Damian Scannell
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}
{{BLP sources|date=November 2010}}
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| name = Damian Scannell
| image = Damian Scannell, footballer, April 2016.jpg
| image_size = 200
| caption = Scannell playing for Dulwich Hamlet in 2016
| fullname = Damian Scannell{{cite book
| editor-last = Hugman
| editor-first = Barry J.
| title = The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008–09
| publisher = Mainstream
| year = 2008
| isbn = 978-1-84596-324-8}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1985|4|28}}
| birth_place = Croydon, England
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}
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| years1 = 2003–2004
| years2 = 2004–2007
| years3 = 2007
| years4 = 2007–2008
| years5 = 2008–2010
| years6 = 2008–2009
| years7 = 2010–2011
| years8 = 2011–2013
| years9 = 2013–2014
| years10 = 2014–2015
| years11 = 2015
| years12 = 2015–2016
| years13 = 2016–2017
| clubs1 = Greenwich Borough
| clubs2 = Fisher Athletic
| clubs3 = → Dulwich Hamlet (loan)
| clubs4 = Eastleigh
| clubs5 = Southend United
| clubs6 = → Brentford (loan)
| clubs7 = Dagenham & Redbridge
| clubs8 = Eastleigh
| clubs9 = Sutton United
| clubs10 = Bromley
| clubs11 = → Sutton United (loan)
| clubs12 = Dulwich Hamlet
| clubs13 = Tonbridge Angels
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| caps3 = 8
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| caps4 = 26
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| caps8 = 76
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Damian Scannell (born 28 April 1985) is an English former footballer who last played for Tonbridge Angels. Earlier in his career he played for Fisher Athletic, Eastleigh, Southend United, Sutton United and Dagenham & Redbridge. Scannell was educated at Oasis Academy Shirley Park, Croydon, between 1996 and 2001.
Club career
Scannell made nine appearances from the bench in the 2007–08 season as Southend United made the League One play-offs.
Scannell had a very impressive pre-season and was rewarded with his first league start against Peterborough United on 9 August 2008. Southend won 1–0. Scannell joined League Two side Brentford on a two-month loan on 27 November. He made just one start and one sub appearance before returning to Southend on 8 January 2009.
After impressive substitute appearances Scannell was given only his second league start for Southend against Carlisle United on 21 March and scored his first professional goal in a 3–0 win.
His preparations for the 2009–10 season took a blow when he contracted swine flu in July 2009.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southend_utd/8174470.stm Southend player catches swine flu] BBC Sport, 29 July 2009 On 23 March 2010, Scannell's season was prematurely cut short when he broke his fifth metatarsal in Southend's 3–0 win over Walsall. On 24 June, Scannell rejected a new two-year contract with Southend, he instead signed a two-year contract with Dagenham & Redbridge on 29 June 2010.
On 7 December 2011, after making 34 appearances and scoring two goals for Dagenham, Scannell made a return to Eastleigh.{{cite web |url=http://eastleighfc.blogspot.com/2011/12/damian-scannell.html |title=Scannell set for Eastleigh return |publisher=Eastleigh FC |accessdate=13 December 2011 }} A season at Sutton United followed, before Scannell joined Bromley. On 16 January 2015, Scannell joined Sutton United on loan.
Scannell joined Isthmian League Premier Division club Dulwich Hamlet for the second time in his career ahead of the 2015–16 season,{{cite web |url=http://www.southlondon-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=608&headline=Scannell%20snapped%20up%20by%20Dulwich%20Hamlet&year=2015 |title=Scannell snapped up by Dulwich Hamlet |publisher=South London Press |date=20 July 2015 |accessdate=7 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924104052/http://www.southlondon-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=608&headline=Scannell%20snapped%20up%20by%20Dulwich%20Hamlet&year=2015 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead }} going on to score two goals on his second debut for the club in a 3–0 win over Canvey Island,{{cite web |url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/dulwichhamlet/teams/56196/match-centre/1-1607122 |title=Damian's double sinks the Islanders |publisher=Dulwich Hamlet F.C. |date=8 August 2015 |accessdate=9 August 2015}} and another goal in his next game, a 2–0 win over Merstham.{{cite web |url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/dulwichhamlet/news/merstham-0-2-dulwich-hamlet-1471871.html |title=Merstham 0-2 Dulwich Hamlet |publisher=Dulwich Hamlet F.C. |date=12 August 2015 |accessdate=13 August 2015}}
Following one season at Dulwich, in which he made 48 appearances in all competitions whilst scoring 8 goals, he moved to Tonbridge Angels ahead of the 2016–17 season.{{cite web |url=http://www.kentonline.co.uk/tonbridge/sport/angels-sign-winger-95844/ |title=Tonbridge Angels manager Steve McKimm signs winger Damian Scannell from Dulwich Hamlet |publisher=Kent Online |date=13 May 2016 |accessdate=13 May 2016}}
Scannell made 40 appearances for Tonbridge during his first season at the club; however, in October 2017, having not played at all during the 2017–2018 season, he was forced to retire through injury.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/headlines/end-of-the-line-for-former-shrimpers-and-daggers-man-scannell.html |title=End of the line for former Shrimpers and Daggers man Scannell |access-date=4 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004191114/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/headlines/end-of-the-line-for-former-shrimpers-and-daggers-man-scannell.html |archive-date=4 October 2017 |url-status=usurped }}
Personal life
He is the brother of fellow footballer Sean Scannell.
Scannell now runs his own gym in Croydon, SimplyFitness UK.
Scannell's father (died 2015){{Cite web|title=Sean Scannell reveals how Clinton Morrison became a clothes-sharing mentor|url=https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/2021/march/how-the-crystal-palace-academy-clinton-morrison-and-neil-warnock-shaped-sean-scannell/|access-date=2021-03-23|website=www.cpfc.co.uk|language=en-gb}} was from County Armagh, and was also of Jamaican heritage.{{Cite news|title=All you need to know about Sean Scannell and Niall Keown as duo close in on Northern Ireland switch|language=en-GB|work=belfasttelegraph|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/all-you-need-to-know-about-sean-scannell-and-niall-keown-as-duo-close-in-on-northern-ireland-switch-36929653.html|access-date=2021-03-23|issn=0307-1235}}
References
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External links
- {{Soccerbase}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080808113423/http://www.southendunited.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0%2C%2C10444~42681%2C00.html Profile on Southend United website]
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Category:Footballers from the London Borough of Croydon
Category:Men's association football wingers
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Eastleigh F.C. players
Category:Southend United F.C. players
Category:Brentford F.C. players
Category:Sutton United F.C. players
Category:Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. players
Category:Dulwich Hamlet F.C. players
Category:Fisher Athletic F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:National League (English football) players
Category:Isthmian League players
Category:English people of Irish descent
Category:English people of Jamaican descent
Category:Sportspeople of Jamaican descent
Category:Greenwich Borough F.C. players