Paul Raynor

Paul Raynor

Raynor in 2014
Personal information
Full namePaul James Raynor
Date of birth29 April 1966
Place of birthNottingham, England
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
Rotherham United (assistant)
Youth career
–Nottingham Forest
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1984–1985Nottingham Forest3(1)
1984→ Bristol Rovers (loan)8(0)
1985–1987Huddersfield Town50(9)
1987–1992Swansea City191(27)
1988→ Wrexham (loan)6(0)
1992–1993Cambridge United49(2)
1993–1995Preston North End80(9)
1995–1997Cambridge United79(7)
1997Guangdong Hongyuan10(1)
1998Leyton Orient15(0)
1998–1999Kettering Town
1999–2000Ilkeston Town
2000–2001Boston United
2001King's Lynn5(0)
2001Hednesford Town11(0)
2001Gainsborough Trinity
2002Ossett Albion
2002–2004King's Lynn68(1)
2007–2009Crawley Town4(1)
Teams managed
2001Hednesford Town (player-manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

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] He now is assistant manager and first team coach at Rotherham United in the season 12–13 he achieved promotion with them alongside Steve Evans.

References

  1. ↑ "Nottingham Forest : 1946/47–2008/09". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
  2. ↑ "Huddersfield Town : 1946/47–2008/09". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
  3. ↑ "Swansea City : 1946/47–2008/09". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
  4. ↑ "Cambridge United : 1970/71–2004/05". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
  5. ↑ "Preston North End : 1946/47–2008/09". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
  6. ↑ "Leyton Orient : 1946/47–2008/09". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
  7. ↑ Nixon, Alan (26 June 1997). "Sheffield United rate Kendall's loss at £1m". The Independent. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Paul Raynor All-time playing career". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
  9. ↑ Stoner, Colin (26 May 2001). "Raynor vow to rescue Pitmen" (REPRINT). Birmingham Post (FindArticles). Retrieved 20 October 2009.
  10. ↑ Stoner, Colin (12 October 2001). "Pitmen to move fast as Raynor is sacked" (REPRINT). Birmingham Post (FindArticles). Retrieved 20 October 2009.
  11. ↑ "Player Details: Season 2001–2002". SoccerFacts UK. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
  12. ↑ "Morris Influence Easy To See at the Walks". NonLeague Daily. 5 April 2002. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
  13. ↑ "News Archive May–August 2003". King's Lynn F.C. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
  14. ↑ "Paul Raynor (First Team Coach)". Boston United F.C. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
  15. ↑ "Crawley appoint Evans as new boss". BBC Sport. 29 May 2007. Retrieved 20 October 2009.

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