Paul Wormley
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Paul Wormley was a former professional
footballer
. Paul started his serious playing career at Yorkshire Amateurs before playing for the Leeds United
youth team. As well as starring at his schools of Gledhow County Primary school and Allerton Grange School
Paul played for both Leeds City Boys and Yorkshire County Boys from Under 11 through to Under 16's, with the Yorkshire
County side winning the Northern Counties Shield in 1976 and Paul being voted the Man of the Match on the day.
Courted by both Howard Kendall
at Blackburn Rovers
and Barnsley
Paul finally signed a professional contract with Barnsley
in 1979 under the former Leeds United and England
star Alan Clarke
.
Paul made his first team debut shortly after his 18th birthday and in the following seasons played alongside, the ex-England
international star Norman Hunter as well as future international stars Mick McCarthy
& David Speedie
. Paul later moved to Huddersfield Town
in 1980 before being enticed to play in Australia
in 1981.
Coming to Australia at only 19, Paul starred for Launceston Juventus in 1981 winning the Tasmanian night series under ken Worden before moving to Townsville Kern United
with coach Ken Worden in 1982. Here he won the leagues top goal scorer award as well as the league and cup double titles. In 1983, Alan Vest
brought Paul to West Adelaide Hellas in the NSL
and then in 1984 Alan Vest
brought Paul to Western Australia
and Floreat Athena
. Though the then Australia
n coach Frank Arok
signed Paul for his club St George Cross in Sydney
in late 1984 Paul returned to Western Australia
where he played from 1985 until 1990.
In these Halcyon days for Floreat Athena
they won the league championship and Western Australia
cup three years running along with two night series championships and three top four cup titles. Paul was the leading goalscorer for the club for 5 of the 7 seasons he played. He also won the leading league scorer in 1988 and was given the D'Sorgna gold medal award in 1989.
Paul represented the Western Australian State team
from 1984-1991 playing against Nottingham Forest
, Millwall
and tours in India
and Asia
.
In 1990 & 1991 Paul played in Hong Kong
for Eastern and also represented Hong Kong
against Aston Villa
and Thailand
in the Hong Kong Cup
.
Returning to Western Australia
Paul had short spells for Perth Italia, Fremantle United
and finally settled at Inglewood United
.
in 1996 and led them in that same year to their first and only league championship after a 35 year abstinence, and thus became the only coach to achieve a league title in his first year as a senior coach in Western Australia
.
From 1998 until 2002 Paul also managed/coached the Western Australia
n State team, playing against such clubs as Red Star Belgrade
and visiting national sides as Malaysia
.
Paul was presented with the Western Australia
Coach of the year award in 2001.
The start of Perth Glory in 2002 brought to a close the Western Australian State position and Paul retired from the game to concentrate on his business ventures.
Western Australia
called World Brands Australia as well being the owner of the well respected and famous 4.5 star Margaret River Resort in Margaret River
.
Professional
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footballer
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
. Paul started his serious playing career at Yorkshire Amateurs before playing for the Leeds United
Leeds United A.F.C.
Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...
youth team. As well as starring at his schools of Gledhow County Primary school and Allerton Grange School
Allerton Grange School
Allerton Grange School is a state school in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The school has over 1,690 pupils.Allerton Grange is a multi-cultural school, with over 80% of GCSE students achieving grade C or above....
Paul played for both Leeds City Boys and Yorkshire County Boys from Under 11 through to Under 16's, with the Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
County side winning the Northern Counties Shield in 1976 and Paul being voted the Man of the Match on the day.
Courted by both Howard Kendall
Howard Kendall
Howard Kendall is an English football manager and former player. He is most famous for his connection to Everton, a club that he both played for and managed. His uncle Harry Taylor played for Newcastle United and Fulham in the 1950s....
at Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn Rovers F.C.
Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....
and Barnsley
Barnsley F.C.
Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's...
Paul finally signed a professional contract with Barnsley
Barnsley F.C.
Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's...
in 1979 under the former Leeds United and England
England national football team
The England national football team represents England in association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first...
star Alan Clarke
Alan Clarke
Alan Clarke was a television and film director, producer and writer, born in Wallasey, Merseyside, England.Most of Clarke's output was for television rather than cinema, including work for the famous play strands The Wednesday Play and Play for Today...
.
Paul made his first team debut shortly after his 18th birthday and in the following seasons played alongside, the ex-England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
international star Norman Hunter as well as future international stars Mick McCarthy
Mick McCarthy
Michael Joseph "Mick" McCarthy is an English-born former Irish international footballer who is currently the manager of Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers, where he has been in charge since July 2006....
& David Speedie
David Speedie
David Robert Speedie is a retired Scottish footballer who played for several clubs in England during the 1980s and 1990s, most notably Chelsea, Coventry City, Liverpool and Blackburn Rovers. He accumulated more than 500 football league appearances and scored almost 150 goals in a 14 year...
. Paul later moved to Huddersfield Town
Huddersfield Town F.C.
Huddersfield Town Football Club is an English football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. They currently play in League One...
in 1980 before being enticed to play in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
in 1981.
