Danny Sonner

Danny Sonner
Danny Sonner
Personal information
Full name Daniel James Sonner
Date of birth 9 January 1972 (1972-01-09) (age 39)
Place of birth Wigan, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
1990–1991 Wigan Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1991–1993 Burnley 6 (0)
1992–1993 → Bury (loan) 5 (3)
1993–1994 Viktoria Köln 21 (3)
1994–1995 BFC Preussen
1995–1996 FC Erzgebirge Aue 21 (6)
1996–1998 Ipswich Town 56 (3)
1998–2000 Sheffield Wednesday 53 (3)
2000–2002 Birmingham City 41 (2)
2002–2003 Walsall 24 (4)
2003–2004 Nottingham Forest 28 (0)
2004–2005 Peterborough United 15 (0)
2005 → Port Vale (loan) 13 (0)
2005–2007 Port Vale 62 (2)
2007 Walsall 6 (0)
2008 Wrexham 5 (1)
Total 356+ (27+)
National team
1995–1999 Northern Ireland B 4 (1)
1997–2004 Northern Ireland 13 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Daniel James "Danny" Sonner (born 9 January 1972 in Wigan) is an English-born former Northern Ireland international footballer. He won thirteen caps in a seven year international career.

A much-travelled midfielder, despite 18 years of professional football he never spent more than two seasons at any one club. He played for numerous English clubs, predominantly at the Midlands and also played in Germany. In the latter part of his career he was easily recognizable due to his iconic long hair. His more notable spells were with Ipswich Town, Sheffield Wednesday, Birmingham City, and Port Vale; as he played around fifty games for each club. In all he played 386 games in the Football League, as well as more than 42 games in German football. He played in all of the top four divisions of English football, with his greatest honour being a runners-up medal in the League Cup in 2001.

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Club career

Starting his professional career with Third Division Wigan Athletic in 1990, Sonner never made a first team appearance for Bryan Hamilton's side, and so signed with Frank Casper's Fourth Division Burnley in March 1991. After Casper was replaced by Jimmy Mullen, Sonner barely featured at Turf Moor during their table-topping 1991–92 season and so was loaned out to Mike Walsh's Bury, back in the fourth tier, in November 1992, staying for the rest of the season.

Making little impact in the English leagues, he packed his bags and moved to Germany for the start of the 1993-94 season. Signing with Oberliga side Viktoria Köln, he spent the following season with BFC Preussen, both teams were in the depths of the German Football League. He spent the 1995–96 season with FC Erzgebirge Aue in the Regionalliga Nordost. It was whilst at Erzebirge that he was plucked from obscurity by Ipswich Town manager George Burley. Sonner would spend the 1996–97 season in the English First Division.

In two seasons with the club he played 56 league games, half of which were substitute appearances. However he and Burley soon fell out and Sonner was on the move to Danny Wilson's Sheffield Wednesday in October 1998 for an undisclosed fee, believed to be around £75,000. Once again Sonner had fallen on his feet, spending the 1998–99 season in the Premier League.[1] He played the club's 8–0 thumping at the hands of Newcastle United at St James' Park on 19 September, and Wednesday suffered relegation at the end of the 1999–2000 season. He was not retained for the following season after failing to agree a new contract and was forced to search for a new club.[2]

He soon signed for Birmingham City,[3] where he helped the club to the 2001 League Cup Final. In the quarter finals he had given his old club some food for thought, scoring in a 2–0 victory over the "Owls" on 12 December 2000.[4][5] In the final he was replaced by Bryan Hughes after 71 minutes and was forced to watch his team lose the penalty shootout to Liverpool 5–4, after a 1–1 draw in normal time. In a play-off semi-final defeat at Preston North End's Deepdale, Sonner, teammate Michael Johnson and boss Trevor Francis were all charged with misconduct by the Football Association,[6] Sonner and Johnson were also charged for using abusive language.[7] Sonner was fined £1,000 following a hearing.[8]

He was released by Birmingham at the end of the 2001–02 season.[9] He played his last game for the club on 7 November 2001 and was sent off 77 minutes into a 1–0 home defeat by West Bromwich Albion after a poor challenge on Phil Gilchrist.[10] Not long after this Steve Bruce was appointed as the club's new manager. Bruce never selected Sonner for a matchday squad, and he therefore played no part in the 2002 play-off final.

After training with Wolverhampton Wanderers,[11] he spent the 2002–03 season with Walsall.[12] He got off to a bad start, wrestling opposition player Tommy Smith to the ground in a 2–0 defeat at Watford, earning a red card and causing manager Colin Lee to brand his behaviour "a disgrace".[13] He managed to recover his reputation, scoring four goals in 28 games. After getting released at the end of the season by the cash-strapped club,[14] he considered a move to Carlisle United,[15] before opting for Nottingham Forest.[16]

He was with Forest throughout the 2003–04 season,[17] playing 32 games over all competitions. At Forest, a bad miss caused the late Brian Clough to say: "I wish I'd been out there. I scored 250 goals in 271 games and I could have put that in with my you-know-what!"[18] Sonner was keen to stay at the City Ground,[19] but was released by manager Joe Kinnear at the end of the season. Sonner received an offer from Eintracht Frankfurt, a trial at Kidderminster Harriers[20] and an offer from Portadown.[21] Instead he spent the 2004–05 season at League One Peterborough United, then managed by Barry Fry. He spent February to May of that season on loan with Port Vale,[22] making 13 appearances.

