 Moore while at Burton Albion in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Darren Mark Moore[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1974-04-22)22 April 1974 (age 50)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England[1] | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Port Vale (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1990–1992 | Torquay United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1995 | Torquay United | 103 | (8) |
| 1995–1997 | Doncaster Rovers | 76 | (7) |
| 1997–1999 | Bradford City | 62 | (3) |
| 1999–2001 | Portsmouth | 59 | (2) |
| 2001–2006 | West Bromwich Albion | 104 | (6) |
| 2006–2008 | Derby County | 80 | (3) |
| 2008–2010 | Barnsley | 73 | (2) |
| 2010–2012 | Burton Albion | 38 | (0) |
| 2012 | Wellington Amateurs | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 595 | (31) | |
| International career | |||
| 1999–2000 | Jamaica | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2018–2019 | West Bromwich Albion | ||
| 2019–2021 | Doncaster Rovers | ||
| 2021–2023 | Sheffield Wednesday | ||
| 2023–2024 | Huddersfield Town | ||
| 2024– | Port Vale | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Darren Mark Moore (born 22 April 1974) is a professionalfootball manager and formerplayer who played as acentre-back. He is the manager ofEFL League Two clubPort Vale.
Moore was born inBirmingham, though representedJamaica at international level. He began his club career withTorquay United, playing 124 competitive games between turning professional in 1992 and being sold toDoncaster Rovers in July 1995 for an initial fee of £65,000. He was named Doncaster's Player of the Year for the 1995–96 season before being sold toBradford City for an initial fee of £195,000 in June 1997. He was promoted out of theFirst Division in 1998–99 and was named on thePFA Team of the Year, though was then forced out of the club and sold on toPortsmouth for £500,000 in November 1999. He spent two seasons with Pompey before being purchased byWest Bromwich Albion for £750,000 in September 2001. He spent five years with West Brom, being named on the PFA Team of the Year during the club's First Division promotion campaigns in 2001–02 and 2003–04. He was sold toDerby County for an initial £300,000 in January 2006 and won a fourth promotion into thePremier League with victory in the2007 play-off final. He signed withBarnsley in July 2008, where he would remain for twoChampionship seasons before he joinedLeague Two sideBurton Albion in May 2010. He retired in February 2012, scoring 38 goals in 668 league and cup appearances throughout a 20-year professional playing career.
Moore coached the youth teams at West Bromwich Albion and was installed as caretaker manager in April 2018. The club went on to be relegated, though he was named asPremier League Manager of the Month and given the job permanently. He was sacked in March 2019, with the club in the Championship play-off places. He returned to management with Doncaster Rovers in July 2019 and left the club in theLeague One play-off places in March 2021 after being hired as the new manager ofSheffield Wednesday. He failed to prevent the club from being relegated from the Championship. Though Wednesday were beaten in the 2022 play-off semi-finals, they won the2023 play-off final after accumulating 96 points in the regular season and overturning a four-goal deficit in the play-off semi-finals. He left the club by mutual consent in June 2023 and took charge atHuddersfield Town in September 2023. He was sacked four months later and appointed Port Vale manager in February 2024. Port Vale were relegated from League One at the end of the 2023–24 season. He has performed extensive charity work for theProfessional Footballers' Association,Show Racism the Red Card, and theFree Methodist Church.