Coming to Australia at only 19, Paul starred for Launceston Juventus in 1981 winning the Tasmanian night series under ken Worden before moving to Townsville Kern United
Townsville Kern United
Townsville Kern United is the predecessor of the current North Queensland Football Federation State Premier League team, the North Queensland Razorbacks....
with coach Ken Worden in 1982. Here he won the leagues top goal scorer award as well as the league and cup double titles. In 1983, Alan Vest
Alan Vest
Alan Vest is a New Zealand football manager who also represented New Zealand as a player in the 1970s.-Biography:Vest had a notable playing career, scoring on his full international debut for the All Whites in a 4-1 win over New Caledonia on 17 September 1972 and ended his international playing...
brought Paul to West Adelaide Hellas in the NSL
National Soccer League
The National Soccer League is the former national association football competition in Australasia, overseen by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. The NSL spanned 28 seasons from its inception in 1977, until its demise in 2004...
and then in 1984 Alan Vest
Alan Vest
Alan Vest is a New Zealand football manager who also represented New Zealand as a player in the 1970s.-Biography:Vest had a notable playing career, scoring on his full international debut for the All Whites in a 4-1 win over New Caledonia on 17 September 1972 and ended his international playing...
brought Paul to Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
and Floreat Athena
Floreat Athena
Floreat Athena Football Club is a football club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club competes in the Football West Premier League. The club's founders were of Greek heritage....
. Though the then Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n coach Frank Arok
Frank Arok
Ferenc 'Frank' Arok is a retired Serbian football player and coach of Hungarian descent....
signed Paul for his club St George Cross in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
in late 1984 Paul returned to Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
where he played from 1985 until 1990.
In these Halcyon days for Floreat Athena
Floreat Athena
Floreat Athena Football Club is a football club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club competes in the Football West Premier League. The club's founders were of Greek heritage....
they won the league championship and Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
cup three years running along with two night series championships and three top four cup titles. Paul was the leading goalscorer for the club for 5 of the 7 seasons he played. He also won the leading league scorer in 1988 and was given the D'Sorgna gold medal award in 1989.
Paul represented the Western Australian State team
Football West
Football West is the state governing body for association football in Western Australia. It is affiliated with the Football Federation Australia, the sport's national governing body...
from 1984-1991 playing against Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest F.C.
Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...
, Millwall
Millwall F.C.
Millwall Football Club is an English professional football club based in South Bermondsey, south east London, that plays in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football. Founded as Millwall Rovers in 1885, the club has retained its name despite having last played in the...
and tours in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
.
In 1990 & 1991 Paul played in Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
for Eastern and also represented Hong Kong
Hong Kong national football team
The Hong Kong national football team , represents Hong Kong in international association football events such as the FIFA World Cup, AFC Asian Cup and East Asian Football Championship. The team is represented by the Hong Kong Football Association....
against Aston Villa
Aston Villa F.C.
Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...
and Thailand
Thailand national football team
The Thailand national football team represents Thailand in international football competition and is governed by the Football Association of Thailand. The team has a history of success in Southeast Asian competition, with three ASEAN Football Championship titles and nine senior-level Southeast...
in the Hong Kong Cup
Hong Kong Cup
The Hong Kong Cup is a Group 1 flat horse race in Hong Kong which is open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run over a distance of 2000 metres at Sha Tin, and it is scheduled to take place each year in mid December....
.
Returning to Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
Paul had short spells for Perth Italia, Fremantle United
Fremantle Spirit
Fremantle Spirit Soccer Club is a football club from Fremantle, Western Australia. The Spirit currently play in the Premier Division of the Western Australia State League.-History:...
and finally settled at Inglewood United
Inglewood United
Inglewood United is a football team from Perth, Western Australia. They play in the Football West State League, the top league in Western Australia. Their home ground, Clipsal Stadium, is located in Inglewood....
.
Coaching
Paul became the manager/coach of Inglewood UnitedInglewood United
Inglewood United is a football team from Perth, Western Australia. They play in the Football West State League, the top league in Western Australia. Their home ground, Clipsal Stadium, is located in Inglewood....
in 1996 and led them in that same year to their first and only league championship after a 35 year abstinence, and thus became the only coach to achieve a league title in his first year as a senior coach in Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
.
From 1998 until 2002 Paul also managed/coached the Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
n State team, playing against such clubs as Red Star Belgrade
Red Star Belgrade
Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...
and visiting national sides as Malaysia
Malaysia national football team
The Malaysian national football team nicknamed Harimau Malaya, as the Malayan Tiger, is the national team of Malaysia and is controlled by the Football Association of Malaysia...
.
Paul was presented with the Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
Coach of the year award in 2001.
The start of Perth Glory in 2002 brought to a close the Western Australian State position and Paul retired from the game to concentrate on his business ventures.
Today
Paul now runs a very successful liquor wholesale business with its head office in PerthPerth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
called World Brands Australia as well being the owner of the well respected and famous 4.5 star Margaret River Resort in Margaret River
Margaret River
Margaret River is a river in southwest Western Australia. Although small and unremarkable, it is the eponym of the iconic town and tourist region of Margaret River, famous for its surfing, caves and wine....
.