Paul Reid (footballer, born 1968) explained

Paul Reid
Fullname:Paul Robert Reid
Birth Date:19 January 1968
Birth Place:Oldbury, England
Position:Midfielder
Youthclubs1:Leicester City
Years1:1986–1992
Caps1:162
Goals1:21
Years2:1992
Clubs2:Bradford City (loan)
Caps2:7
Goals2:0
Years3:1992–1994
Caps3:82
Goals3:15
Years4:1994–1997
Caps4:77
Goals4:6
Years5:1997–1999
Caps5:93
Goals5:6
Years6:1999–2002
Clubs6:Bury
Caps6:110
Goals6:9
Years7:2002–2003
Clubs7:Swansea City
Caps7:20
Goals7:1
Years8:2003–2004
Caps8:23
Goals8:1
Years9:2004–2005
Clubs9:Afan Lido
Caps9:20
Goals9:0
Totalcaps:594
Totalgoals:59
Manageryears1:2007
Managerclubs1:Port Talbot Town (caretaker)
Manageryears2:2012–2013
Managerclubs2:Afan Lido
Manageryears3:2013-2019
Managerclubs3:Swansea City Academy
Manageryears4:2019-2020
Managerclubs4:Forest Green Rovers Academy

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

Career

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.[1] At Swansea he scored on his debut against Rushden & Diamonds.[2] He then played in the Welsh Premier League for Carmarthen Town and Afan Lido.[3]

Despite playing at senior level for 17 years, the only 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 has worked as a match summariser on local radio for former club Huddersfield Town.

After retiring as a player, 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.[4]

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.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Paul Reid . UK A–Z Transfers . Neil Brown . 19 October 2009.
  2. News: Swansea 2-2 Rushden & Diamonds. BBC. 10 August 2002 . 10 December 2015.
  3. Web site: Welsh Premier career details for Paul Reid . Welsh Premier League . 19 October 2009.
  4. Web site: Paul Reid – Profile . Port Talbot Town F.C . 20 October 2009 . dead . https://archive.today/20120907230323/http://www.porttalbottown.co.uk/paulreid/ . 7 September 2012 . dmy-all .
  5. Web site: Paul Reid Appointed Afan Lido Manager . Welsh Premier League . 22 May 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160315084850/http://welsh-premier.com/index.php/headline-news/4604-paul-reid-appointed-afan-lido-manager . 15 March 2016 . dead .