
(* indicates came on as a substitute)
(** When Paul came on as a late sub in this game it meant that there were five Dundee United players on the field for Scotland as Gough, Malpas, Narey and Bannon were all on from the start)

Date	Competition	Opposition	Score
*16th May 1981	British Championship	Wales	0-2
19th May 1981	British Championship	Northern Ireland	2-0
*23rd May 1981	British Championship	England	1-0
18th Nov 1981	World Cup Qualifier	Portugal	1-2
*28th Apl 1982	British Championship	Northern Ireland	1-1
*24th May 1982	British Championship	Wales	0-1
*29th May 1982	British Championship	England	0-1
*13th Oct 1982	European Qualifier	East Germany	2-0
17th Nov 1982	European Qualifier	Switzerland	0-2
*15thDec 1982	European Qualifier	Belgium	2-3
12th Jun 1983	Friendly	Canada	2-0
16th Jun 1983	Friendly	Canada	3-0
20th Jun 1983	Friendly	Canada	2-0
28th Feb 1984	British Championship	Wales	2-1
*12th Sep 1984	Friendly	Yugoslavia	6-1
*28th Jan 1986	Friendly**	Israel	1-0
29th Apl 1986	Friendly	Netherlands	0-0
4th Jun 1986	World Cup Finals	Denmark	0-1
13th Jun 1986	World Cup Finals	Uruguay	0-0
1st Apl 1987	European Qualifier	Belgium	0-1

Paul has also won 9 Under 21 Caps.

1976/77 v Czechoslovakia, Wales, Switzerland, England
1977/78 v Switzerland, Czechoslovakia
1981/82 v Sweden, Italy, England (All as over age player)

 

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