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Paul Reid (footballer, born 1968)

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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 in Oldbury, Worcestershire) is a former English professional footballer. 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.[citation needed]

He has worked as a match summariser on local radio for former club Huddersfield Town.[citation needed]

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]

References

  1. ^ "Paul Reid". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
  2. ^ "Swansea 2-2 Rushden & Diamonds". BBC. 10 August 2002. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Welsh Premier career details for Paul Reid". Welsh Premier League. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
  4. ^ "Paul Reid – Profile". Port Talbot Town F.C. Archived from the original on 7 September 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
  5. ^ "Paul Reid Appointed Afan Lido Manager". Welsh Premier League. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  • 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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