Paul Edmunds (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paul Edmunds | ||
| Date of birth | 2 December 1957 | ||
| Place of birth | Doncaster, England | ||
| Position(s) | Right-wing | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Troston Welfare | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1979–1981 | Leicester City | 8 | (2) |
| 1981–1982 | Bournemouth | 14 | (2) |
| 1982–1983 | Bentley Victoria | ||
| 1983–1986 | Grantham Town | ||
| Burton Albion | |||
| Goole Town | |||
| Armthorpe Welfare | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1987–1988 | Doncaster Belles (joint with Mick Sherrard) | ||
| 1988–1991 | Doncaster Belles | ||
| 1992–1995 | Doncaster Belles | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:38, 1 May 2010 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:12, 1 May 2010 (UTC) |
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Paul Edmunds (born 2 December 1957) is an English former professional footballer and manager.
Playing career
A pacy winger, Edmunds trained as a teacher in Sunderland and was called into Great Britain's 1979 World Student Games squad. From here he was spotted by Leicester City and signed as a professional.
Edmunds made his debut against Sunderland at Roker Park, then scored in his first home game against Shrewsbury Town.
While playing for Leicester Edmunds broke his wrist in a challenge from Joey Jones and was released in 1981 after suffering further injuries. He was signed by Bournemouth but released again after a single season.
Coaching career
In 1983 Edmunds began working at a school alongside Sheila Stocks, the founder and captain of Doncaster Belles. After the pair became an item, Edmunds attended pre-season training with the Belles in 1984. When he criticised their methods, he was challenged to do better and found himself coaching at the club. Edmunds married Sheila in 1986 and took over as Doncaster Belles manager the following year.[1]
At the time Doncaster Belles were the pre-eminent women's football team in England, who reached 11 FA Cup finals out of twelve from 1983 to 1994.
Edmunds resigned in 1995 after heavily criticising the Football Association's running of the women's game and the efforts of then-England women manager Ted Copeland.[2]
References
External links
- Use dmy dates from April 2016
- Use British English from April 2016
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- 1957 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Doncaster
- English footballers
- Leicester City F.C. players
- A.F.C. Bournemouth players
- Armthorpe Welfare F.C. players
- The Football League players
- English football managers
