David John Rainford (born 21 April 1979) is an English former footballer. He now works for the
Premier League
The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...
.
Rainford left
Dagenham & Redbridge
Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club is a professional association football club based in Dagenham, Greater London, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. Often known simply as Dag ...
at the end of the
2007–08 season after he was offered a senior teaching role at a local school. During the 2007–08 season, Rainford had become known for being the only semi-professional player in
the Football League
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...
.
In June 2008 Rainford joined
Chelmsford City. On 8 June 2012 he was confirmed as their assistant manager following the departure of
Ben Chenery
Benjamin Chenery (born 28 January 1977) is an English footballer who played in The Football League for Cambridge United and Luton Town.
After a spell at Kettering Town he joined Canvey Island and played for them for five years. While at the clu ...
.
Honours
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Conference National
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(V): 2007
Personal life
Rainford has a daughter,
Molly, an actress and singer.
References
External links
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1979 births
Living people
Footballers from Stepney
English Football League players
National League (English football) players
Colchester United F.C. players
Scarborough F.C. players
Grays Athletic F.C. players
Bishop's Stortford F.C. players
Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. players
Chelmsford City F.C. players
Wivenhoe Town F.C. players
Hornchurch F.C. players
Men's association football midfielders
English men's footballers
Chelmsford City F.C. non-playing staff
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