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Mark Danks Personal information Full name Mark James Danks Date of birth 8 February 1984 Place of birth Warley, England Playing position Striker Club information Current club Hednesford Town Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2001–2002 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 (0) 2002–2003 Bradford City 3 (0) 2003 → Halesowen Town (loan) 12 (3) 2003–2004 Hednesford Town 35 (13) 2004–2006 Forest Green Rovers 17 (0) 2004 → Stafford Rangers (loan) 6 (0) 2005 → Kettering Town (loan) 9 (0) 2005 → Bromsgrove Rovers (loan) 7 (2) 2005–2006 → Cirencester Town (loan) 7 (4) 2006–2008 Worcester City 50 (25) 2008–2009 Halesowen Town ? (?) 2009 Telford United 1 (0) 2009–2010 Northwich Victoria 12 (6) 2010–2011 Worcester City ? (?) 2011– Hednesford Town 0 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:39, 7 February 2009 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).Mark James Danks (born 8 February 1984 in Warley, West Midlands, England) is an English footballer, playing for Hednesford Town. He had previous professional experience with Bradford City in the 2002–03 season and won the FA Trophy with Hednesford Town in the 2003–04 season and also won the Conference League Cup with AFC Telford United in the 2008-09 season.
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Career
Football League
Danks began his career at Wolverhampton Wanderers, where he played for England U15 and U16, before joining Bradford City for a season in August 2002. Although restricted to four substitute appearances he scored his first goal in senior football in an FA Cup match against West Bromwich Albion, which Bradford lost 3–1.[1]
Non-League career
He went to Halesowen of the Southern League Premier Division on a month loan in March 2003 where he scored on his debut at Ilkeston Town.[2] He was released by Bradford City at the end of the 2002–03 season.[3]
Danks joined Hednesford Town in July 2003 and went on to win the FA Trophy with them in 2004.[4] He joined Conference National club Forest Green Rovers in August 2004,[5] where he did not have the best of times, going out on loan for a month to Stafford Rangers in September 2004,[6] on loan to Kettering Town in the Conference North in March 2005,[7] on loan for two months to Bromsgrove Rovers in September 2005 and on loan for a month to Cirencester Town in December 2005.[8][9]
He joined Worcester City on a non-contract basis and then signed a contract until the end of the 2007–08 season in March 2006.[10]
In May 2008, Danks joined Halesowen Town.[11]
In February 2009, Danks joined Conference North side Telford United on a contract until the end of the season.[12] He scored a penalty in the Conference League Cup final against his former club, Forest Green, as Telford won the final 3–0 on penalties.[13]
In June 2010 Danks re-signed for Conference North club Worcester City.[14]
On the 18th June 2011, it was announced that Danks had rejoined Hednesford Town FC for the 2011-2012 season.
References
- ^ "West Brom see off Bradford". BBC Sport. 2003-01-04. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/2607239.stm. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
- ^ "Yeltz borrow Danks". Non League Daily. 2003-03-03. http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=9047. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
- ^ "Six leave Bradford". BBC Sport. 2003-05-01. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/2991889.stm. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
- ^ "Forest Green cast eye over Danks". Non League Daily. 2004-08-06. http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=19493. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
- ^ "Harris pounces for two". Non League Daily. 2004-08-12. http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=19673. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
- ^ "Rangers bring in Dank on-loan". Non League Daily. 2004-09-28. http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=20763. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
- ^ "Poppies get their man". Non League Daily. 2005-03-04. http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=24910. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
- ^ "Rovers hand Danks a chance". Non League Daily. 2005-09-19. http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=29735. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
- ^ "Danks loaned out once more". Non League Daily. 2005-12-10. http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=31582. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
- ^ "Danks commits future to City". Non League Daily. 2006-03-22. http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=33857. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
- ^ Shelton, Greg (2008-05-28). "Danks deal done". Halesowen News. http://www.halesowennews.co.uk/mostpopular.var.2303055.mostviewed.danks_deal_done.php. Retrieved 2008-05-31.[dead link]
- ^ Hudson, Chris (7 February 2009). "Strike ace Danks joins Bucks". The Shropshire Star. http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/02/07/proven-strike-ace-danks-joins-bucks/. Retrieved 2009-02-08.
- ^ "Setanta Shield results 2008/09". BBC Sport. 2009-04-09. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/7629868.stm. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
- ^ "Danks Returns to City". Worcester News. 2010-06-08. http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/sport/wcfc/8206979.Danks_returns_to_City/.
External links
- Mark Danks career stats at Soccerbase
- Mark Danks 2002-03 stats, SoccerFactsUK.
- Mark Danks 2003-04 stats, SoccerFactsUK.
- Mark Danks 2004-05 stats, SoccerFactsUK.
- Mark Danks 2005-06 stats, SoccerFactsUK.
- Mark Danks 2006-07 stats, SoccerFactsUK.
- Mark Danks 2007-08 stats, SoccerFactsUK.
Categories:- 1984 births
- Living people
- English footballers
- Association football forwards
- Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players
- Bradford City A.F.C. players
- Halesowen Town F.C. players
- Hednesford Town F.C. players
- Forest Green Rovers F.C. players
- Stafford Rangers F.C. players
- Kettering Town F.C. players
- Bromsgrove Rovers F.C. players
- Cirencester Town F.C. players
- Worcester City F.C. players
- The Football League players
- People from Warley
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