Warren Ramsay Donald (born 7 October 1964) is an English

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who played as a

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in the

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in the 1980s and 1990s.

Career

Born in

Hillingdon Hillingdon is an area of Uxbridge within the London Borough of Hillingdon, centred 14.2 miles (22.8 km) west of Charing Cross. It was an ancient parish in Middlesex that included the market town of Uxbridge. During the 1920s the civil pari ...

, he joined

West Ham United West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club that plays its home matches in Stratford, East London. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. The club plays at the London Stadium, hav ...

as an apprentice, making two League appearances for them. His debut came on 26 December 1983 as a substitute against

Southampton Southampton () is a port city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. It is located approximately south-west of London and west of Portsmouth. The city forms part of the South Hampshire built-up area, which also covers Po ...

, whilst his final game was the last match of the 1983-84 season, against Everton. After an initial loan spell at

Northampton Town Northampton Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Northampton, England. The team plays in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1897, the club competed in the Midland ...

, he joined the Cobblers on a permanent basis during 1985–86. Donald went on to play 188 League games for them in total, and was a member of the side that won promotion from the

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in 1986-87. In 1989-90 Northampton were relegated and he joined

Colchester United Colchester United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Colchester, Essex, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1937, the club spent its earl ...

in the close season. Colchester had just been relegated to the

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, but Donald helped them win promotion in his second season with the U's, missing just one League game as they edged

Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They play their home ...

to promotion. Donald played in 9 of their first 10 Football League games in 1992–93, but then only played one more league match (on 28 November), before his final senior appearance for the club - a

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match against his former side Northampton Town on 1 December 1992. Overall, he made 79 league appearances for the club over two and a half seasons. He subsequently returned to the Conference when he transferred to

Kettering Town Kettering Town Football Club is a football club based in Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, England. They are currently members of and play at Latimer Park in Burton Latimer. Kettering were the first club to wear sponsorship on their shirts in ...

for the remainder of the 1992–93 season. In 1993-94 he missed only one league match for the Poppies, as they narrowly missed out on promotion to the League, being pipped by

Kidderminster Harriers Kidderminster Harriers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. The team compete in the National League North, at the sixth tier of the English football league system. Formed in ...

. His last games for Kettering were in the 1994–95 season when he played 21 league matches. He subsequently played for

Nuneaton Borough Nuneaton Borough Football Club is an English football club that is based in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. The men's 1st team competes in the , the seventh tier of English football. In 1889, Nuneaton St. Nicholas FC was the first team in Nuneaton t ...

, Raunds Town,

Daventry Town Daventry Town F.C. is a football club based in the town of Daventry, Northamptonshire, England, formed in 1886. They are members of the . History The club was established in 1886 as a local-town club playing in the Northampton Town League. T ...

and Stamford Town.

Honours

Northampton Town

Football League Fourth Division The Football League Fourth Division was the fourth-highest division in the English football league system from the 1958–59 season until the creation of the Premier League prior to the 1992–93 season. Whilst the division disappeared in name ...

Winner: 1986–87

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Donald, Warren 1964 births Men's association football midfielders English Football League players West Ham United F.C. players Northampton Town F.C. players Colchester United F.C. players Kettering Town F.C. players Nuneaton Borough F.C. players Stamford A.F.C. players Living people Daventry Town F.C. players Footballers from Hillingdon English men's footballers