Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I whanau mai i Dewsbury, West Riding of Yorkshire, i tiimata a Redfearn i tana umanga i Bolton Wanderers i te 23 o Pipiri 1982, i mua i te pukapuka o te kapa taiohi o Nottingham Forest. I muri mai ka whai ingoa ia hei kaitakawaenga whaainga i nga taha o raro o Lincoln City me Doncaster Rovers. I te marama o Mei 1985, i kite ia i te moemoea kino i te wa i mate ai nga kaimātakitaki e 56 i roto i te ahi whakamataku
i a ia e tākaro ana mō Lincoln ki Bradford City. I te 1987, i hainatia ia e Crystal Palace mo te £ 100,000, a ka takaro ia mo Watford, i mua i te neke ano i te 1989 ki Oldham Athletic.