Darren Mark Moore was born on 22 April 1974 inBirmingham, West Midlands,[1] and attended James Watt Primary School and Holyhead Secondary, both inHandsworth. He grew up supportingAston Villa.[3] He played for Holly Lane Colts and in 1989 had an unsuccessful trial withWalsall.[4]
Moore began his football career as a trainee withTorquay United in June 1990,[4] having succeeded on a one-week trial at the age of 16.[5] He made his debut while still a trainee on 24 March 1992, in a 2–1 defeat at home toBirmingham City.[3] ManagerIvan Golac took charge atDundee United and gave a trial to Moore and midfield teammateChris Myers.[6] Moore remained with Torquay, however, now managed by former youth-team coachPaul Compton.[7] He turned professional in November 1992.[4] He quickly became the first choice in the centre of defence, alongsideWes Saunders, and was presented with the club's Young Player of the Year award by managerNeil Warnock after Warnock steered the club away from beingrelegated intonon-League football at the end of the1992–93 campaign.[8] Moore then made 44 appearances for player-managerDon O'Riordan across the1993–94 season, scoring four goals, including avolleyed-effort in the play-off semi-final first leg win overPreston North End atPlainmoor.[9] However, Preston won the return leg 4–1 to eliminate Torquay from the play-offs.[10] He played 38 games in the1994–95 season to take his final tally with the club to 124 league and cup appearances, with 11 goals scored. He left to joinThird Division rivalsDoncaster Rovers in July 1995 for a tribunal-set fee of £65,000 plus future transfer profit add-ons that eventually amounted to an extra £63,500.[11]
Moore arrived atSammy Chung's Doncaster with Torquay teammatesScott Colcombe andDuane Darby.[12] He appeared in the first game of the season, a 1–0 win overScarborough atBelle Vue on 12 August.[12] His first goal for the club came in a 1–1 draw atBarnet on 4 November.[12] He was named as Doncaster's Player of the Year for the1995–96 season, winning the popular vote by a landslide margin.[13] However, financially the club was in dire straits, and player-managerKerry Dixon had said that owner Ken Richardson was picking the team, not him, on the way to a fourth-from-bottom finish in1996–97.[12][14] In May 1997, Moore was named as a target byFulham managerMicky Adams, whilstBarnsley had a joint bid of £300,000 for Moore andColin Cramb rejected by Doncaster.[15] Moore was sold toBradford City the following month for an initial fee of £195,000, with a further £110,000 to come on appearances.[11]
Moore played 18 times during the1997–98 season as injuries limited his starts. During a 1–1 draw withPortsmouth atFratton Park on 21 October, Bradford managerChris Kamara was sent to the stands after confronting the Portsmouth physio for knocking Moore to the ground.[16] Moore went on to feature 51 times throughout the1998–99 season as City secured the second automatic promotion place in theFirst Division. He was named in thePFA Team of the Year.[17] However, he refused to sign a new contract and fell out with chairmanGeoffrey Richmond as a result.[18] He was transfer-listed in June 1999.[19] He was not given the chance to prove himself in thePremier League and was instead made to train with the reserves.[20] He played just once more for Bradford, in theLeague Cup againstReading. First DivisionWolverhampton Wanderers enquired about taking the defender onloan in September 1999 but had their efforts rebuffed by Bradford.[21]
On 15 November 1999, Portsmouth signed Moore for a fee of £500,000.[22] He got off to a difficult start as Portsmouth lost in his first seven games.[3] ManagerAlan Ball was soon replaced byTony Pulis the following January, who said that he "wascaptain and he was absolutely fantastic for me. I took an instant liking to him".[23] Pulis helped to steer Pompey away from the First Division relegation zone at the end of the1999–2000 season and said that his success was "partly down to Darren's knowledge of the players and the people he knew around the football club".[24] The2000–01 season was highly disrupted, however, as Pulis was placed ongarden leave by chairmanMilan Mandarić, and new managerSteve Claridge dropped Moore to the bench.[25] Claridge was soon replaced byGraham Rix, who dropped Moore from the first-team entirely as Portsmouth struggled to a 20th-place finish at the end of the2000–01 season.[26] Moore leftFratton Park early in the2001–02 season, returning to the West Midlands with First Division rivalsWest Bromwich Albion for a fee of £750,000 on 14 September.[27]