Impressing on his loan spell,[23] he signed with Vale permanently for the start of the 2005–06 season.[24] A regular under Martin Foyle, he also spent the 2006–07 season at Vale Park, where he and Tony Dinning became the old heads at the centre of the park. Sonner was popular with the fans and in fact played more games for the club than he did for any other club.[25] However, at the age of 35, Sonner rejected Vale's contract offer,[26] claiming that offer was too low paying.[27] He said: "I deserve a rise and a decent offer. The club wants me to play for next to nothing. If they carry on paying Conference wages, then the club is going nowhere. They talk about promotion, but don't want to keep players."[28] Chairman Bill Bratt responded by saying that: "The manager had faith in Danny to pluck him from Peterborough reserves and to offer him another contract with better terms... if he thinks he is on next to nothing he should try working in the pottery industry for 40 hours a week for £200."[28]

He moved on to former club Walsall,[29] now led by Richard Money, but due to injury he played just seven games of the 2007–08 season before leaving the club in September 2007.[30] In January 2008, Sonner and fellow "Saddlers" team mate, Paul Hall both joined League Two strugglers Wrexham.[31] He was released by manager Brian Little in May 2008, following the club's relegation to the Conference.[32] Sonner scored once during his spell at Wrexham, his goal coming in a 2–2 draw with Morecambe on 29 January 2008.[33]

International career

Sonner has represented Northern Ireland 13 times.[34] Between 1995 and 1999 he also earned four Northern Ireland B caps, scoring one goal.[35]

He earned his first cap on 10 September 1997 in a 1–0 defeat to Albania in Zurich. His second cap came in a 3–0 home loss to Germany on 27 March 1999 in a Euro 2000 qualifier. The rest of his caps were all friendlies.[34] His first start for Northern Ireland came in Belfast on 26 April 2000, his sixth cap – the Irish beat the Hungarians 1–0.[34]

After three years away from the international scene, he was recalled in February 2004.[36] He played six games in 2004 after being recalled, his last one coming in a goalless draw with Switzerland on 18 August.[34]

Statistics

Club level

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
England League FA Cup League Cup Total
1991–92 Burnley Fourth Division 6 0 0 0 1 1 9 2
1992–93 Burnley Third Division 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992–93 Bury Third Division 5 3 3 0 0 0 9 4
Germany League DFB-Pokal Premiere Ligapokal Total
1993–94 Viktoria Köln Oberliga 21 3 ? ? ? ? 21 3
1994–95 BFC Preussen Oberliga ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
1995–96 FC Erzgebirge Aue Regionalliga Nordost 21 6 ? ? ? ? 21 6
England League FA Cup League Cup Total
1996–97[37] Ipswich Town First Division 29 2 1 0 6 1 37 2
1997–98[38] Ipswich Town First Division 23 1 1 0 2 0 27 1
1998–99[39] Ipswich Town First Division 4 0 0 0 2 0 6 0
1998–99[39] Sheffield Wednesday Premier League 26 3 3 0 0 0 29 3
1999–2000[40] Sheffield Wednesday Premier League 27 0 3 0 4 1 34 1
2000–01[41] Birmingham City First Division 26 1 1 0 9 1 38 2
2001–02[42] Birmingham City First Division 15 1 0 0 3 0 18 1
2002–03[43] Walsall First Division 24 4 2 0 2 0 28 4
2003–04[44] Nottingham Forest First Division 28 0 1 0 3 0 32 0
2004–05[45] Peterborough United League One 15 0 0 0 1 0 17 0
2004–05[45] Port Vale League One 13 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
2005–06[46] Port Vale League One 29 1 2 0 1 0 33 1
2006–07[47] Port Vale League One 33 1 2 0 4 0 40 1
2007–08[48] Walsall League One 6 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
2007–08[48] Wrexham League Two 9 1 0 0 0 0 9 1
Total England 318 18 19 0 39 4 386 23
Total Germany 42 9 ? ? ? ? 42 9
Career total 360 27 19 0 39 4 428 32
Notes

International level

Senior caps

Scores and results list Northern Ireland's goal tally first.
Caps Date Venue Opponent Result Competition Scored Location
01 (00) 1997-09-10 Hardturm, Zurich  Albania 0–1 1998 World Cup qualifier 0 Albania
02 (00) 1999-03-27 Windsor Park, Belfast  Germany 0–3 Euro 2000 qualifier 0 Northern Ireland
03 (00) 1999-04-27 Windsor Park, Belfast  Canada 1–1 Friendly 0 Northern Ireland
04 (00) 2000-23-02 Luxembourg  Luxembourg 3–1 Friendly 0 Luxembourg
05 (00) 2000-03-28 Valletta  Malta 3–0 Friendly 0 Malta
06 (00) 2000-04-26 Windsor Park, Belfast  Hungary 0–1 Friendly 0 Northern Ireland
07 (00) 2001-02-28 Windsor Park, Belfast  Norway 0–4 Friendly 0 Northern Ireland
08 (00) 2004-03-21 Tallinn  Estonia 1–0 Friendly 0 Estonia
09 (00) 2004-04-28 Windsor Park, Belfast  Serbia and Montenegro 1–1 Friendly 0 Northern Ireland
10 (00) 2004-05-30 Waterford  Barbados 1–1 Friendly 0 Barbados
11 (00) 2004-06-02 Basseterre  Saint Kitts and Nevis 2–0 Friendly 0 Saint Kitts and Nevis
12 (00) 2004-06-06 Bacolet, Tobago  Trinidad and Tobago 3–0 Friendly 0 Trinidad and Tobago
13 (00) 2004-08-18 Zurich  Switzerland 0–0 Friendly 0 Switzerland

Honours

with Burnley
with Birmingham City

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