Paul Wood (footballer)

Paul Wood (born 1 November 1964 in Saltburn-by-the-Sea) 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 Bournemouth.[1] 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.[2]

Paul Wood
Personal information
Date of birth (1964-11-01) 1 November 1964
Place of birth Saltburn-by-the-Sea, England
Playing position(s) Right winger
Youth career
Portsmouth
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1987 Portsmouth 47 (7)
1987–1990 Brighton & Hove Albion 92 (8)
1990–1991 Sheffield United 28 (3)
1991 → Bournemouth (loan) 21 (0)
1991–1994 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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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.[3]

References
  1. "Paul Wood". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 18 October 2009.
  2. "Paul Wood". Havant & Waterlooville F.C. Retrieved 18 October 2009.
  3. "Football: Police eject Portsmouth pair". The Times. London. 28 October 1986. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  • Paul Wood at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database


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