Jay Denny

Jay Denny
Personal information
Full name Jay Denny[1]
Date of birth (1986-01-06) 6 January 1986[2]
Place of birth Santa Monica, California, United States
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Halesowen Town
Youth career
1999–2003 Stoke City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2005 Stoke City 0 (0)
2005–2006 Shrewsbury Town 18 (2)
2006–2007 Nuneaton Borough 27 (3)
2007 Brackley Town 0 (0)
2007–2009 Halesowen Town 98 (15)
2009 Leamington 8 (0)
2009–2010 Halesowen Town 36 (2)
2010–2012 Hednesford Town 109 (5)
2012 Worcester City 2 (0)
2012–2015 Solihull Moors 105 (4)
2015 Worcester City 8 (1)
2015 AFC Telford United 0 (0)
2015– Halesowen Town 37 (1)
National team
United States U17
– United States U20

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


Jay Denny (born 6 January 1986) is a footballer who plays for Halesowen Town.

A midfielder, Denny began his career with Stoke City but never appeared for the first team. He made 14 appearances in the Football League for Shrewsbury Town. He then moved into non-League football and played for Nuneaton Borough, Brackley Town, Halesowen Town, Leamington, Halesowen Town, Hednesford Town and Worcester City before joining Solihull Moors in 2012.

In international football, Denny played for the United States at under-17 and under-20 level.

Playing career

Stoke City

Denny was born in Santa Monica, California,[3] of English parents, and has lived in England since 1994.[4] He began his career as a trainee with Stoke City after being spotted playing for Cannock Schools district football team at thirteen years of age.[5] He was awarded an academy scholarship at sixteen and a professional contract at eighteen, scored in the match that secured the reserve league championship in the 2003–04 season, and won the club's Young Player of the Year award.[6] Denny was first selected for Stoke's first team for the visit of West Bromwich Albion in May 2004, but remained an unused substitute.[6] He signed a new contract at the end of that season,[7] and appeared on Stoke's bench on eight occasions, but without getting any time on the pitch, and was allowed to leave the club at the end of the 2004–05 season.[8]

Shrewsbury Town

In the 2005 close season, Denny joined League Two side Shrewsbury Town on a free transfer with a sell-on clause.[8]

Denny started for Shrewsbury on the opening day of the 2005–06 season, in a 1–0 defeat at home to Rochdale. He made seventeen appearances for Shrewsbury in all competitions.[9]

Denny scored two goals for Shrewsbury Town in the 3–2 League Cup victory against Brighton & Hove Albion, an 89th-minute equaliser and the winner in extra time, sending Shrewsbury into the second round of the competition.[10] His contract with the club was terminated by mutual consent in April 2006.[11]

Nuneaton Borough

Denny then joined Conference North club Nuneaton Borough[12] and made his debut in a Birmingham Senior Cup match against Racing Club Warwick in October 2006. Denny spent one season with Nuneaton, for whom he started twenty games and made a further seven appearances, and scored three goals, one winning goal of the season with a strike against Stalybridge Celtic. Denny was offered a contract in the United States with the Richmond Kickers but he eventually decided against the move after making a trip to Virginia.[4] He was released by the club in May 2007[13] and joined Brackley Town, again joining up with former manager, Roger Ashby.[14]

Halesowen Town

Although Denny signed for Brackley Town in the 2007 close season, he left that club after a few weeks to sign for Southern League Premier Division side Halesowen Town, then managed by Martin O'Connor.[4][15] He made 43 appearances for the Yeltz, more than any other player in the 2007–08 season,[16] and scored five goals in all competitions. One was a late equaliser at Kings Lynn, the eventual champions, and another away at Team Bath in a 3–0 league victory.[17] Denny played alongside Darren Caskey in midfield.

Halesowen lost in the promotion play-off final to Team Bath; the winning goal was scored in the final minute of playing time. After Halesowen's semi-final, four days before the final, was abandoned, the League insisted that the final could not be delayed so the match should be replayed two days later. Thus Halesowen had to play the final just 48 hours after winning their semifinal, and their opponents had an additional 48 hours rest and preparation time.[18][19] The Yeltz suffered major financial problems the following year and just missed out on the playoffs. Denny played 93 games in two seasons at Halesowen,[16] scoring 15 goals.[17][20]

Denny left Halesowen in the summer of 2009 to join up with Shamrock Rovers on trial, before eventually joining Leamington for a short spell,[21] however, Halesowen Town's off the field problems were now seemingly resolved and manager Matty Clarke persuaded Denny to return to The Grove as club captain.[22] He spent the season at The Grove narrowly missing out on the play offs before signing for Southern League Premier rivals Hednesford Town.

