Richard Naylor

Ipswich Town

Born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, Naylor graduated through the Ipswich Town youth academy and played for Ipswich for 14 years. He started out his Ipswich career as a robust centre forward making an instant impact in the mid-1990s for the club. However a number of recurring injuries held Naylor back from achieving his full potential as a striker and he soon found himself behind Alex Mathie, James Scowcroft, David Johnson and later Marcus Stewart in the pecking order at Portman Road. In 1999–2000, Naylor started in fine form but was once again forced onto the bench, however he would play a key role in Ipswich's decisive play-off final against Barnsley (a club he would later join). Naylor came on as a first-half substitute for the injured David Johnson, and was widely credited at the time for changing the shape of the match in Ipswich's favour, scoring one and setting up another sending Ipswich back into the Premier League for the first time since 1995. While Ipswich where riding high in the Premiership, Naylor once again found himself out of favour with then manager George Burley. Naylor continued to make sporadic appearances for Ipswich during 2000–01 which saw Ipswich qualify for a place in the UEFA Cup. Naylor would score Ipswich's last goal of the season against Derby County. In 2001–2002 Naylor was out of Ipswich's plans, despite having the opportunity to play against Italian giants Inter Milan in the UEFA Cup. He was loaned out to Barnsley and Millwall…

After leaving Leeds, Naylor revealed that he was doing his UEFA B Coaching badges during the summer of 2011. On 12 July 2012, Naylor retired from playing football and re-joined Leeds United as a coach working with the youth team alongside Neil Redfearn. In his first season in management during the 2012/13 season Naylor won the Under 18's league with Leeds Under 18's team. Naylor's side were crowned Champions on 30 March after beating nearest rivals Nottingham Forest 7–2 to be declared league champions. After the sacking of Neil Warnock on 1 April, Naylor moved up to be Leeds United's caretaker assistant manager to assist caretaker manager Neil Redfearn in the role. On 11 July 2014, Naylor was made redundant as Leeds Under 18's Manager by Owner Massimo Cellino.

As player

Ipswich Town

Football League First Division play-offs: 2000 Leeds United

Football League One second-place promotion: 2009–10

As manager

Leeds United U18

Under 18 League: 2012–13