Danny Granville

Danny Granville

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Patrick Granville[1]
Date of birth	19 January 1975 (1975-01-19) (age 36)
Place of birth	Islington, London, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Hemel Hempstead Town
Youth career
1993–1996	Cambridge United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1996–1997	Cambridge United	99	(7)
1997–1998	Chelsea	18	(1)
1998–1999	Leeds United	9	(0)
1999	→ Manchester City (loan)	11	(1)
1999–2001	Manchester City	59	(2)
2001	→ Norwich City (loan)	6	(0)
2001–2007	Crystal Palace	111	(9)
2007–2008	Colchester United	19	(0)
2008–2009	Leyton Orient	12	(0)
2009 -	Hemel Hempstead	42	(3)
National team‡
1997	England U21	4	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:30, 8 March 2009 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13:30, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Daniel Patrick "Danny" Granville (born 19 January 1975 in Islington, London) is an English footballer who plays for Hemel Hempstead Town in the Southern League Premier Division, having signed for them in October 2009. He plays as a left back.

Club career

Granville began his career with Cambridge United playing 99 games and attracting a number of top clubs.

Granville moved to Chelsea who signed him for £300,000 in 1997. He lost his place in the Chelsea side when Graeme Le Saux returned from Blackburn Rovers. Arguably the highlight of his career occurred during his time at Chelsea, playing in the winning side in the 1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup triumph over VfB Stuttgart. It was earlier in that campaign that Granville scored his only Chelsea goal, against Slovan Bratislava.^[2]

He was signed by Leeds United in the following summer for £1,600,000.

Following a successful loan spell at Manchester City in November 1999 he moved again, joining Manchester City permanently for £1,000,000. Danny helped city gain promotion to the Premier League, another highlight of his career. Towards the end of time at Manchester City, he was pushed onto the bench and spent a month on loan at Norwich City, a successful spell after which Norwich asked for his signature. He opted to return to City to help retain Premier League status.

In December 2001 Danny signed for Crystal Palace where he played in the first team regularly. Danny was an integral part of the promotion team of 2004/05, scoring three goals, many assists after playing large percentage of the games. It is fair to say that Danny flourished under the management of Ian Dowie. Granville went on to make 138 appearances for Crystal Palace.

The Londoner signed with Colchester United two months later and was given the number 2 shirt for the 2007/08 season.

Granville was released by Colchester United at the conclusion of the 2007/08 season and went on to sign for Leyton Orient on 4 June 2008. His stay lasted less than a year, as after only 15 first team appearances and one goal against Bradford in the FA Cup,^[3] he was released by Orient manager Geraint Williams on 4 May 2009. Williams had also been the manager at Colchester when the Essex club released Granville the previous year.

Granville signed for Hemel Hempstead Town in October 2009 after being released by Leyton Orient.

International career

He has represented England in the under-21s team. However, with the senior team rather spoilt when it comes to left backs, Granville has never represented his country at the highest level.

Honours

• European Cup Winners Cup: 1998
• Football League First Division (Level 2): 2002

References

1. ^ "Search 1837 to 2006 – Birth, Marriage and Death indexes". Findmypast.com. http://www.findmypast.co.uk/birth-indexes-search-start.action. Retrieved 2010-08-12. 
2. ^ Moore, Glenn (18 September 1997). "Granville seals Chelsea success". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-granville-seals-chelsea-success-1239992.html. Retrieved 5 December 2009. 
3. ^ "Bradford 1-2 Leyton Orient". BBC Sport. 29 November 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/7741918.stm. Retrieved 5 December 2009. 

External links

• Danny Granville career stats at Soccerbase
• Danny Granville - Career information Flown from the Nest
• Player profile Colchester United

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Name	Granville, Danny
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Date of birth	19 January 1975
Place of birth	Islington, London, England
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