Paul Reynolds is a recurring character featured in the Apple TV+ show, Ted Lasso, and a Center Back player for AFC Richmond. He is seen with other team members and even participates in group activities such as karaoke and dancing in clubs. He usually hangs out with other players such as Kukoč, O'Brien, Anders Rosenfeldt, Jeff Goodman, and Tyler Shannon. Before his time in Richmond, he used to play for St. Kevin's Boys F.C.
There is a possibility that he is one of the oldest players now after Roy Kent retired.
During the 'ghost cleansing' session in the club's treatment room, he is shown to throw a small orange funnel into the bin.
During a match against Tottenham Hotspur F.C., a frustrated Nathan Shelley orders him, Tommy Winchester, and Babatunde to substitute Dani Rojas, Colin Hughes, Richard Montlaur positions, and orders Isaac McAdoo to use the "Park The Bus" elaborate set piece to win the match.
After their devastating loss against Manchester City during the FA Cup semi-final, James Tartt burst into their locker room and starts insulting Jamie Tartt and the rest of the team players, ended up with the old man getting punched by his son. The players are stunned and not able to do anything about it, however at the same time some of the players such as him, Moe Bumbercatch, and Declan Cockburn want to help Jamie but get restrained by Jack Dawkins and Kukoč so the situation won't escalate.
When Zava joins Richmond, just like every team players, they are very smitten and in awe to see the superstar player in the locker room. Paul seems in euphoric when Zava greets him, and when the new player brings so many goals, he and the rest of the players are following his lifestyle by doing some meditations.
But after the lost the first half match against West Ham United F.C., Coach Beard and Roy shows them a video of Nathan ripping off the BELIEVE sign, which results them to anger and anarchy as the players starts to play dirty and chaotic in the match. However, Paul is one of the players who doesn't play violently as he spend so much times trying to separate his teammates fighting the West Ham players.
Richmond visits Amsterdam for an Exhibition Match (Friendlies Match) against AFC Ajax, and Ted Lasso tells everyone to have fun in Amsterdam for the whole night to lift their spirits. Their captain Isaac tells everyone to meet up in the lobby of their hotel so they can decide where to go and what to do. At the lobby of their hotel, the team can't decide where are they going to do. They spend the whole night arguing, discussing, and voting where to go and what to do, when they finally decides to play pillow fights at the lobby of their hotel. In the morning, he and the team's spirit are lifted and they go home to England with a better mood.
Paul asks whether they should delete sonograms
Paul and his fellow teammates help Sam to clean up and renovate his restaurant, Ola's, which was vandalized when Sam criticized the British government for refusing the Nigerian and other African immigrants entering the U.K. He and the other teammates spending some quality times together in the restaurant, eating together like a family alongside with Sam's father, Ola Obisanya.
When there are many nude photos of celebrities are leaked on the internet, the team discusses whether they should delete their photos from their phones. Colin Hughes thinks that deleting photos makes no sense because it feels like deleting their memories, but many disagrees.
Paul asks whether they should delete sonograms from their phones, and Moe only tells him off to delete them. It's not until Sam Obisanya informs that their friend Keeley Jones's pictures are among the leaked ones and now are spread all over the internet that Paul decides to delete his own pictures and not asking anymore question.
Height[]
Paul is one of the tallest players in the AFC Richmond with Thierry Zoreaux, Tyler Shannon, Jack Dawkins, Jan Maas, Gareth Canterbury, O'Brien, Babatunde, Tommy Winchester, and Zava.
From Arlo White's cheat sheet:[]
- 6ft 4in / Signed from St. Kevins Boys Club
- Keen golfer: recently lost 9 & 8 (match play, so he was down 9 holes with only 8 to go, ending the match) to Arlo Dixon at The Belfry - "The most humiliating sporting experience I've ever had, and I've been a Richmond player for 7 years".
FIFA 23[]
In FIFA 23, his first name is Joe, a nod to actor Joe Street who plays the character, and according to the game he is 31 years old.