Player Profile

Signed on loan from Southampton in a bid to tighten a poor defence during a disastrous 2000/01 season, Dryden's spell at the club hardly started well - he was credited with an own goal on his debut, during a 3-0 loss at home against Stoke City on November 25th. This was followed by two consecutive victories against Northampton Town and Rotherham United, but his final four appearances at Swindon all ended in defeat. Dryden returned to the County Ground just over a month after his departure during another loan spell at Luton Town, he left victorious as Luton ended 3-1 winners - though it was the Town's first defeat since Dryden left!

Playing Record

Senior

Career details

Club	Details
Paganhill YC Paganhill YC	(youth)
Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers	(youth) July 14th, 1987 (signed professional contract); transferred out (March 8th, 1989)
Exeter City Exeter City	September 22nd, 1988 (loan)
Exeter City Exeter City	March 8th, 1989 (transferred in , £10,000 ); transferred out (August 9th, 1991)
Manchester City Man City	May 15th, 1991 (loan)
Notts County Notts County	August 9th, 1991 (transferred in , £250,000 ); transferred out (March 19th, 1993)
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle	November 18th, 1992 (loan)
Birmingham City Birmingham	March 19th, 1993 (transferred in , £165,000 ); transferred out (December 16th, 1994)
Bristol City Bristol City	December 16th, 1994 (transferred in , £140,000 ); transferred out (August 6th, 1998)
Southampton Southampton	August 6th, 1996 (transferred in , £150,000 )
Stoke City Stoke City	November 3rd, 1999 (loan)
Stoke City Stoke City	March 2000 (loan)
Northampton Town Northampton Town	September 8th, 2000 (loan)
Swindon Town Swindon	November 24th, 2000 (loan); expired (January 23rd, 2001)
Luton Town Luton Town	February 2nd, 2001
Scarborough Scarborough	rptd November 27th, 2001 (loan)
Scarborough Scarborough	July 11th, 2002
Worksop Town Worksop Town	rptd June 5th, 2003
Tamworth Tamworth	November 2003  April 2004 (appointed player-assistant manager); by mutual consent (January 24th, 2007)
Shepshed Dynamo Shepshed Dynamo	rptd March 5th, 2007 (unattached)
Worcester City Worcester City	rptd October 28th, 2007 (appointed manager); sacked (rptd January 17th, 2010)
Darlington Darlington	rptd June 29th, 2009 (appointed assistant manager); sacked (rptd October 14th, 2011)
York City York City	July 2012 (appointed youth coach); sacked (rptd December 13th, 2014)
Notts County Notts County	October 2015 (u21 manager) December 29th, 2015 (caretaker manager) March 2016 (senior professional development phase coach)
Kingfisher East Bengal Kingfisher East Bengal	June 23rd, 2016 (coach)
Forest Green Rovers Forest Green	June 2016 (scout)
Bury Bury	July 2018 (scout)
Leyton Orient Leyton Orient	July 2019 (scout)
Forest Green Rovers Forest Green	rptd July 21st, 2020 (appointed assistant head coach); sacked (April 11th, 2021)
Barrow Barrow	May 28th, 2021 (appointed assistant manager); sacked (March 20th, 2022)
Aldershot Town Aldershot	rptd April 27th, 2023 (appointed assistant manager); resigned (rptd June 16th, 2025)
Yeovil Town Yeovil Town	July 1st, 2025 (announced June 16th, 2025) (appointed coach) August 26th, 2025 (appointed caretaker manager); replaced (September 12th, 2025) September 22nd, 2025 (appointed manager)