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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Danny Bailey | ||
| Date of birth | (1964-05-21)21 May 1964 (age 61) | ||
| Place of birth | Leyton, London, England | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ?–1980 | AFC Bournemouth | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1981 | AFC Bournemouth | 2 | (0) |
| 1983–1984 | Dagenham | 3 | (0) |
| 1983–1984 | Torquay United | 1 | (0) |
| 1984–? | Grays Athletic | ||
| Wembley | |||
| 1987–1989 | Wealdstone | 12 | (0) |
| 1989–1990 | Exeter City | 64 | (2) |
| 1990–1992 | Reading | 50 | (2) |
| 1992 | →Fulham (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 1992–1997 | Exeter City | 152 | (4) |
| 1997 | Farnborough Town | ||
| 1997–1998 | Slough Town | 40 | (0) |
| 1998 | Telford United | 7 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | Forest Green Rovers[1] | 29 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Welling United | 22 | (2) |
| 2000 | Forest Green Rovers[2] | 7 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Aylesbury United | 9 | (0) |
| 2001 | Grays Athletic | ||
| 2001–2002 | Weston-super-Mare | ||
| 2002 | Bath City[3] | 6 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Weymouth[4] | 20 | (1) |
| 2003–2005 | Chippenham Town | ||
| 2005 | Stansted | ||
| 2005–2006 | Chesham United[5] | 9 | (0) |
| Ware | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2009–2011 | Interwood F.C. | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:08, 4 February 2009 (PST) | |||
Danny Stephen Bailey (born 21 May 1964) is an English retired professionalfootballer.
He began his career as an apprentice withAFC Bournemouth, turning professional and making his league debut in the 1980–81 season. After only one further league appearance for Bournemouth, he dropped out of league football, joiningDagenham.
He later joinedWalthamstow Avenue, from whom he joinedTorquay United on a free transfer in March 1984. His only league appearance for the Gulls came during the 1983–84 season, a 2–1 defeat away toHartlepool United on 17 March.
In 1984, Bailey moved toGrays Athletic. He subsequently joinedWealdstone fromWembley and in August 1989, returned to league football withExeter City, again on a free transfer.
His career took off, quickly establishing himself in the side, and after 64 league games, in which he scored two goals, he moved toReading in December 1990 for a fee of£50,000 as the first signing under new ownerJohn Madejski.[6] In his first season and a half at Reading, he played 50 league games, scoring twice. However, out of the first team at the beginning of the 1992–93 season, he was loaned toFulham making three league appearances.
Still unable to break back into theReading line-up, he returned toExeter City on a free transfer in December 1992, and quickly re-established himself at St. James Park. In the summer of 1997, he was released after 152 further league appearances in which he scored four goals.
He joinedFarnborough Town, beginning a journey around various non-league sides, quickly moving on toSlough Town in the 1997 close season. He remained at Slough until the end of the 1997–98 season, scoring one goal in theFA Trophy,[7] but was one of many players sacked during a summer that saw Slough in deep financial trouble and eventually voted out of theConference.
He joinedTelford United on a short-term contract on 21 August 1998, with the emphasis on the short-term. He moved toForest Green Rovers in September 1998, playing in the 1999FA Trophy final, at which time "Non-League on the Net" reported that he was based in London, where he owned his own fitness centre. In the close-season of 1999 he was released by Forest Green, joiningWelling United on 29 July 1999.
"The Kentish Times" linked him with moves toBasingstoke Town in December 1999, andCrawley Town in January 2000, however he remained at Welling and was released in the summer of 2000. In September 2000 he returned on a free transfer to play forForest Green Rovers. In December 2000, he left Forest Green for a second time, moving toAylesbury United, though he stayed only a few months at Aylesbury, moving toGrays Athletic in February 2001.
He later played forWeston-super-Mare before joiningBath City in March 2002.[3] He was released at the end of the season and joinedRedbridge from where he joinedWeymouth in November 2002,[8] playing regularly until the end of the season.[4] He was without a club from August 2003 to November 2003 when he joinedChippenham Town.[6]
He later played forStansted from where he joinedChesham United in December 2005,[9] playing nine times until mid-February.[5]
He later joinedWare.
In March 2008 he was coach atPotters Bar Town.[10]
He founded with his brother the Bailey Football Academy,[11] which was established in East London, with the men's team "Elite"[12] and the women's "International" team.[13]Danny also coached MTG Turkish league team.
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