Robert Terence Traynor (born 1 November 1983) is an English retired semi-professional

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who made over 210 appearances in the

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for

Kingstonian Kingstonian Football Club is an English semi-professional football club based in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, southwest London which currently plays in the Isthmian League Premier Division. The club was founded in 1885 by YMC ...

as a

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. He began his career in the

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with

Brentford Brentford is a suburban town in West London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It lies at the confluence of the River Brent and the Thames, west of Charing Cross. Its economy has diverse company headquarters buildings whi ...

, before dropping into

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upon his release in 2004.

Career

Brentford

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, Traynor began his career in the

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club

and signed his first professional contract in 2002. He made three senior appearances during the 2002–03 season and was an unused substitute on two occasions early in the 2003–04 season, but was released by incoming manager

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in April 2004.

Non-League football

While still a Brentford player, Traynor was loaned to Southern League Premier Division clubs

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and

Crawley Town Crawley Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Crawley, West Sussex, England. The club was founded as Crawley Football Club in 1896, changed its name to Crawley Town Football Club in 1958. The team co ...

during the 2003–04 season and joined Crawley on a permanent basis in April 2004. Moves to

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and Walton & Hersham followed in 2005, before he joined former Walton & Hersham manager

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First Division club

in January 2007. Traynor had six successful seasons with the Kingstonian, scoring 146 goals, making 250 appearances, winning three Isthmian League divisional golden boots and helping the club to promotion to the Premier Division during the 2008–09 season. He departed at the end of the 2011–12 season and took a year out of the game, before he finished his career with a short spell at Walton Casuals early in the 2013–14 season.

Personal life

Traynor is married and works for an IT assurance company.

Career statistics

Honours

Crawley Town * Southern League Premier Division (1): 2003–04 Kingstonian *

First Division South (1): 2008–09 Individual *

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Player of the Round (1): first qualifying round, 2009–10 *Isthmian League Premier Division Golden Boot (2): 2009–10,

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*Isthmian League First Division Golden Boot (1): 2008–09 *Isthmian League Monthly Golden Boot (1): February 2007

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Traynor, Bobby 1983 births Living people People from Burnham, Buckinghamshire English men's footballers English Football League players National League (English football) players Isthmian League players Brentford F.C. players Chelmsford City F.C. players Crawley Town F.C. players Farnborough F.C. players Maidenhead United F.C. players Walton & Hersham F.C. players Kingstonian F.C. players Walton Casuals F.C. players Southern Football League players Men's association football forwards Footballers from Buckinghamshire