Paul Wood (footballer)

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Paul Wood
Personal information
Date of birth (1964-11-01) 1 November 1964 (age 59)
Place of birth Saltburn-by-the-Sea, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [1]
Position(s) Right winger
Youth career
Portsmouth
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1982–1987 Portsmouth 47 (7)
1987–1990 Brighton & Hove Albion 92 (8)
1990–1991 Sheffield United 28 (3)
1991 → AFC Bournemouth (loan) 21 (0)
1991–1994 AFC Bournemouth 78 (18)
1994–1997 Portsmouth 32 (3)
1997 Andover 4 (2)
1997–1998 Happy Valley AA 20 (15)
1998–2003 Havant & Waterlooville 137 (48)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul Wood (born 1 November 1964) is an English former footballer who played as a right-sided attacking midfielder in the Football League for Portsmouth, Brighton & Hove Albion, Sheffield United and AFC Bournemouth. [2] He played in Hong Kong for Happy Valley and on his return joined Havant & Waterlooville in September 1998, was the club's Player Of The Year in 2001, and retired at the end of the 2002–03 season. [3]

At the end of Portsmouth's home fixture against West Bromwich Albion on 25 October 1986, Wood and teammate Micky Quinn were both ejected from the ground by police officers after being overheard swearing at a linesman during the second half of the game. Chief Inspector David Hanna of Hampshire Constabulary said they would have been ejected at half-time if the incident had happened in the first half. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 290. ISBN   978-0-356-14354-5.
  2. ↑ "Paul Wood". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 18 October 2009.
  3. ↑ "Paul Wood". Havant & Waterlooville F.C. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2009.
  4. ↑ "Football: Police eject Portsmouth pair". The Times . London. 28 October 1986. Retrieved 3 September 2019.


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