Wayne Dyer (footballer)
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Wayne Dyer is a professional footballer
Football (soccer)
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 currently playing for Romulus
Romulus F.C.
Romulus Football Club is a football club based in Sutton Coldfield, England. They currently play in the Northern Premier League First Division South .-History:...

. where he plays as a midfielder.

Dyer is remembered most for his goal in the 88th minute in the home leg against the Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...

 on 19 March 2000. The match was played in Port of Spain
Port of Spain
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, Trinidad
Trinidad
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 as the only pitch in Montserrat was unusable due to volcanic activity.

Even though his side lost 3-1 and lost both games 6-1 on aggregate, this was Montserrat's first ever goal in World Cup Qualifying
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
A total of 199 teams entered the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 32 spots in the final tournament. and , as the co-hosts, and , as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 29 spots open for competition....

 (this for the 2002 World Cup
2002 World Cup
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).. In June 2011, after a gap of seven years he appeared again for his national team in a World Cup qualifying match against Belize.

In England, Dyer has played for Birmingham City
Birmingham City F.C.
Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...

, Oxford United
Oxford United F.C.
Oxford United Football Club is an English association football club based in Oxford, Oxfordshire. The club play in League Two, following promotion from the Conference National in May 2010. The club had been a non-League side since their relegation from the Football League in the 2005–06 season. The...

, Walsall
Walsall F.C.
Walsall Football Club are an English association football club based in Walsall, West Midlands. They currently play in League One. The club was founded in 1888 as Walsall Town Swifts, an amalgamation of Walsall Town F.C. and Walsall Swifts F.C. The club was one of the founder members of the Second...

, Stevenage Borough
Stevenage Borough F.C.
Stevenage Football Club is an English football club based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. The club currently participate in League One, the third tier of English football, having won promotion from League Two in the 2010–11 season...

, and before Bromsgrove, Hinckley United
Hinckley United F.C.
Hinckley United Football Club are an English football club, from Hinckley, Leicestershire currently playing in the Conference North. Formed only in 1997, the club has risen from the Southern League Midland/West Division to the Conference North in those 14 years...

, Stourbridge
Stourbridge
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, Solihull Borough, Kettering Town and Chesham United

He joined Hednesford Town in October 2007 after two seasons at Bromsgrove Rovers, with the move to Keys Park
Keys Park
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 covered in a recent edition of British football publication FourFourTwo magazine.

He moved to Chasetown
Chasetown F.C.
Chasetown Football Club is an English football club based in the Chasetown area of Burntwood, Staffordshire. The club currently plays in the Northern Premier League Premier Division and is nicknamed The Scholars, having been formed by affiliates of nearby Chase Terrace High School in the Chase...

 but was loaned to Coleshill Town in October 2008 where he played three matches.

He then moved to Redditch United in the Conference North
Conference North
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 after moving from Barwell
Barwell F.C.
Barwell Football Club is an association football club based in Barwell, near Hinckley in Leicestershire, currently playing in the Southern Football League Premier Division.-History:...

 where he made 13 appearances in all, six in the league, scoring one goal -- a diving header in the second minute of second half stoppage time to give Barwell a 2-1 victory over Grantham Town
Grantham Town F.C.
Grantham Town F.C. is a football club, based in Grantham, Lincolnshire, currently playing in the Northern Premier League Division One South. They are nicknamed The Gingerbreads and they play their home matches at the South Kesteven Sports Stadium . They were established in August 1874...

 on 4 September 2010 after coming on a substitute.

Dyer made his first appearance for Redditch against Gainsborough Trinity on November 6, 2010. He went on to make ten appearances for Redditch, all in the league, with nine starts and one substitute appearance, before being released in February 2011.

In July 2011 he joined Romulus
Romulus F.C.
Romulus Football Club is a football club based in Sutton Coldfield, England. They currently play in the Northern Premier League First Division South .-History:...

.

Dyer's younger brother Lloyd
Lloyd Dyer
Lloyd Richard Dyer is an English footballer currently playing for Championship side Leicester City.-West Bromwich Albion:...

 is also a professional footballer.

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