Paul Raynor

He played in the Football League for Nottingham Forest, Bristol Rovers, Huddersfield Town, Swansea City, Wrexham, Cambridge United, Preston North End (where he briefly played alongside a young David Beckham), and Leyton Orient. He also spent a year in the Chinese Jia-A League with Guangdong Hongyuan. After leaving Leyton Orient, Raynor moved into non-League football with clubs including Kettering Town, Ilkeston Town, Boston United, King's Lynn, Hednesford Town, where he spent a few months as player-manager, Gainsborough Trinity, 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. ==Coaching career==

Raynor has coached at clubs Sheffield United 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, where he occasionally appeared as a player in the Conference. Both departed the club on 9 January 2022. In December 2025, Raynor followed Evans to League Two club Bristol Rovers as assistant head coach on a short-term deal until the end of the season. Having guided the club to safety, the duo signed a new two-year deal in April 2026. ==Honours==

Swansea City • Football League Fourth Division play-offs: 1988 ==References==