Moore made 36 appearances in the2001–02 campaign as West Brom secured promotion to the Premier League with a second-place finish, with Moore scoring a volley in a final-day win overCrystal Palace atThe Hawthorns.[3] They also reached the quarter-finals of theFA Cup, where they lost out to Fulham.[3] Alongside goalkeeperRussell Hoult and left-backNeil Clement, Moore was one of three West Brom players named in the PFA Team of the Year for the First Division as West Brom set aclub record 27clean sheets and conceded just 29 league goals.[28][3] He made 29 Premier League starts in the2002–03 season, often partneringPhil Gilchrist at centre-back.[29][30] However, the club were relegated after finishing in 19th place. The club secured an immediate return to the Premier League, again finishing in second.[31] Moore made 23 appearances in the2003–04 campaign, he did score in wins against bothSheffield United andCrystal Palace.[29] The2004–05 season sawBryan Robson replaceGary Megson as manager, who went on to manageNottingham Forest and have a transfer bid for Moore that was rejected by West Brom.[32] Moore subsequently complained that he was not offered a new contract by the club now that they were in a higher division, though Robson said "I need to see him more before making any decisions" as Moore played had played only four first-team games for Robson at that point.[33]
Denmark international centre-backMartin Albrechtsen became the club's transfer record signing in June 2004, whilst his compatriotThomas Gaardsøe went on to be named the club's Player of the Year that season.[34][35] Moore spent three-and-a-half months out of thefirst XI asNeil Clement andDarren Purse were preferred ahead of him, though assistant managerNigel Pearson praised him for his performance once he did make it back into the team.[36] It ultimately proved to be a successful season for the club as Albion became the first club in Premier League history to avoid relegation after being bottom of the table at Christmas.[37]
Moore signed a new two-year contract in April 2005.[38] However, Moore struggled to hold down a regular first-team place during the first half of the2005–06 season. He wassent off in the match againstWigan Athletic on 15 January, his only dismissal in 116 games for Albion.[39] It proved to be his last appearance during his time at the club. Later that month, he was sold toDerby County for a fee of £300,000, rising to £500,000 depending on appearances.[29][40]
Phil Brown was sacked as Derby manager just four days after Moore arrived at the club.[3] County ended the2005–06 season just above theChampionship relegation zone under the stewardship of caretaker managerTerry Westley, with Moore playing 14 games.[41][29] He proved to be a pivotal figure in the2006–07 season as Derby finished in third place, and he scored in the play-off semi-final second leg win overSouthampton atPride Park.[42] Derby then clinched promotion back to the Premier League after a five-year absence by beating his former club West Brom 1–0 in theplay-off final atWembley Stadium.[43] This was the fourth time he had been part of a squad which won promotion to the Premier League, following on from his successes at West Brom (twice) and Bradford. His form that year led to him again being named in the PFA Team of the Year.[44]
The2007–08 season saw Derby finish with arecord-low tally of 11 points, with managerBilly Davies being replaced byPaul Jewell – Moore's former manager at Bradford – in November; Moore cited Davies's departure as a key factor in the team's demise.[45] Moore was awarded the club's Player of the Year award.[3] Following Derby's relegation, Jewell allowed Moore to talk to his former club Bradford City, who were managed by his former teammateStuart McCall.[46] However, Bradford decided not to pursue their interest in Moore, instead opting to signGraeme Lee.[47]
Moore signed a one-year deal with Barnsley after joining on afree transfer on 2 July 2008.[48] ManagerSimon Davey said they beat off competition from several sides to win his signature.[49] Speaking four months later, Davey said that he was delighted with Moore's form and that he "is the most focused player I have ever worked with".[50] Moore played 76 games atOakwell across the2008–09 and2009–10 seasons, helping the club to finish outside the Championship relegation zone before he was released by new managerMark Robins.[3]
Moore signed forBurton Albion on 7 May 2010, days after his release from Barnsley.[51] He was signed by his former Derby teammatePaul Peschisolido.[3] On 3 August, he was announced as the club's new captain, replacingDarren Stride.[52] He featured 34 times in the2010–11 campaign as Burton posted a 19th-place finish inLeague Two. He received the PFA Player In The Community Award in March 2011.[3] Injuries limited him to just five appearances in the first half of the2011–12 season, and Moore subsequently left thePirelli Stadium by mutual agreement on 7 February.[53] Two months later, he signed withWellington Amateurs of theWest Midlands (Regional) League Division One as a favour to Wellington manager and lifelong friend Richard Brown.[54] He played one game for Wellington, helping them to reach a cup final.[55]
Moore was called up to theJamaica national team for twofriendly games againstSaudi Arabia in July 1999.[19] He went on to win two caps, playing in 1–0 friendly defeats toCanada andPanama.[56] In July 2000, the newly appointed Jamaica technical director of football,Clóvis de Oliveira, decided to axe the five based British-based players, including Moore, from the upcoming2002 FIFA World Cup qualifiers for "disciplinary reasons".[57] The suspension, given to the players for missing a training session, was quickly lifted following protestations byFitzroy Simpson.[58]
