Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haife shi a Dewsbury, West Riding of Yorkshire, Redfearn ya fara aikinsa a Bolton Wanderers a ranar 23 ga Yuni, 1982, bayan da ya kasance a cikin littattafan ƙungiyar matasa na Nottingham Forest. Daga baya ya yi suna a matsayin dan wasan tsakiya mai tsakiya a ƙananan ƙungiyoyi Lincoln City da Doncaster Rovers. A watan Mayun 1985 ya shaida wani mummunan mafarki lokacin da aka kashe 'yan kallo 56 a cikin wani
mummunar harbi yayin wasa da Lincoln a kan Bradford City. A 1987, Crystal Palace ta sanya hannu a kan £ 100,000, kuma daga baya ya buga wa Watford, kafin ya sake komawa a 1989 zuwa Oldham Athletic.