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Paul Ivey

English footballer (born 1961)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ7151476 ↗
Source-derived summary

Paul Henry Winspear Ivey (born 1 April 1961) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Birmingham City and Chesterfield. He also played briefly for Kettering Town, and in Sweden for Karlskrona AIF, Kalmar AIK – where he made a name for himself by scoring the winner in the 1983 local derby against their "bigger" neighbours Kalmar FF – and Vasalunds IF. He was born in Westminster and played as a forward.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Paul Ivey” as english footballer (born 1961). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Paul, Ivey and English.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1961, 1983—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1961-04-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Paul, Ivey and English providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Paul Ivey”, the useful work is to connect “english footballer (born 1961)” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7151476. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1961 and 1983.

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This entry incorporates text from “Paul Ivey” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.