Roy Ian Hunter (born 29 October 1973) is an English former professional

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. He started his career at West Bromwich Albion, before moving to Northampton Town where he made 177 Football League appearances. He then had a brief spell at

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in the

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before moving on to

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in 2002, before joining

Hucknall Town Hucknall Town Football Club are a football club based in the town of Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, England. The club are members of the and play at Watnall Road. History Hucknall Town were renamed from Hucknall Colliery Welfare in 1987 and for ...

for their

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championship season. He helped to guide Hucknall Town to the FA Trophy Final as player/coach. He signed for

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in July 2005. Hunter was the Harrogate Town

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at the start of the season but was replaced by

Denny Ingram Denny Ingram (born 27 June 1976) is an English football player and coach. He previously played in the Football League with Hartlepool United as well as spells in the Conference National with Scarborough, Halifax Town, Forest Green Rovers and Nor ...

midway through the term. Hunter signed on for Teesside Athletic for the start of the 2008–09 season, with the club becoming Redcar Athletic in 2010. In the summer of 2012 he joined Marske United as a player/coach, before returning to Redcar as assistant manager in October 2012.

Honours

Northampton Town * Football League Third Division play-offs:

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* 1973 births Living people People from Saltburn-by-the-Sea English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders West Bromwich Albion F.C. players Northampton Town F.C. players Nuneaton Town F.C. players Oxford United F.C. players Northwich Victoria F.C. players Hucknall Town F.C. players Harrogate Town A.F.C. players Marske United F.C. players English Football League players Footballers from North Yorkshire National League (English football) players Northern Premier League players {{England-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub