Darryl Knights

Darryl Knights

Personal information
Full name	Darryl James Knights[1]
Date of birth	1 May 1988 (1988-05-01) (age 23)
Place of birth	Ipswich, England
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Newport County
Number	11
Youth career
	Ipswich Town
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2005–2007	Ipswich Town	1	(0)
2007	→ Yeovil Town (loan)	4	(0)
2007–2008	Yeovil Town	3	(0)
2007	→ Cambridge United (loan)	4	(0)
2008	→ Kidderminster Harriers (loan)	17	(4)
2008–2010	Kidderminster Harriers	76	(5)
2010–	Newport County	48	(8)
National team‡
2003–2004	England U16	4	(0)
2004–2005	England U17	7	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:58, 16 October 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:31, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Darryl James Knights (born 1 May 1988) is an English professional footballer who plays for Newport County as a striker.

Career

Born in Ipswich, Knights was a product of the youth system at Ipswich Town^[2] and played for England at youth and Under-17 level.^[3] He made his debut for the club as a 16 year old in November 2004 but did not play for the first team again.^[3] After impressing Yeovil Town manager Russell Slade in training, Knights joined the League One side on loan in February 2007 for the remainder of the 2006–07 season.^[3] He made five substitute appearances for Yeovil, including one in the League One play-off final against Blackpool in May 2007, and joined the club on a one-year contract in July 2007 after being given a free transfer by Ipswich at the end of the season.^[4] Knights was unable to establish himself in the first team at Yeovil and joined Cambridge United on loan in October 2007.^[5] He returned to Yeovil in December 2007^[6] and then joined Kidderminster Harriers on loan the following month for the rest of the 2007–08 season.^[2] After a successful loan spell at Kidderminster in which he scored four goals, he joined the club on a permanent basis in the summer of 2008.^[7]

In July 2010 Knights signed for Newport County.^[8] He subsequently scored the equaliser in the Welsh derby match between Newport and Wrexham in September 2010.

Honours

Ipswich Town

• FA Youth Cup: 2004–05

References

1. ^ "Search births indexes 1837–2006". Findmypast.co.uk. http://www.findmypast.co.uk/birth-indexes-search-start.action. Retrieved 2010-09-01. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Harriers clinch double loan move". BBC Sport. 2008-01-31. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/k/kidderminster_harriers/7220364.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-05. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} "Yeovil set to sign Ipswich teen". BBC Sport. 2007-02-22. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/y/yeovil/6334213.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-05. 
4. ^ "Yeovil manager makes Knights move". BBC Sport. 2007-07-02. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/y/yeovil/6261580.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-05. 
5. ^ "Walker in, Knights out at Yeovil". BBC Sport. 2007-10-19. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/y/yeovil/7052701.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-05. 
6. ^ "On-loan Knights leaves Cambridge". BBC Sport. 2007-12-18. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cambridge_utd/7149645.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-05. 
7. ^ "Three new players in at Harriers". BBC Sport. 2008-05-27. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/k/kidderminster_harriers/7422108.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-05. 
8. ^ "County sign striker Knights". South Wales Argus. 2010-07-16. http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/sport/8275299.County_sign_striker_Knights/. 

External links

• Darryl Knights career stats at Soccerbase
• Newport County player profile

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Name	Knights, Darryl
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Date of birth	1 May 1988
Place of birth	Ipswich, England
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