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Paul Went

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Paul Went
Personal information
Full name	Paul Frank Went
Date of birth	(1949-10-12)12 October 1949
Place of birth	Bow, England
Date of death	4 January 2017(2017-01-04) (aged 67)
Place of death	Chelmsford, England
Position(s)	Centre-half
Youth career
1964–66	Leyton Orient
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1966–1967	Leyton Orient	50	(5)
1967–1972	Charlton Athletic	163	(15)
1972–1973	Fulham	58	(3)
1973–1976	Portsmouth	92	(5)
1976–1978	Cardiff City	72	(11)
1978–1980	Orient	45	(3)
Total		480	(42)
International career
1967–1968	England U18	10	(0)
Managerial career
1981	Orient
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul Frank Went (12 October 1949 – 4 January 2017)^[1] was an English footballer who played professionally for five clubs^[2] over a fifteen-year period. He was one of that generation who bridged the gap between terminological eras, beginning his career as a centre-half and ending it as a central defender^[3] despite playing a similar role throughout.

Career

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Born in Bromley-by-Bow on 12 October 1949 he played for both England schoolboys and the Under 18 youth side.^[4] After an apprenticeship he broke into the Orient first team in 1966, becoming the club's youngest ever player, and played 50 games for the club before being transferred to Charlton in June 1967.^[5]

He spent five years at The Valley before moving to Fulham in the summer of 1972. After only 18 months he was off to Portsmouth, part of new chairman John Deacon's ambitious new rebuilding programme.^[6] Manager John Mortimore planned a rock-like central partnership between Went and Malcolm Manley,^[7] but the former Leicester defender injured his knee in only his 11th game for the Fratton Park club and never played professionally again. Went, by contrast, was voted "Player of the Year" at the end of his first season.

As financial crisis piled on crisis^[8] manager Ian St John cut the wage bill by selling Went to Cardiff City, his last game being a 4–1 away defeat to Shrewsbury. Went's departure opened the door for future England defender Steve Foster, who was switched by St John from attack to defence. Went became a crowd favourite at Ninian Park, replacing Mike England in the Bluebirds' defence. A committed defender, he continued in the relegation decider against Carlisle United, despite a dislocated shoulder. The following season he played as a striker for the cash-strapped Bluebirds at times and netted a consolation goal against Tottenham at White Hart Lane in 1977. After two eventful years in Wales,^[9] Went returned to his home town to rejoin his first club. As his playing career drew to an end, Went was appointed assistant manager at Brisbane Road, culminating in a 21-day reign as full manager.^[10]

Death

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Portsmouth F.C.'s newsletter, 'Pompey News', for 5 December 2017, reported that he had died from a stroke.

Notes

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^ "Paul Went: 1949-2017". fulhamfc.com. Fulham Football Club. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
^ One, Orient twice: "The PFA Premier League and Football League Players' Records 1946–98" Hugman, B: Harpenden, Queen Anne Press, 1998 ISBN 1-85291-585-4
^ As football moved from 1–2–3–5 to 1-4-3-3/1–4–2–4
^ 10 caps between 14 February 1967 and 28 February 1968-accessed via AFS Database December 24th 2007 13:28
^ Transfer to Fulham
^ "Portsmouth, from Tindall to Ball" Farmery, C: Southend-on-Sea, Desert Island Books, 1999 ISBN 1-874287-25-2
^ "Pompey: The History of Portsmouth Football Club" Cooper, M/ Neasom, M/ Robinson, D: Portsmouth, Milestone Publications, 1984 ISBN 0-903852-50-0
^ Garcia makes fresh pleas in SOS Pompey campaign: Article in "The News" by Mike Neasom Wednesday 22 September 1976
^ Scores winner for Cardiff to avoid relegation
^ One day managerial career^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Charlton Athletic F.C. – Player of the Year

