Danny Butterfield

Danny Butterfield

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Paul Butterfield
Date of birth	21 November 1979 (1979-11-21) (age 31)
Place of birth	Boston, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	Defender / Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Southampton
Number	12
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1997–2002	Grimsby Town	124	(3)
2002–2010	Crystal Palace	232	(6)
2009	→ Charlton Athletic (loan)	12	(0)
2010–	Southampton	34	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:02, 1 June 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Daniel Paul "Danny" Butterfield (born 21 November 1979 in Boston, Lincolnshire) is an English professional footballer who plays for Southampton. He has previously played for Grimsby Town, Crystal Palace and Charlton Athletic in The Championship. He has also represented Palace in the Premier League. He is primarily utilised as a right back. However, Butterfield originally started out as a central midfielder for Palace and has played on the right of midfield as well.

Career

Grimsby Town

Butterfield was educated at Boston Grammar School in Boston, Lincolnshire. He was snapped up by Grimsby Town as a youngster, and was promoted to the clubs first team setup midway through the 1996–1997 season. Butterfield was primarily used as a right back while at Blundell Park and made his first team debut in a 0–0 draw with York City on 9 September 1997. Butterfield went on to make eleven appearances in the 1997–1998 season, and scored his first senior goal in the clubs 1–0 Football League Trophy victory over Hull City that season. Despite playing no part in either, Butterfield was among the winning squad who earned a double Wembley win that same season, triumphing in the Football League Trophy, as well as the Second Division Play-Off Final

As the seasons progressed, Butterfield became more and more involved in club affairs, and featured often on the right side of defence and as a make shift centre half. He was part of the Grimsby team that defeated Liverpool in the League Cup in 2001–02. (at 0–0 Butterfield kept Grimsby on level terms by clearing an Emile Heskey header off the line).

At the end of the 2001–02 season, Butterfield decided against a new contract and moved to Crystal Palace In his five years at Grimsby Town from 1997 to 2002, Butterfield featured 124 times in the League, scoring 3 times. He played under three different managers, Alan Buckley, Lennie Lawrence and Paul Groves.

Crystal Palace

He arrived at Selhurst Park in 2002 where he quickly became a favourite of the crowd. He played regularly for the next two seasons, playing in the 2004 Football League First Division play-off Final that resulted in Palace's promotion to the Premier League.

The form of Emmerson Boyce and long term injuries restricted his appearances for the next two seasons, before re-establishing himself in the right-back spot for a spell. Mid way through the 2008–09 season he was loaned out to Charlton Athletic, but he managed to regain his place in the Palace line-up the following season, despite his Eagles career appearing to be over.

Butterfield started the 2009-10 Football League Championship season as the main right back ahead of Nathaniel Clyne. However due to Palace's financial problems, that saw them put into administration, he was converted to a make-shift striker. Butterfield scored a hat-trick in the space of 6 minutes and 48 seconds during a 2009–10 FA Cup fourth round replay 3–1 win against Wolves; he scored with his left foot, right foot and his head which is described as the 'perfect hat-trick'.^[1] This is the club's fastest ever hat-trick, beating the previous record set by Dougie Freedman in 11 minutes, somewhat ironically against Butterfield's old club Grimsby Town, in a match that Palace went on to win 5–0. Palace manager Neil Warnock revealed after the game that Clyne, who had played at right-back during the game, had turned down a move to Wolves only days earlier. Had the move gone through, Butterfield would have played at right-back instead.

Southampton

On 16 July 2010, he joined Southampton on a one year deal and joined the squad in Interlaken ready for the game against FC Sochaux.^[2]

Honours

Grimsby Town

• Second Division play-off winner: 1997–98
• Auto Windscreens Shield winner: 1997–98
• Supporters Young Player of the Year: 1999, 2000

Southampton

• Football League One: 2010-11 runners-up

Club career statistics

(correct as of 1June 2011)

Club	Season[A]	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other[B]		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Grimsby Town	1997–98	7	0	1	0	3	1	-	-	11	1
Grimsby Town	1998–99	12	0	0	0	2	0	-	-	14	0
Grimsby Town	1999-00	29	0	2	0	4	0	-	-	35	0
Grimsby Town	2000–01	30	1	2	0	3	0	-	-	35	1
Grimsby Town	2001–02	46	2	2	0	4	0	-	-	52	2
Total	1997–2002	124	3	7	0	16	1	-	-	147	3
Crystal Palace	2002–03[3]	46	1	4	0	5	0	-	-	55	1
Crystal Palace	2003–04[4]	45	4	1	0	4	0	3	1	53	5
Crystal Palace	2004–05[3]	7	0	1	0	2	0	-	-	10	0
Crystal Palace	2005–06[5]	13	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	16	0
Crystal Palace	2006–07[3]	28	0	2	0	0	0	-	-	30	0
Crystal Palace	2007–08[6]	30	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	33	0
Crystal Palace	2008–09[3]	26	1	3	0	1	0	-	-	30	1
Crystal Palace	2009–10[3]	37	0	4	3	1	0	-	-	42	3
Total	2002–2010	232	6	15	3	16	0	6	1	269	10
Charlton Athletic (loan)	2008–09[7]	12	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	0
Southampton	2010–11[7]	34	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	39	0
Career totals		402	9	24	3	35	1	6	1	467	13

Notes

^A The Crystal Palace site has been used as the source for a number of his seasons, but not for 2003/04, 2005/06 and 2007/08 because the site bundles his play-off appearances within his league totals

^B The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League Trophy unless stated. Other appearances whilst at Crystal Palace relate to Football League Championship play-offs.

References

1. ^ "Match Report". BBC Sport. 2 February 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/8491771.stm. Retrieved 2 February 2010. 
2. ^ "Saints Snap Up Butterfield". saintsfc.co.uk. 16 July 2010. http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2094511,00.html. Retrieved 16 July 2010. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d e} "Danny Butterfield". Crystal Palace FC. http://www.cpfc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10323~8720,00.html. Retrieved 27 May 2011. 
4. ^ "Crystal Palace Player Appearances". 2003-04 - Squad Stats. Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=646#teamTabs=stats. Retrieved 27 May 2011. 
5. ^ "Crystal Palace Player Appearances". 2005-06 - Squad Stats. Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=646#teamTabs=stats. Retrieved 27 May 2011. 
6. ^ "Crystal Palace Player Appearances". 2007-08 - Squad Stats. Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=646#teamTabs=stats. Retrieved 27 May 2011. 
7. ^ ^{a b} "Danny Butterfield". Career stats summary. Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=12203. Retrieved 5 July 2011. 

External links

• Danny Butterfield career stats at Soccerbase
• Grimsby Town profile

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Name	Butterfield, Danny
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Date of birth	21 November 1979
Place of birth	Boston, Lincolnshire, England
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