Moore coached theunder-18s at West Bromwich Albion and was first elevated to work with the first-team by Tony Pulis, who had previously managed Moore at Portsmouth.[59][5] On 2 April 2018,Alan Pardew – who had succeeded Pulis as the club's manager, was dismissed from his post after a run of poor results, leaving them bottom of the Premier League and ten points from safety.[60] Moore was then appointed ascaretaker manager, taking charge of all current first-team affairs until the end of the2017–18 season.[60] This made him the first Jamaican to manage in the Premier League.[61] Under his leadership, West Brom went undefeated in April, a run that included a 1–0 win overManchester United atOld Trafford – handing the league title to United's arch-rivalsManchester City, in part earning Moore thePremier League Manager of the Month honour.[62] However, West Brom were relegated from the Premier League later that day followingSouthampton's win against Swansea City, ending the club's eight-year tenure in the top-flight.[63] The club picked up eleven points from his six games in caretaker charge.[64]
On 18 May 2018, Moore was appointed as the permanent head coach of West Bromwich Albion after impressing during his caretaker spell with the Baggies.[65] He experienced a "difficult summer" as the club was without a recruitment team and technical director, and only appointed an assistant manager inGraeme Jones two days before the season's opening fixture.[66] He was named asChampionship Manager of the Month for September after his side scored 12 goals and collected 13 points from their five league games to go top of the table, with head judgeGeorge Burley commending him for playing "great attacking football".[67] Moore led the team to fourth in the Championship with the club still in with a chance of automatic promotion to the Premier League, but this was cut short with his surprise sacking with only ten games remaining of the2018–19 season.[68]Jay Rodriguez andDwight Gayle had scored 33 goals between them, though the Albion attack was weakened following the recall of loaneeHarvey Barnes, whilst a weak defence and poor home form contributed to the short run of poor results that cost Moore his job.[68] The club appointed first-team coachJames Shan to temporarily replace Moore in caretaker charge, who led them to defeat in theplay-off semi-finals tolocal rivals Aston Villa.[69] Moore later said that he felt the club made the wrong decision in sacking him, particularly when they failed to bring in an experienced replacement.[70]
Moore was appointed as manager of League One club Doncaster Rovers on 10 July 2019.[71][72] He started his reign with a six-game undefeated streak in the league before a 1–0 defeat toBlackpool at theKeepmoat Stadium on 17 September.[73] As a result of theCOVID-19 pandemic, all football and other sporting competitions were halted from March 2020 onwards.[74][75] The2019–20 season was eventually curtailed early, and the final league table was calculated by a points-per-game basis; Doncaster narrowly missed out on play-off qualification, finishing the season in ninth position.[76]
The2020–21 season began with two wins and one draw in the league, which saw Moore nominated for theLeague One Manager of the Month award for September.[77] At the time of his departure, Doncaster were pushing for promotion and chairman David Blunt was angered that Moore had left "part way through what has been a season full of promise".[78] Doncaster ended the campaign in 14th-place under the stewardship of interim managerAndy Butler.[79]
On 1 March 2021, Moore left Doncaster with the club in the League One play-off positions to joinSheffield Wednesday, sitting inside the Championship relegation zone.[80] He was forced to sit out two matches the following month after giving a positiveCOVID-19 test.[81][82] He returned to the dugout for the defeat againstSwansea City, but he suffered a setback a few days later in his recovery, developingpneumonia as a result of COVID-19.[83] He returned to the dugout again for the final game of the2020–21 season, a must-win tie against Derby County, who were outside of the relegation zone in 21st-place with a three-point lead on Wednesday but an inferior goal difference.[84] The game finished 3–3, which meant that Sheffield Wednesday finished in last place and were relegated back to League One.[85] After the match, ownerDejphon Chansiri confirmed that Moore would remain as manager for the following season.[86]
Wednesday adapted well to the third tier, and Moore was nominated for November's League One Manager of the Month award following 11 points and 11 goals in five unbeaten games.[87] He received another nomination for February too, with Wednesday winning five of their six games - four of them by a two-goal margin - to move into the play-off picture.[88] Moore led his side to the play-offs by earning 16 points from the final 21 available, getting himself his third and final EFL Manager of the Month nomination for the2021–22 season.[89] He achieved 85 points in his first full season as a manager, though Wednesday fell short in the play-offs, losing 2–1 toSunderland over two legs.[90]
