Paul Raynor

For the Chester City footballer, see Paul Raynor (footballer, born 1957). For the English-New Zealand ceramicist, see Paul Rayner.

**Paul James Raynor** (born 29 April 1966) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He has worked as assistant manager under Steve Evans at Rotherham United, Leeds United, Mansfield Town, Peterborough United and Gillingham, his current role.

## Career

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 has also played a year in the Chinese Jia-A League for 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. The pair subsequently moved to Rotherham United. On 28 September 2015, Raynor left Rotherham. On 19 October 2015, Raynor joined fellow Championship side Leeds United, once again as assistant to Evans. On 31 May 2016, Evans and Raynor were both sacked by Leeds owner Massimo Cellino, with Evans becoming the sixth manager sacked by Cellino in two years.

In June 2019 Raynor linked up with Evans once again at Gillingham.

## References

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2. ↑ Huddersfield Town : 1946/47–2008/09. *UK A–Z Transfers*. Neil Brown. Retrieved on October 20, 2009.
3. ↑ Swansea City : 1946/47–2008/09. *UK A–Z Transfers*. Neil Brown. Retrieved on October 20, 2009.
4. ↑ Cambridge United : 1970/71–2004/05. *UK A–Z Transfers*. Neil Brown. Retrieved on October 20, 2009.
5. ↑ Preston North End : 1946/47–2008/09. *UK A–Z Transfers*. Neil Brown. Retrieved on October 20, 2009.
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