Education
The match finished 1–1 with Wood putting in a very impressive debut at right back and winning Manitoba of the Match.
The match finished 1–1 with Wood putting in a very impressive debut at right back and winning Manitoba of the Match.
He began his career at Grimsby Town where he was also used as a left back and winger. At international level he has represented England C.
Grimsby Town
Bradley Wood is a combative player who was promoted to the club"s first team squad midway through the 2008-2009 season as a makeshift defender from the youth team He was named as a substitute once for The Mariners.
In the 2009-2010 season, Wood did not receive a squad number until his club fell victim to an injury crisis which saw him named as a substitute in the away defeat against Portuguese Vale.
On 26 September Wood made his first team debut playing from the start against Darlington in place of regular right back Robbie Stockdale. Wood continued this role filling in for the injured Stockdale, and also played as a makeshift left back in the place of Joe Widdowson on the odd occasion.
On 16 October Wood signed a 4-year professional contract with Grimsby. He popped up with a vital injury time assist in the 2–2 draw with Accrington Stanley on 30 October when his long ball assisted a Barry Conlon 95th-minute equaliser.
At the time he was playing as an emergency centre back following the sending off of defender Oliver Lancashire.
During the 2012-2013 season Wood was ever present as the club missed out on lifting the FA Trophy at Wembley Stadium and despite leading the Conference for the majority of the season Town were to lose out in the play-offs to Newport County. Wood was released by Town on 2 May 2013, at the time he had been the clubs current longest serving player. He bowed out of Grimsby having made 113 league appearances, scoring 1 goal.
Alfreton Town
On 28 May 2013 it was announced that Wood had signed for Alfreton Town on a one-year contract.
He made his debut in the 1–0 defeat to Dartford on the opening day of the season and scored his first goal at the end of September in a defeat to Braintree Town. After featuring in 49 of Alfreton"s 50 games in 2013-2014 he was named as the Supporters Player of the Season and the following month signed a new two-year contract, keeping him at the club until 2016.
Lincoln City
Wood made his debut for England C in September 2013, coming off the bench in a 1–0 defeat to Latvia under-23s. He was called into the squad again the following year for the game against Jordan under-23s.