After failing in the play-offs the previous season, Wednesday kicked off the following season in great form; four wins from five games, with a clean sheet in each, gave Moore a Manager of the Month nomination for August.[91] A further 14 points from seven games in October and six points from two in November earned him back-to-back EFL Manager of the Month nominations for October and November.[92][93] Another nine points in January from three games with a combined score of 7–0, gave him another nomination.[94] The club went 20 league games without defeat and managed to go top of the league, resulting in yet another nomination for Manager of the Month.[95] On 11 April, he was nominated for EFL League One Manager of the Season, alongsideKieran McKenna and eventual winnerSteven Schumacher.[96] A dip in form saw his team finish the2022–23 season in third place, earning a play-off tie againstPeterborough United. Wednesday lost the first leg by a convincing 4–0 scoreline[97] and were booed off the pitch by their fans. In the aftermath of the defeat, Moore received racist abuse.[98]
The second leg was played at a fullHillsborough Stadium, where the Owls won onpenalties after the tie was locked at 5–5 following a 4–0 win in 90 minutes and two goals shared inextra-time.[99] After the match, captainBarry Bannan thanked Moore in front of the whole squad, saying: "What he has done is unbelievable, to turn around the mindset of the players. I'm so proud of him how he's handled this week after the racism he's experienced. This one's for him."[100] Moore would then go and lead Sheffield Wednesday to promotion back to the Championship with a 1–0 win against Barnsley at Wembley in thefinal on 29 May, capping a season in which he presided over threeclub records: number of points (96), longest unbeaten run (23), and highest number of clean sheets (24), in addition to 12 away wins, as well as the biggest comeback in EFL play-off history.[101] On 19 June 2023, Moore left the club by mutual consent,[102][103] after he and Chansiri failed to agree on the terms of a potential contract renewal.[104] Chansiri claimed Moore wanted a "minimum of four times" his current salary plus a three-year contract, though Moore responded by saying it was purely a footballing decision as the two men shared vastly different views on what the club's transfer policy should be.[105][106][107] TheLeague Managers Association (LMA) indicated that Moore's initial wage demands were in the region of the average second tier salary.[108]
On 21 September 2023, Moore was appointed as manager of Huddersfield Town, succeeding Neil Warnock.[109][110] He was sacked on 29 January 2024 after just three wins in 23 matches, with the club 21st in the Championship table and three points above the relegation places.[111] ChairmanKevin M. Nagle conceded that there had been a raft of injuries at theKirklees Stadium during the2023–24 season, but was critical of the results and playing style seen under Moore.[112] He was succeeded byAndré Breitenreiter.[113]
On 13 February 2024, Moore was appointed as manager of relegation-threatened League One sidePort Vale after being identified bydirector of footballDavid Flitcroft as the "primary target to come in and galvanise and energise the club".[114] He signed a five-and-a-half-year contract, which he said was "a testament to the long-term vision of the club" that was shared by ownerCarol Shanahan, club staff and supporters.[115] It took nine games for Moore to register his first win as Vale manager, a 1–0 victory atBurton Albion that left the club three points inside the relegation zone.[116] Relegation was confirmed with one game left to play of the2023–24 season with 11 defeats in Moore's first 16 games in charge.[117]
Port Vale were sixth in League Two after ten games of the2024–25 season, which led Moore to declare that he was "happy but not satisfied" with his team.[118] He was named theEFL League Two Manager of the Month after picking up more points than any other manager in September, with the panel noting that "Moore had to gel a lot of new players and has done a brilliant job to get them organised so quickly".[119] He won a second consecutive Manager of the Month award after Vale went to the top of League Two with 16 points from six unbeaten games.[120] TheNot the Top 20 Podcast podcast reported that Vale had an excellent all-round game as "the product of very good coaching".[121] The team lost form at the end of the calendar year, however, and Moore was criticised for over-rotation in his team selections.[122]
