Paul Simpson (footballer)

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Paul Simpson
Personal information
Full name	Paul David Simpson
Date of birth	July 26, 1966 (age 40)
Place of birth	Carlisle, England
Nickname	Simmo
Playing position	Winger
Club information
Current club	Preston North End (manager)
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1983-1988 1988-1992 1992-1997 1996 1997-2000 1998 2000-2002 2002-2003 2003-2006	Manchester City Oxford United Derby County Sheffield United (loan) Wolverhampton Wanderers Walsall (loan) Blackpool Rochdale Carlisle United Total	121 0(18) 144 0(43) 186 0(48) 006 00(0) 052 00(6) 010 00(0) 076 0(13) 042 0(15) 036 00(6) 673 (150)
National team
1986-1987	England U21	005 00(1)
Teams managed
2002-2003 2003-2006 2006-present	Rochdale Carlisle United Preston North End
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Paul Simpson (born 26 July 1966) is the current manager of Football League Championship team Preston North End, having been named as the successor to the departing Billy Davies on June 16 2006.

Simpson managed Carlisle United football club to the Football League Two Championship in the 2005/2006 season, a second successive promotion following Carlisle's promotion from the Nationwide Conference in 2004/2005.

Simpson had playing spells at Manchester City, Oxford United, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Derby County (where he captained the team to promotion to the Premiership, plus loan spells at Sheffield United and Walsall, then Blackpool and Rochdale (where he was their player-manager from May 2002), until finally hanging his boots up with a cameo appearance for Carlisle United against Stockport County on May 6, 2005. In addition Simpson represented England at under 21 level, and also was once in The Guinness Book of Records with the number of goals scored in a season during his Junior football days.

Contents 1 Honours 1.1 As a player 1.2 As a manager 2 Managerial stats 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Honours

[edit] As a player

Derby County

• Division One promotion: 1995/6

Blackpool

• Division Three play-off final winner: 2000/1
• Football League Trophy winner: 2001/2

[edit] As a manager

Carlisle United

• Nationwide Conference promotion play-off winner: 2004/5
• League Two championship: 2005/6

[edit] Managerial stats

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	L	D	Win %
Rochdale		May 29, 2002	May 7, 2003	54	16	21	17	29.62
Carlisle United		August 29, 2003	June 17, 2006	157	70	50	37	44.58
Preston North End		June 17, 2006	Present	39	19	11	9	48.71

[edit] References

• Profile from football.co.uk
• Interview with Simpson from the Professional Footballers Association
• Interview with Simpson from BBC Sport

[edit] External links

• Paul Simpson management career stats at Soccerbase

Preceded by John Hollins	Rochdale A.F.C. Manager 2002-2003	Succeeded by Alan Buckley
Preceded by Roddy Collins	Carlisle United F.C. Manager 2003-2006	Succeeded by Neil McDonald
Preceded by Billy Davies	Preston North End F.C. Manager 2006-	Succeeded by Incumbent

Preston North End F.C. - Current Squad
1 Lonergan | 2 Alexander | 3 Davidson | 4 Pugh | 5 Mawene | 7 Sedgwick | 8 Ricketts | 9 Agyemang | 10 Nugent | 11 Dichio | 12 St Ledger | 13 Henderson | 14 Chilvers | 15 Whaley | 16 McKenna | 17 Ormerod | 18 Hill | 20 Pergl | 23 L. Neal | 24 Anyinsah | 25 Nowland | 27 Soley | 28 Wilson | 30 C. Neal | 32 Parillon | 33 Mellor | 34 McGrail | Manager: Simpson