1971: Went
1972: Peacock
1973: Horsfield
1974: Dunn
1975: Bowman
1976: Hales
1977: Flanagan
1978: Peacock
1979: Peacock
1980: Berry
1981: Johns
1982: Naylor
1983: Johns
1984: Johns
1985: Aizlewood
1986: Aizlewood
1987: Bolder
1988: Humphrey
1989: Humphrey
1990: Humphrey
1991: Lee
1992: Webster
1993: Balmer
1994: Leaburn
1995: Rufus
1996: Robinson
1997: Petterson
1998: Kinsella
1999: Kinsella
2000: Rufus
2001: Rufus
2002: Kiely
2003: Parker
2004: Kiely
2005: Young
2006: Bent
2007: Carson
2008: Holland
2009: Bailey
2010: Dailly
2011: Semedo
2012: Solly
2013: Solly
2014: Poyet
2015: Cousins
2016: Cousins
2017: Holmes
2018: Dasilva
2019: Taylor
2020: Phillips
2021: Forster-Caskey
2022: Dobson
2023: Rak-Sakyi
2024: May

Portsmouth F.C. Player of the Season

1968: Pointer
1969: Milkins
1970: Jennings
1971: Munks
1972: Reynolds
1973: Award not given
1974: Went
1975: Mellows
1976: Cahill
1977: Award not given
1978: Award not given
1979: Mellor
1980: Laidlaw
1981: Viney
1982: Knight
1983: Biley
1984: Hateley
1985: Webb
1986: Blake
1987: Blake
1988: Horne
1989: Quinn
1990: Whittingham
1991: Kuhl
1992: Anderton
1993: Walsh
1994: Symons
1995: Knight
1996: Knight
1997: Bradbury
1998: Awford
1999: Claridge
2000: Claridge
2001: Hiley
2002: Crouch
2003: Primus
2004: De Zeeuw
2005: Stefanović
2006: O'Neil
2007: James
2008: James
2009: Johnson
2010: O'Hara
2011: Mullins
2012: Rocha
2013: Ertl
2014: Holmes
2015: Wallace
2016: Doyle
2017: Stevens
2018: Clarke
2019: Clarke
2020: Burgess
2021: MacGillivray
2022: Bazunu
2023: Bishop
2024: Pack

Leyton Orient F.C. – managers

Ormerod (1905–06)
Ivenson (1906)
Holmes (1907–22)
Proudfoot (1922–29)
Grimsdell (1929–30)
Proudfoot (1930–31)
Seed (1931–33)
Pratt (1933–34)
Proudfoot (1935–39)
Halsey (1939)
W. P. Wright (1939–45)
Hall (1945)
Hewitt (1945–46)
W. B. Wright^c (1946)
Hewitt (1946–48)
McBain (1948–49)
Stock (1949–56)
Gore^c (1956)
Stock (1956–59)
Gore (1959–61)
Carey (1961–63)
Fenton (1963–64)
Gore (1964–65)
Sexton (1965)
Graham (1966–68)
Bloomfield (1968–71)
Petchey (1971–77)
Bloomfield (1977–81)
Went (1981)
Knighton (1981–82)
Clark (1982–91)
Eustace (1991–94)
Sitton & Turner (1994–95)
Holland (1995–96)
Taylor (1996–2001)
Brush (2001–03)
Ling (2003–09)
Nugent^c (2009)
Williams (2009–10)
Slade (2010–14)
Nugent^c (2014)
Milanese (2014)
Liverani (2014–15)
Hendon (2015–16)
Hessenthaler^c (2016)
Nolan^p (2016)
Hessenthaler (2016)
Edwards^c (2016)
Cavasin (2016)
Edwards (2016–17)
Webb (2017)
Riza (2017)
Davis (2017)
Embleton and Brill^c (2017)
Edinburgh (2017–19)
Embleton^c (2019)
Fletcher (2019)
Embleton (2019–21)
McAnuff ^p (2021)
Jackett (2021–22)
Harrold ^c (2022)
Wellens (2022–)

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