At Torquay, he was nicknamed "Bruno" due to his perceived likeness to professional boxerFrank Bruno.[123] In contrast, at West Brom, he was known to supporters as "Big Dave" due to his likeness to a character in aPot Noodle advert.[124] He was made an Honorary Patron for the charityShow Racism the Red Card in September 2011, having been subject to racist abuse during both his playing and management career.[3][125][126][127] During his playing career, he was also long-term member of theProfessional Footballers' Association management committee.[128]
Moore became a born-againChristian after being inspired by then-Bradford teammateWayne Jacobs in 1997.[129] Moore found his faith helped his career, providing confidence during good times and solace during times when he struggled with injury.[130] He became active at theRenewal Christian Centre, aFree Methodist Church. Along withLinvoy Primus andMick Mellows, he set up the Christian charity Faith and Football.[131] He walked theGreat Wall of China in summer 2005 as part of the charity's efforts to raise £100,000 for Prospect Children's School inIbadan, Nigeria and a new medical centre, school and orphanage for a village inGoa.[132] He also was an ambassador for the charity Inspire Afrika, assisting with a fundraising effort to help to run a school project in Kenya.[133]
His brother, David Moore, was an academy player atAston Villa and later settled in Finland, where he played forMyPa and worked as a first-team administrator forVeikkausliiga clubInter Turku.[134]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Torquay United | 1991–92 | Third Division | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 1992–93 | Third Division | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 37 | 2 | |
| 1993–94 | Third Division | 37 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3[b] | 1 | 44 | 4 | |
| 1994–95 | Third Division | 30 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[a] | 1 | 38 | 4 | |
| Total | 103 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 124 | 11 | ||
| Doncaster Rovers | 1995–96 | Third Division | 35 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[a] | 1 | 40 | 3 |
| 1996–97 | Third Division | 41 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 44 | 5 | |
| Total | 76 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 84 | 9 | ||
| Bradford City | 1997–98 | First Division | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |
| 1998–99 | First Division | 44 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | 51 | 4 | ||
| 1999–2000 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 62 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 4 | ||
| Portsmouth | 1999–2000 | First Division | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 1 | ||
| 2000–01 | First Division | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 37 | 1 | ||
| 2001–02 | First Division | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 59 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 2 | ||
| West Bromwich Albion | 2001–02 | First Division | 32 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 2 | ||
| 2002–03 | Premier League | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 31 | 2 | ||
| 2003–04 | First Division | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 23 | 2 | ||
| 2004–05 | Premier League | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | ||
| 2005–06 | Premier League | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | ||
| Total | 104 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 6 | ||
| Derby County | 2005–06 | Championship | 14 | 1 | — | — | — | 14 | 1 | |||
| 2006–07 | Championship | 35 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3[c] | 1 | 42 | 4 | |
| 2007–08 | Premier League | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 34 | 0 | ||
| Total | 80 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 90 | 5 | ||
| Barnsley | 2008–09 | Championship | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 39 | 1 | |
| 2009–10 | Championship | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 37 | 1 | ||
| Total | 73 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 2 | ||
| Burton Albion | 2010–11 | League Two | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| 2011–12 | League Two | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 38 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 595 | 31 | 28 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 668 | 38 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamaica | 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 0 | |
| Team | From | To | Record | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| West Bromwich Albion | 2 April 2018 | 9 March 2019 | 48 | 23 | 13 | 12 | 047.92 | [135] |
| Doncaster Rovers | 10 July 2019 | 1 March 2021 | 78 | 35 | 15 | 28 | 044.87 | [135] |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 1 March 2021 | 19 June 2023 | 129 | 66 | 34 | 29 | 051.16 | [135] |
| Huddersfield Town | 21 September 2023 | 29 January 2024 | 23 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 013.04 | [135] |
| Port Vale | 13 February 2024 | present | 61 | 21 | 19 | 21 | 034.43 | [135] |
| Total | 339 | 148 | 91 | 100 | 043.66 | |||
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