Hednesford Town

Manager Bernard McNally signed Denny for Hednesford Town in July 2010 on a 12-month contract, one of a number of new recruits for the 2010–11 campaign. The club won the Southern League Cup, beating Hemel Hempstead Town over two legs, 5–1 on aggregate.[23] The team followed up the cup success by qualifying for the playoffs after finishing the league season in second position behind champions Truro City. This gave the Pitmen home advantage in the semi-final against Leamington, a game they won 3–1 to progress to the playoff final against third-place finishers Salisbury City.[24] However, after a 1–1 draw in the 90 minutes Hednesford regained the lead, but Salisbury equalised late in extra time and won the tie on penalties.[25] Denny finished the season with two goals from 54 appearances in all competitions, one from 42 in the league.[3] Hednesford transferred to the Northern Premier League for the 2011–12 season. Denny renewed his contract for the new season,[26] and captained the side to another playoff campaign, but was sent off in the semi-final as Bradford Park Avenue won 5–0.[27]

Worcester City

After training with the club during pre-season, Denny joined Worcester City on non-contract terms before the 2012–13 season.[28] In September, having started only one game for Worcester, Denny moved to fellow Conference North team Solihull Moors, for whom he made his debut in an FA Cup second qualifying round match against Westfields.[29]

International career

United States

Denny made various appearances for the United States U-17s and U-20s national teams (Japan, Costa Rica, Mexico, South Korea, Argentina, Poland, Honduras, Denmark, Turkey). He captained the U-20 squad on two occasions in a tournament in Ireland (Wales and Northern Ireland). Denny was forced to miss the U-20 squad's final training camp before selection for the CONCACAF final qualifying tournament for the 2005 under-20 World Cup because of professional commitments to Stoke City; this coincided with a change of national coaches prior to the competition and he was not selected for the tournament squad.[30]

References

  1. ↑ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2006). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2006–07. Mainstream Publishing. p. 108. ISBN 9781845961114.
  2. 1 2 "Player bio: Jay Denny". US Soccer. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  3. 1 2 French, Scott (6 June 2011). "EUROPE: Movsisyan, Armenia eye growing gulf". ESPN Los Angeles. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 "I said 'no' to the Phantoms, Hammerheads and Beckham!" (reprint hosted at NewsBank). Birmingham Mail. 29 December 2007.
  5. ↑ Cartledge, James (16 December 1999). "Young Jay has the world at his feet" (reprint hosted at NewsBank). Evening Mail. Birmingham.
  6. 1 2 Bergin, Chris (13 May 2004). "Young Americans receive plaudits". Sky Sports. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  7. ↑ Fudge, Simon (29 June 2004). "Potters bid for Fortune". Sky Sports. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  8. 1 2 Bailey, Gtaeme (1 June 2005). "Town land American". Sky Sports. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  9. ↑ "Games played by Jay Denny in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  10. ↑ "Shrewsbury 3–2 Brighton". BBC Sport. 23 August 2005. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  11. ↑ Scurr, Andrew (7 April 2006). "Shrews release another two". Sky Sports. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  12. ↑ "Ashby goes for Yank". NonLeagueDaily.com. 21 October 2006. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  13. ↑ "Boro boss axes Denny and Chapman". BBC Sport. 22 May 2007. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  14. ↑ "Ashby signs Denny for a second time". NonLeagueDaily.com. 26 May 2007. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  15. ↑ "Stanbridge joins Saints". Banbury Guardian. 3 July 2007. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  16. 1 2 "Highest Goals & Appearances". Halesowen Town F.C. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  17. 1 2 "Fixtures & Results 2007/08". Halesowen Town F.C. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  18. ↑ "Bath sink Yeltz' hopes" (reprint hosted by HighBeam research; paid subscription required for full story). Birmingham Post. 5 May 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  19. ↑ "Maison fumes after being 'beaten by bureaucracy'" (reprint hosted by HighBeam research; paid subscription required for full story). Birmingham Post. 10 May 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  20. ↑ "Fixtures & Results 2008/09". Halesowen Town F.C. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  21. ↑ "Denny joins Brakes". NonLeagueDaily.com. 28 June 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  22. ↑ "Denny rejoins Yeltz". NonLeagueDaily.com. 3 October 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  23. ↑ "Southern League Cup Results 2010–2011". Southern Football League. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  24. ↑ "Southern League 2010–11". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  25. ↑ "Salisbury secure promotion in shoot-out drama". BBC Sport. 3 May 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  26. ↑ "Key trio commit to Hednesford". NonLeagueDaily.com. 27 May 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  27. ↑ Whiting, Ian (29 April 2012). "Bradford Park Avenue get chance for revenge over FC United in play-off final". Telegraph & Argus. Bradford. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  28. ↑ "City boost midfield with Denny capture". Worcester News. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  29. ↑ "Denny departs Worcester". NonLeagueDaily.com. 24 September 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  30. ↑ "Final U.S. Under-20 MNT Camp of 2004 in Full Swing at The Home Depot Center". US Soccer. 15 December 2004. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
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