[citation needed] He went on loan to nearby Walsall of the Second Division for four months, but returned to Wolves first team when this loan expired. [citation needed] His assistant, Alan Wright, oversaw a match with Rushall Olympic during Simpson's absence. [citation needed] He also played for the club. [citation needed], He left City, now back in the Second Division, for Oxford United in October 1988 in a £200,000 deal, after making 155 appearances for them in total. Paul Simpson may refer to: Paul Simpson (footballer) (born 1966), ex-football player turned manager Paul Simpson (musician), musician, vocalist, lyricist and writer from Liverpool, England This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. Research and response [citation needed], He won five caps for the England under-21 team during his spell at Maine Road, adding to three caps at under-18 level. Paul Simpson & The Wild Swans It’s going to be a busy time for collectors of ‘The Wild Swans’ as both ‘The Coldest Winter’ and ‘Incandescent’ will have a vinyl release in the next few weeks. [citation needed] He was dismissed as manager on 30 April 2010. [citation needed], After failing to feature in the opening months of the Rams' 1997–98 season, he dropped down a division to join Wolverhampton Wanderers initially on a month's loan in October 1997. [citation needed], The influx of new players that followed the Rams' promotion to the Premier League saw his place under fire for the first time since he had joined. View Paul Simpson’s profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. [citation needed] Following this, Simpson enjoyed perhaps his best season as a manager, leading Carlisle to double – promotion, winning promotion to League One as League Two champions. Join Facebook to connect with Paul Simpson and others you may know. [citation needed] Ward was also a former Stockport captain, playing for the club in the 1990s. [citation needed] His first season with the club also saw him almost appear in an FA Cup Final, but they lost to eventual winners Arsenal in the semi-final. [citation needed]. Simpson began his playing career as a schoolboy at Manchester City in the early 1980s. [citation needed] However, after only being able to bring 3 free transfers in January they were unable to maintain this position and missed out on the play-offs by goal difference despite beating already promoted Birmingham on the last day. [citation needed], His second season at Molineux was less successful as he found himself out of the starting line-up in the opening games. [citation needed], The winger joined Derby in the midst of a promotion challenge but, despite finishing 3rd, they lost in the play-offs to 6th-placed Blackburn Rovers. A second edition of my co-authored textbook, 'Language and Power', came out in early 2019. [citation needed] He was a first choice player throughout this period, and twice reached double figures in his goal return. [citation needed] He was also named as the League Two Manager of the Year and in the League Managers Association statistics was the best manager in the country on points per game above Rafael Benítez. View the profiles of people named Paul Simpson. Facebook gives people the power to... Log in or sign up for Facebook to connect with friends, family and [citation needed] Simpson left Rochdale after only season in charge where they reached the FA Cup 5th round, an equal club record, but finished 19th after a late turnaround by Macclesfield saw them drop from 13th in the final 10minutes of the season. I continue to develop my research in pragmatics, stylistics, discourse analysis, critical linguistics and, more recently, forensic linguistics. [citation needed], In June 2006, following his success at Carlisle, Simpson left the club to replace Billy Davies as manager of Preston North End, where he led the Lancashire side to the top of the Championship by December, their highest league placing for 55 years. [citation needed], Following his departure from Rochdale, Simpson moved back to his home town, where he became the manager of Carlisle United. I am the Baines Professor of English Language in the Department of English at Liverpool University. [citation needed] He also played in the 1987 Toulon Tournament, during which he scored. My textbook, 'Stylistics', was published in a second edition by Routledge in 2014. I teach and research in a number of areas of English language and linguistics, but am best known for my work in Stylistics, Pragmatics, Critical Linguistics and English Language Pedagogy.