Danny Key

Danny Key
Personal information
Full name Daniel Charles Key[1]
Date of birth (1977-11-02)2 November 1977[1]
Place of birth Darlington, County Durham, England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2]
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1997 Darlington 3 (0)
1997 → Waterford United (loan)
1997 Gateshead 8 (0)
– Spennymoor Town
1998–2000 Crook Town
2000–2002 Whitby Town
2002–2005 Shildon
2005–2008 West Auckland Town
2008–20?? Darlington Railway Athletic

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Daniel Charles "Danny" Key (born 2 November 1977) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League for Darlington[1] spent time on loan with League of Ireland club Waterford United, and played non-league football for a variety of clubs in the north-east of England.

Life and career

Key was born in Darlington, County Durham, and began his football career as a youth trainee with his hometown club, Darlington F.C.[1] He made his Football League debut on 15 October 1996, as a late substitute in a 2–0 defeat away to Cardiff City in the Third Division.[2] He appeared twice more in the Third Division, each time as a late substitute in a defeat, and once in the 1996–97 FA Cup, starting the match against non-league club Runcorn which Darlington won 4–1.[2] He spent time on loan with League of Ireland club Waterford United in early 1997,[3] and finished the season with Gateshead, for whom he played eight games in the Conference.[4][5]

He went on to play non-league football for Crook Town,[6] Spennymoor United,[7] Whitby Town,[8] Shildon,[9] – whom he captained to the first round proper of the 2003–04 FA Cup, in which they faced Notts County,[10] – West Auckland Town,[11] and Darlington Railway Athletic.[12]

Key was a member of the Coundon Conservative Club team that won the 2007 FA Sunday Cup.[13]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (1998). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–1998. Queen Anne Press. p. 308. ISBN 978-1-85291-585-8.
  2. 1 2 3 "Danny Key". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Two from the archives". Waterford United. 6 September 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Gateshead F.C. Season 1996/97". Gateshead FC Stats 1977–2014. Alan Percival. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  5. ↑ Harman, John, ed. (2005). Alliance to Conference 1979–2004: The first 25 years. Tony Williams Publications. p. 292. ISBN 978-1-869833-52-7.
  6. ↑ "Nightmare week sees Blues hit rock bottom". Cumberland & Westmorland Herald. 17 October 1998. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "Meet the team". The Northern Echo. Middlesbrough. 8 November 2003. Retrieved 27 December 2014 – via NewsBank.
  8. ↑ "Guiseley need a miracle". Telegraph & Argus. Bradford. 22 April 2000. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
    "Sudden death of Cup dreams". Evening Gazette. Middlesbrough. 14 January 2002. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  9. ↑ "Gowan's fury as Shildon crash out". The Northern Echo. Middlesbrough. 21 October 2002. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
    "The Albany League: Eye on treble as Dunston retain the title". The Northern Echo. Middlesbrough. 4 April 2005. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  10. ↑ "Support us all the way". The Northern Echo. Middlesbrough. 5 November 2003. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  11. ↑ "Billingham enjoy quick-fire start in FA Cup clash". The Northern Echo. Middlesbrough. 22 August 2005. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  12. ↑ Simpson, Ray (6 October 2008). "RA finally get off the mark at seventh attempt". The Northern Echo. Darlington. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  13. ↑ "Brumwell hails Coundon cup win as career best". The Northern Echo. Darlington. 11 May 2007. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
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