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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paul James Raynor | ||
| Date of birth | 29 April 1966 | ||
| Place of birth | Nottingham, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder/Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Crawley Town (assistant manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| – | Nottingham Forest | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1984–1985 | Nottingham Forest | 3 | (1) |
| 1984 | → Bristol Rovers (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 1985–1987 | Huddersfield Town | 50 | (9) |
| 1987–1992 | Swansea City | 191 | (27) |
| 1988 | → Wrexham (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 1992–1993 | Cambridge United | 49 | (2) |
| 1993–1995 | Preston North End | 80 | (9) |
| 1995–1997 | Cambridge United | 79 | (7) |
| 1997 | Guangdong Hongyuan | 10 | (1) |
| 1998 | Leyton Orient | 15 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | Kettering Town | ||
| 1999–2000 | Ilkeston Town | ||
| 2000–2001 | Boston United | ||
| 2001 | King's Lynn | ||
| 2001 | Hednesford Town | 11 | (0) |
| 2001 | Gainsborough Trinity | ||
| 2002 | Ossett Albion | ||
| 2002–2003 | King's Lynn | ||
| 2003–2004 | King's Lynn | ||
| 2007–2009 | Crawley Town | 3 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2001 | Hednesford Town (player-manager) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Paul James Raynor (born 29 April 1966 in Nottingham) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
He played in the Football League for Nottingham Forest, Bristol Rovers,[1] Huddersfield Town,[2] Swansea City, Wrexham,[3] Cambridge United,[4] Preston North End[5] (where he briefly played alongside a young David Beckham), and Leyton Orient.[6] He has also played a year in the Chinese Jia-A League for Guangdong Hongyuan.[7]
After leaving Leyton Orient, Raynor moved into non-league football with clubs including Kettering Town, Ilkeston Town, Boston United,[8] King's Lynn, Hednesford Town, where he spent a few months as player-manager,[9][10] Gainsborough Trinity,[11] Ossett Albion, and then King's Lynn again, to be released at the end of the 2002–03 season, only to rejoin for the next.[12][13]
Raynor has coached at clubs Sheffield United and Boston United, where he was assistant manager for a time to Steve Evans.[14] In May 2007 Evans and Raynor left Boston to take over as manager and assistant at Crawley Town,[15] where he occasionally appeared as a player in the Conference.[8]
His son Jamie Raynor Age 15 lives in Sheffield but was born July 20th 1996 and enjoys football just like his father and was in Sheffield united's academy and also Sheffield Wednesday academy but left several years ago he played for many Sunday league teams in Sheffield.