Jump to content

Danny Simmonds

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Draft:Danny Simmonds)

Danny Simmonds
Personal information
Full name Daniel Brian Simmonds[1]
Date of birth (1974-12-17) 17 December 1974 (age 49)
Place of birth Eastbourne, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Langney Sports
Brighton & Hove Albion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1995 Brighton & Hove Albion 23 (0)
1995–2003 Hastings United 373 (88)
2003–2006 Eastbourne Borough 128 (9)
2006 Ashford Town (Kent) 8 (0)
2006–2011 Eastbourne Town 158 (22)
2011 Rye United
2012–2013 Eastbourne United Association
Managerial career
2011–2012 Eastbourne Town (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:02, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

Daniel Brian Simmonds (born 17 December 1974) is an English former professional footballer. He played for Brighton & Hove Albion in the Football League, before playing non-league football for various clubs.

Career

[edit]

Simmonds played youth football for Langney Sports before signing for Brighton & Hove Albion.[2] As a trainee he played against his former club in the 1992 Sussex Senior Cup final,[2] before playing 18 times for Albion's first team in the Football League.[1]

He then moved on to play non-league football for Hastings United[3] and won the Southern League Division One East title with the club in 2001–02. In 2003, he was reunited with his former Hastings boss, Garry Wilson, at Eastbourne Borough and was part of the Borough team which won the Conference South play-off before losing the North/South Conference play-off final in 2004-05.[3][4] He left Eastbourne late in the 2006 season and signed for Ashford Town (Kent).[5][6] In 2006, Simmonds signed for Eastbourne Town.[7] Here he was part of the championship winning team which gained promotion from the Sussex County League to the Isthmian League in 2006–07.[8] In 2011, he signed for Rye United,[9] before returning to Eastbourne Town as assistant manager for a short period.[10] In 2012, he briefly resumed his playing career by signing for Eastbourne United Association.[10]

Honours

[edit]

Hastings United (1995–2003)

Eastbourne Borough (2003–2006)

Eastbourne Town (2006–2011)

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "Danny Simmonds". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b McEwan, Ken (May 1992). "Hole's moment of agony in great Goldstone fight" (PDF). Eastbourne Herald. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 December 2003. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  3. ^ a b "United Duo linked with Borough switch". Hastings and St. Leonards Observer. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Borough suffer stage fright". The Argus. 16 May 2005. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Latest News: Tuesday 21 March 2006". Eastbourne Borough F.C. (Archived). 2 May 2006. Archived from the original on 2 May 2006. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Ashford sign two to stave off relegation". Kentish Football. 23 March 2006. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  7. ^ "Town snap up Borough star Simmonds". Eastbourne Herald. 27 July 2006. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  8. ^ Griggs, Howard (8 May 2007). "Eastbourne Town clinch title". The Argus. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  9. ^ "Summer Moves (Part Eleven)". Pitchero. 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  10. ^ a b "Simmonds quits town and resumes playing career with United". Eastbourne Herald. 25 September 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Danny_Simmonds&oldid=1194891290"