Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei: Na fanau mai i Dewsbury, West Riding o Yorkshire, na amataina e Redfearn lana galuega i Bolton Wanderers i le aso 23 o Iuni 1982, ma sa i ai muamua i luga o tusi a le au a le autalavou a Nottingham Forest. Mulimuli ane na ia faia lona igoa o se sikoa sikoa i lalo-vaega itu Lincoln City ma Doncaster Rovers. I le masina o Me 1985 na ia molimauina ai se miti taufaafefe ina ua maliliu tagata matamata e toʻa 56 i se faalavelave na tupu i le malaevaalele o le
o se osofaʻiga mataʻutia a o taaalo mo Lincoln e faasagatau atu i le aai o Bradford. I le 1987, na sainia ai o ia e Crystal Palace mo le £ 100,000, ma mulimuli ane taalo mo Watford, ae leʻi toe siitia i le 1989 i Oldham Athletic.