Paul Jewell

Paul Jewell was born on 28 September 1964 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England. His football journey began as an apprentice with his home-city club, Liverpool. He later moved to Wigan Athletic in December 1984 for £15,000, where he made 137 appearances and scored 35 goals over four years. In June 1988, Jewell transferred to Bradford City for £80,000, spending a decade there as a player, scoring 56 league goals in 269 appearances. He had a brief loan spell at Grimsby Town before retiring as a player in the 1997-98 season, having also joined Bradford City’s coaching staff during the 1995-96 campaign.

Jewell transitioned into management, taking the helm at Bradford City in 1998. He achieved promotion to the Premier League with Bradford City in the 1998-99 season, ending their 77-year absence from top-flight football. After a season in the Premier League where Bradford secured 17th place, Jewell moved to Sheffield Wednesday in June 2000. Following a brief and challenging period there, he returned to Wigan Athletic in June 2001. Under his leadership, Wigan Athletic won the Division Two championship in the 2002-03 season and achieved promotion to the Premier League for the first time in the club’s history in the 2004-05 season. He also guided Wigan to the League Cup final in 2006.

After successfully keeping Wigan in the Premier League in the 2006-07 season, Jewell resigned for health reasons. He later took on the role of manager at Derby County in November 2007, a challenging period that saw the club relegated from the Premier League. He resigned from Derby in December 2008. Jewell was appointed manager of Ipswich Town in January 2011, a position he held until October 2012. More recently, he has held assistant coaching roles at West Bromwich Albion (2015) and Oldham Athletic (2017), and served as Director of Football at Swindon Town from December 2018 to July 2021.