Paul Flood

Paul Flood
Personal information
Full name	Paul Anthony Flood
Date of birth	29 June 1948 (age 76)
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1964–1965	Coventry City
Senior career*
Years	Team
1965–196?	Drogheda
196?–1967	Bohemians
1967–1971	Brighton & Hove Albion
1971–197?	Tonbridge
	Eastbourne United
1976–1977	Horsham
	Southwick
	Worthing
1983–1984	Horsham
	Peacehaven & Telscombe
International career
1967	Republic of Ireland amateur
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul Anthony Flood (born 29 June 1948) is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a forward in the English Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion.^[1] He was capped by his country at schoolboy, youth and amateur level, appeared in the League of Ireland for Drogheda and Bohemians, and later played non-league football in the Sussex area.

Life and career

Flood was born in Dublin in 1948.^[1] He represented his country at schoolboy and youth level,^[2] and spent time with English club Coventry City as a youngster.^[3] When he returned to Ireland, still only 16, he played and scored for Drogheda in the 1964–65 League of Ireland season,^[4] and then moved on to Bohemians. To add to his nine League of Ireland goals in 1966–67,^[4] he scored the winning goal in that season's Leinster Senior Cup final,^[5] and his performances were rewarded with selection for the Republic of Ireland amateur team for a friendly against England in March 1967.^[6]

The 18-year-old Flood returned to England in June 1967 and signed for Brighton & Hove Albion of the Football League Third Division. He never established himself as a first-team regular, contributing eight goals from 39 competitive appearances over four seasons. In 1971, he left the club for Tonbridge of the Southern League:^[2] he scored 28 goals from 246 appearances, during which he played in defence and midfield as well as his original forward position, and was a member of the team that won the 1974–75 Kent Senior Cup.^[7] He then played for Sussex-based non-league clubs including Eastbourne United, Horsham (two spells^[8]), Southwick, Worthing – helping the sixth-tier Isthmian League side reach the second round of the 1982–83 FA Cup^[9] – and Peacehaven & Telscombe.^[10] He worked in insurance.^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Paul Flood". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. pp. 85–86. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.
^ "City's youth side show way with cup win at Villa". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 8 December 1964. p. 14.
Nemo (8 January 1965). "City waste chances to clinch Youth Cup win". Coventry Evening Telegraph. p. 28.
^ ^a ^b Ryan, Seán; Burke, Stephen (1987). The Book of Irish Goalscorers (PDF). Irish Soccer Co-op. pp. 224, 226. ASIN B004OJMQMI – via Historical-Lineups.com.
^ Bohemian F.C. Match programme. Vol. 52, no. 17.
^ McColl, Brian; Gorman, Douglas; Campbell, George (2017). Forgotten Glories. British Amateur International Football 1901–1974 (PDF) (2nd ed.). Scottish Football Historical Archive. p. 237. ISBN 978-1-326-35601-9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2017.
^ "Up There Cazaly!". Ernest Wilkinson. pp. 3–4.
^ "1976/77" and "1983/84 Fixtures & results". Horsham F.C. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
^ Owen, Brian (16 February 2018). "Worthing FC set to honour Steve Piper and their best ever team". The Argus. Brighton. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
^ "Player search". English National Football Archive. Retrieved 20 September 2018.