David Woozley

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David Woozley
Personal information
Full name David Woozley
Date of birth December 6, 1979
Place of birth Berkshire, England
Height 6' 0"
Position Defender
Club information
Current club Crawley Town
Number 26
Youth clubs
-1997 Crystal Palace
Professional clubs*
Years Club Apps (goals)
1997-2002
2000
2001
2002-2004
2004-2005
2005
2005-
Crystal Palace
Bournemouth (loan)
Torquay United (loan)
Torquay United
Oxford United
Yeovil Town (loan)
Crawley Town
29 (0)
6 (0)
12 (0)
60 (3)
13 (1)
1 (0)
46 (2)

* Professional club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of October 31, 2006.


David Woozley (born December 6, 1979 in Berkshire) is an English professional footballer who currently plays as a defender for Crawley Town.

Woozley began his career as a trainee with Crystal Palace, turning professional in August 1997. He made his Palace debut on March 28, 1999 in a 1-0 win at home to Bradford City and kept his place in the side for the remainder of the season. He played 22 times in the league and six times in cup games the following season, but at the start of the 2000-2001 season found himself out of favour and was allowed to join Bournemouth on loan.

He returned to Palace, but couldn't find a way back into the first team. At the start of the following season he had a successful loan spell with Torquay United, but returned to Palace. He finally joined Torquay in March 2002 on a free transfer and quickly re-established himself in Torquay's defence, playing alongside either Steve Woods or his former Palace teammate Sean Hankin.

He was again a regular the following season, but lost his place after the signing of Craig Taylor and played just ten league games as Torquay won promotion, However, he did play in the crucial 2-1 win at Southend United on the last day of the season, coming on as a last minute substitute for David Graham as Torquay held on to clinch promotion.

He was released shortly after the Southend game and in July 2004 signed for Oxford United, but struggled to establish himself and joined Yeovil Town on loan in March 2005. He was released by Oxford at the end the season and joined Crawley Town in August 2005.

In October 2006 David Woozley became joint manager of Crawley Town with Ben Judge after manager John Hollins and his assistant Alan Lewer were sacked from the club.