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Paul Reid
Personal information
Full name Paul Robert Reid
Date of birth (1968-01-19) 19 January 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth Oldbury, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Leicester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1992 Leicester City 162 (21)
1992 → Bradford City (loan) 7 (0)
1992–1994 Bradford City 82 (15)
1994–1997 Huddersfield Town 77 (6)
1997–1999 Oldham Athletic 93 (6)
1999–2002 Bury 110 (9)
2002–2003 Swansea City 20 (1)
2003–2004 Carmarthen Town 23 (1)
2004–2005 Afan Lido 20 (0)
Total 594 (59)
Managerial career
2007 Port Talbot Town (caretaker)
2012–2013 Afan Lido
2013-2019 Swansea City Academy
2019-2020 Forest Green Rovers Academy
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul Robert Reid (born 19 January 1968) is an English football coach and former professional player.

As a player his career as a midfielder saw him feature in the Football League for Leicester City, Bradford City, Huddersfield Town, Oldham Athletic, Bury and Swansea City.

Playing career

Reid was first scouted at age 14 while playing for a local team in Birmingham. He was turned away from teams such as West Brom and Coventry as he was told he was "too small" to play as a centre forward.

He joined Leicester City as an apprentice at age 16 before signing his first professional contract at age 17 in 1986. In the 1987/88 season, he won the club's Goal of the Season for his goal against Blackburn.

In 1992 Reid joined Bradford City on loan before signing a 3-year permanent contract.

In 1994, Reid joined Huddersfield Town. The main major success of his career came in 1995 when he helped Huddersfield Town to gain promotion to the Division One via the Division Two play-offs. He started in the first leg of the semi-final but had to be substituted off at 20 minutes when he ruptured his knee ligaments after catching his studs on the ball. Reid had made 48 appearances for Huddersfield that season across all competitions, and scored 7 goals.

Reid next signed for Oldham Athletic in March 1997 before moving to Bury in 1999 on a free transfer.

Reid signed a one-year contract at Swansea City during the summer transfer window in 2002. His only goal for Swansea came on his debut against Rushden & Diamonds. He then played in the Welsh Premier League for Carmarthen Town and Afan Lido.

Managerial career

After retiring as a player, Reid earned his coaching licence. He had a spell coaching Swansea City's junior teams before becoming coach of Welsh Premier club Port Talbot Town. After Tony Pennock's resignation in 2007 he acted as caretaker manager for two matches, both won, before staying on as coach under new manager Nicky Tucker. He left the club at the end of the 2007–08 season, but returned in December 2008 after yet another change of management.

In May 2012 he joined Afan Lido as a manager.

After a spell at Afan Lido, Paul joined the Swansea City academy where he stayed in the ranks until 2019. Paul then joined Forest Green Rovers Academy.

References

  1. "Paul Reid". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
  2. ^ Leicester til I Die (1 June 2021). "The Conversation | Paul Reid". YouTube. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  3. "Blackburn Rovers v Leicester City, 19 March 1988". 11v11.com. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  4. "All Bradford City players: 1992". www.11v11.com. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  5. "The 1994-95 Play-Offs". The Huddersfield Town Collection. 14 January 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  6. "Paul Reid | Football Stats | No Club | Season 1997/1998 | 1986-2009 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  7. Bailey, Graeme. "Swans make double Bury raid". Sky Sports. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  8. "Swansea 2-2 Rushden & Diamonds". BBC. 10 August 2002. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  9. "Players of the past | Swansea". www.swanseacity.com. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  10. "Reid joins Carmarthen". 21 March 2003. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  11. "Welsh Premier career details for Paul Reid". Welsh Premier League. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
  12. "Paul Reid – Profile". Port Talbot Town F.C. Archived from the original on 7 September 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
  13. "Paul Reid Appointed Afan Lido Manager". Welsh Premier League. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2012.

External links

  • Paul Reid at Soccerbase Edit this at Wikidata
  • Paul Reid at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
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