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Paul Wood (footballer)

Paul Wood (footballer)

English footballer

For other people named Paul Wood, see Paul Wood (disambiguation).

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]

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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]

References

  1. [1]
    Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 290. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  2. [2]
    "Paul Wood". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 18 October 2009.
  3. [3]
    "Paul Wood". Havant & Waterlooville F.C. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2009.
  4. [4]
    "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 Transfer Database


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