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David Mannix Personal information Full name David Mannix Date of birth 24 September 1985 Place of birth Liverpool, England Height 5ft 11 Playing position Midfielder Club information Current club Vauxhall Motors Number 8 Youth career Liverpool Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2004–2007 Liverpool 0 (0) 2006 → Accrington Stanley (loan) 1 (0) 2007–2008 Ham-Kam 17 (0) 2008 Accrington Stanley 13 (0) 2008–2009 Chester City[1] 13 (2) 2010– Vauxhall Motors 31 (2) National team England Youth 15 (1) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 November 2008 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).David Mannix (born 24 September 1985 in Liverpool) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Vauxhall Motors.
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International career
Mannix was a youth England international at under 15/16, 17 and 20 levels and gained 15 caps in total. He scored his first international goal against Poland in a 5-0 victory on 22 November 2001.
Playing career
Mannix is a product of Liverpool Football Club's Academy, and played regularly for the reserves, making over 60 appearances. Mannix was one of the youngest ever players to play for Liverpool reserves: he was 15 and was moved to train at Melwood with the first team aged 16[citation needed]. His progress was restricted by a number of serious injuries, including an injury to his right knee in 2001. He was sent to the world renowned Dr Richard Steadman in Colorado, America who specialises in knee surgery.
Under-18 Academy manager John Owens said: "At Under-15/Under-16 level David was such a shining light in central midfield. He is a very strong but gifted midfield player. But for his injuries he would be playing regularly for the reserves and making tremendous progress towards being the next Academy player through to the first team squad." [2]
In November 2006 he went on loan to Accrington Stanley,[3] but after making a promising debut, a slight injury picked up in the game forced him to return after less than a week and just one appearance.[4] On 24 January 2007 it was announced that his contract with Liverpool had been terminated by mutual agreement,[5] and on 29 January he signed a three-year contract with the Norwegian club Ham-Kam,[6] who play in the Adeccoligaen having been relegated from the Norwegian Premier League during the 2006 season. While at Ham-Kam, David helped the side to get promoted back to the Tippeligaen (Norwegian premier league) after one season.
He returned to England in January 2008, rejoining Accrington Stanley before being released at the end of the season.[7] On 25 June 2008 he joined Chester City on a two year contract along with Accrington team–mate Jay Harris.[8]
On 17 October 2008, Mannix was hospitalised with facial injuries following an incident at Chester's training ground.[9] After this incident, Mannix managed to fight his way back into the first team and played in every game for Chester since the end of January. Mannix managed to score his first professional league goal on 28 February 2009 against Dagenham and Redbridge for Chester with a header into the top right corner. Mannix's second league goal for Chester came in their 2-1 victory against Notts County on 4 April.
Following on from the end of his ban for betting he went on trial with League 2 club Morecambe and German 3rd division team Unterhaching.
In October 2010 he joined Vauxhall Motors.[10] Mannix made an important start to his career at Vauxhall Motors by scoring the only goal of the game in their 1-0 victory against Newcastle Town to help the side reach for FA Cup first round.
Match fixing/betting scandal
On 7 April 2009 Mannix (and four other players) was charged with breaching the FA's rules on betting. He was accused of placing a bet of approximately £4000 on Accrington Stanley losing against Bury in the final game of the 2007/2008 season. He had until the 23 April to respond to the charges.[11]
On 22 July 2009 Mannix was given a 10 month ban and fined £4,000 for these betting offences.[12]
Notes and references
- ^ All Chester City players' statistics for the 2009/10 season were expunged after Chester were expelled from the Conference National for breaking league regulations
- ^ More info on David Mannix
- ^ "Mannix completes Stanley loan switch". http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/archivedirs/news/2006/nov/24/N154188061124-1143.htm.
- ^ "Mannix returns to Melwood". http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N154231061129-1343.htm.
- ^ "Mannix leaves Reds". http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N154794070124-1340.htm.
- ^ (Norwegian) Mannix signs for Ham-Kam
- ^ "Stanley release 11 in clear out". BBC News. 2008-05-07. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/accrington_stanley/7387856.stm.
- ^ "Ex-Accrington duo pen Chester City deals". Chester Chronicle. 2007-06-25. http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/chester-city-fc/chester-city-fc-news/2008/06/25/ex-accrington-duo-pen-chester-city-fc-deals-59067-21150742/. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
- ^ "City FC launch probe after injury in training". Chester Chronicle. 2007-10-24. http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/chester-news/local-chester-news/2008/10/24/city-fc-launch-probe-after-injury-in-training-59067-22105645/. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
- ^ "Mannix gets another chance with Vauxhall". http://nln24.com/news/story/mannix-gets-another-chance-with-vauxhall.
- ^ "City Five players charged in League Two betting scandal". London: The Guardian. 2009-04-07. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/apr/07/football-betting-accrington-five-charged. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
- ^ "Chester City: Disgraced duo Jay Harris and David Mannix face the sack from the Blues". Chester Chronicle. 23 July 2009. http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/chester-city-fc/2009/07/23/chester-city-disgraced-duo-jay-harris-and-david-mannix-face-the-sack-from-the-blues-59067-24218291/. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
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- Accrington Stanley F.C. players
- Chester City F.C. players
- Hamarkameratene players
- English expatriate footballers
- The Football League players
- Expatriate footballers in Norway
- Vauxhall Motors F.C. players
- England youth international footballers
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