Paul James Raynor is an English former professional

Professional

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 footballer who played as a midfielder

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He played in the Football League

The Football League

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 for Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest F.C.

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, Bristol Rovers

Bristol Rovers F.C.

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Huddersfield Town

Huddersfield Town F.C.

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Swansea City

Swansea City A.F.C.

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, Wrexham,
Cambridge United

Cambridge United F.C.

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Preston North End

Preston North End F.C.

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 (where he briefly played alongside a young David Beckham

David Beckham

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), and
Leyton Orient

Leyton Orient F.C.

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He has also played a year in the Chinese Jia-A League

Chinese Jia-A League

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 for Guangdong Hongyuan

Guangdong Hongyuan F.C.

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After leaving Leyton Orient, Raynor moved into non-league football

Non-league football

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 with clubs including Kettering Town

Kettering Town F.C.

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, Ilkeston Town

Ilkeston Town F.C.

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, Boston United

Boston United F.C.

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King's Lynn

King's Lynn F.C.

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, Hednesford Town

Hednesford Town F.C.

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, where he spent a few months as player-manager,
Gainsborough Trinity

Gainsborough Trinity F.C.

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Ossett Albion

Ossett Albion F.C.

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, and then King's Lynn again, to be released at the end of the 2002–03 season, only to rejoin for the next.

Raynor has coached at clubs Sheffield United

Sheffield United F.C.

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 and Boston United, where he was assistant manager for a time to Steve Evans. In May 2007 Evans and Raynor left Boston to take over as manager and assistant at Crawley Town

Crawley Town F.C.

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, where he occasionally appeared as a player in the Conference

Conference National

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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.

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