Paul Heald

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Paul Heald
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Personal information
Date of birth (1968-09-20) 20 September 1968 (age 54)
Place of birth Wath-on-Dearne, England
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1987–1988 Sheffield United 0 (0)
1988–1995 Leyton Orient 176 (0)
1992Coventry City (loan) 2 (0)
1992Crystal Palace (loan) 0 (0)
1994Swindon Town 2 (0)
1995–2004 Wimbledon 38 (0)
2002Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 5 (0)
2004–2005 Milton Keynes Dons 0 (0)
Total223(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul Heald (born 20 September 1968 in Wath-on-Dearne) is a former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Milton Keynes Dons, Wimbledon, Leyton Orient and Sheffield United. He also had loan spells with Coventry City, Crystal Palace, Swindon Town and Sheffield Wednesday.

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Playing career

Leyton Orient

Heald started his career at Sheffield United in 1987 and moved on to Leyton Orient where he made a total of 176 league appearances. Heald also had loan spells at Coventry, Crystal Palace and newly promoted Swindon Town. He was one of four goalkeepers used by Swindon during their Premier League season alongside Fraser Digby, Jon Sheffield and Nick Hammond.

Wimbledon

In 1995 a £125,000 fee [2] took him to the Premier League side Wimbledon, where he acted mainly as backup for first Hans Segers and then Neil Sullivan. He played a total of 38 league games for the club.

In his first season at Wimbledon he was the goalkeeper who was unable to stop Tony Yeboah's famous strike in September 1995, the goal going on to win the BBC Goal of the Season. [3]

Heald had a brief spell on loan with Sheffield Wednesday in 2002. He stayed with Wimbledon until the club's demise and replacement with a team based in Milton Keynes in 2003. He remained a player with the new Milton Keynes Dons until his retirement in 2005.

Coaching career

Since retiring, Heald has continued as goalkeepers coach for Milton Keynes Dons until leaving in 2019. [4]

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References

  1. "Paul Heald Profile". Archived from the original on 25 November 2005.
  2. Ridley, Ian (13 August 1995). "Club-by-club guide: The prospects, the players to watch, the arrivals and departures" . The Independent. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022.
  3. "Yeboah reveals snubbing Bayern Munich for Leeds United". Goal.com. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  4. "Football Staff". Milton Keynes Dons. Retrieved 11 April 2018.