Wood started his career at East Stirlingshire for whom he scored a goal from his own penalty area against Queen of the South on 9 January 1971.
[6] He joined Arsenal in August 1980 for £140,000, as potential successor to Pat Jennings with whom he shared the first-team goalkeeper's spot for the next two seasons.
Wood made 192 league appearances for Palace, which included nearly three seasons ever-present, and won the club's Player of the Year award in 1986.
[1] Stints followed afterward at non-league sides Merthyr Tydfil, for whom he made 11 appearances in the 1991–92 Football Conference,[10] and Inter Cardiff of the League of Wales.
[12] He played twice more that year, and made his fourth and final senior appearance on 28 April 1982, also in the Home Internationals against Northern Ireland.