Jay Denny

Infobox Football biography
playername= "Jay Denny"


fullname = Jay Denny
height = height|ft=5|in=11
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1986|1|6
cityofbirth = Santa Monica, CA
countryofbirth = United States
currentclub = Halesowen Town
clubnumber =
position = Midfielder
youthyears = up to 2005
youthclubs = Stoke City
years = 2005-2006
2006-2007
2007-
clubs = Shrewsbury Town
Nuneaton Borough
Halesowen Town
caps(goals) = 17 (2)
27 (3)
57 (10)
nationalyears =
nationalteam = flagicon|USA USA Under 20's
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 19:22, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
ntupdate = April 8, 2006
† Non-league club.

Jay Denny (born January 6, 1986 in Santa Monica, CA, United States) is a professional footballer, currently playing for Southern League Premier Division side Halesowen Town, where he plays as a midfielder.

Playing career

toke City

His parents are both English, and he has lived in England since 1994. He began his career as a trainee with Stoke City at 13 years of age, he was awarded an academy scholarship at 16 and a professional contract at 18. Denny appeared on the Stoke City first team bench on 8 occasions without getting any time on the pitch.He spent a total of 6 years with Stoke City.

hrewsbury Town

He joined League Two side Shrewsbury Town on a free transfer.

Denny started for Shrewsbury Town on the opening day of the 2005/06 season, in a 1-0 defeat at home to Rochdale. He made a total of 18 appearances for Shrewsbury Town, 9 starts and 9 from the bench. Jay scored two goals for Shrewsbury Town in the 3-2 Coca Cola cup victory against Brighton and Hove Albion, an equaliser in the 89th minute and the winner in extra time, sending Shrewsbury into the third round of the competition for the first time in many years. Disappointed at being dropped after this cup victory with fleeting appearances off the bench, he notified of his intention not to renew a new contract and subsiquently the club agreed to a mutual termination of contract on April 8, 2006.

Nuneaton Borough

Denny then joined Conference North club Nuneaton Borough and made his debut in a Birmingham Senior Cup match against Racing Club Warwick in October, 2006. Denny spent exactly one season with Nuneaton Borough. The American started 20 games for Boro and made a further seven appearances, scoring 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 eventaully decided against the move after making a trip to Virginia

Halesowen Town

On June 27 2007 Jay signed for Southern League Premier Division side Halesowen Town and made his debut in a friendly in a 2-0 loss to Walsall.He went on to make a total of 46 appearances for the yeltz, making more than any other player in that season. He played under both managers Martin O Connor, ex Birmingham City & Walsall and Morrel Maison. Martin O Connor persuaded Denny to join Halesowen after he learned that Jay had agreed to join Brackley Town on non contract terms.Denny scored 5 goals for Halesowen in the 2007/8 season, one was a late equaliser at Kings Lynn, the eventual champions and another away at Team Bath in a 3-0 league victory.Jay Denny forged a formidable midfield partnership with Darren Caskey, ex Tottenham Hotspur & Reading and also England under 21 national team player.
Halesowen Town were beaten in the play off final by Team Bath, the goal being scored in the final minute of playing time. Halesowen had to play 3 games in 5 days after the league refused to delay the final. The manager of Team Bath agreed that this was a decision that gave his team an unfair advantage and eventually led to Team Bath being promoted.

International career

United States

Denny made various appearances for the USA under 17's and under 20's national teams.He played against countries such as Argentina, Costa Rica, Mexico, Denmark, Northern Ireland, Wales etc.He captained United States Under 20's on 2 occasions in a tournament in Ireland.Denny was unlucky not to be selected for the Under 20's World Cup squad when he missed the final training camp in Los Angeles because of professional commitments, this coincided with a change of national coaches prior to the competition and subsequently he was not selected for the squad.He played games alongside players such as Freddie Adu who plays for Benfica in Portugal & Jonathon Spector currently of West Ham United.

External links

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