Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Amụrụ na Dewsbury, West Riding nke Yorkshire, Redfearn malitere ọrụ ya na Bolton Wanderers na 23 June 1982, ebe ọ nọ na mbụ na akwụkwọ nke ndị ntorobịa Nottingham Forest. O mechara mee aha ya dị ka onye na-eme ihe mgbaru ọsọ n'etiti ndị na-eme ihe nkiri na Lincoln City na Doncaster Rovers. N'ọnwa Mee afọ 1985, ọ hụrụ ihe dị egwu mgbe mmadụ iri ise na isii ndị na-ekiri ihe nkiri ahụ nwụrụ n'ihe mberede okporo ụzọ.
egwu na-agba mgbe ọ na-egwu maka Lincoln megide Bradford City. N'afọ 1987, Crystal Palace bịanyere aka na ya maka £100,000, o mechara soro Watford, tupu ọ laghachi na 1989 na Oldham Athletic.