Danny Bacon

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Danny Bacon

| image =

| fullname = Daniel Stephen Bacon{{Cite book

| editor-first = Barry J.

| editor-last = Hugman

| title = The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004

| year = 2003

| publisher = Queen Anne Press

| isbn = 1-85291-651-6

| page = 31 }}

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|9|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Mansfield, England

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Striker

| youthyears1 = 1998–2000

| youthclubs1 = Mansfield Town

| years1 = 1998–2003

| years2 = 2003–2005

| years3 = 2005–2007

| years4 = 2005–2006

| years5 = 2006–2007

| years6 = 2007

| years7 = 2007–2009

| years8 = 2009–2011

| years9 = 2011–2013

| years10 = 2013–2014

| years11 = 2016–2018

| clubs1 = Mansfield Town

| clubs2 = Hucknall Town

| clubs3 = Lincoln City

| clubs4 = → Burton Albion (loan)

| clubs5 = → Worksop Town (loan)

| clubs6 = Hednesford Town

| clubs7 = Hucknall Town

| clubs8 = Worksop Town

| clubs9 = Rainworth Miners Welfare

| clubs10 = Shirebrook Town

| clubs11 = Teversal

| caps1 = 44

| caps2 = 83

| caps3 = 2

| caps4 = 5

| caps5 = 10

| caps6 = 13

| caps7 = 28

| caps8 =

| caps9 =

| goals1 = 4

| goals2 = 30

| goals3 = 0

| goals4 = 0

| goals5 = 2

| goals6 = 0

| goals7 = 8

| goals8 =

| goals9 =

| nationalyears1 = 2004 | nationalteam1 = England C | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| club-update = 18:27, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

}}

Daniel Stephen Bacon (born 20 September 1980) is an English former footballer and coach who played as a striker.

He notably played in the Football League for Mansfield Town and Lincoln City. He also played at non-league level for Hucknall Town, Burton Albion, Worksop Town, Hednesford Town, Hucknall Town, Rainworth Miners Welfare, Shirebrook Town and Teversal.

Playing career

=Early career=

He began his career with his home town club Mansfield Town. He then had a two-year spell with nearby Hucknall Town. While at Hucknall he scored in the 2005 FA Trophy final penalty defeat against Grays Athletic.

=Lincoln City=

On 30 May 2005, Bacon secured a move back to the professional ranks, agreeing a one-year deal with Lincoln City.{{cite web

|url=http://www.redimps.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10440~669998,00.html

|title=Bacon agrees one-year deal

|publisher=Lincoln City F.C. Official Website

|date=30 May 2005

|accessdate=15 April 2010

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|archivedate=22 March 2012

|df=dmy

}} He struggled to break into the first team, making just two substitute appearances (the Football League Two defeat at Notts County on 13 August 2005 and the League Cup victory over Crewe Alexandra ten days later), and on 9 September 2005 was allowed to join Burton Albion on loan.{{cite web

|url=http://www.redimps.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10440~710990,00.html

|title=Bacon completes Burton move

|publisher=Lincoln City F.C. Official Website

|date=9 September 2005

|accessdate=15 April 2010

|url-status=dead

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|archivedate=22 March 2012

|df=dmy

}} However, injury struck in his fifth game when he fractured his fibia{{clarify|date=February 2022}} in a game against Aldershot; it was the second time he had broken his leg, the first being whilst playing for Mansfield Town's youth team. The injury kept him out of the squad for six months but, in light of his injury, he was given a new contract by Keith Alexander in April 2006.[http://www.football.co.uk/lincoln_city/imps_keen_to_keep_bacon_224911.shtml Bacon signs new contract] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607083058/http://www.football.co.uk/lincoln_city/imps_keen_to_keep_bacon_224911.shtml |date=7 June 2011 }}

Given the number 10 shirt at Sincil Bank for the 2006–07 season, he made his first start in the opening fixture at Notts County but his injury jinx hit again as he first suffered a nasty facial cut, requiring nine stitches, following a clash with Jason Lee and then injured his ankle. Upon his recovery to fitness, he found it hard to break into the Lincoln team which was riding high in the upper echelons of the league table and in September 2006 he was loaned out to Worksop Town where he spent three months. On 3 January 2007, Bacon along with Gary Birch, Luke Foster and Jamie Sherlock was told by the club that they were free to find another club{{cite web

|url=http://www.redimps.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10440~959533,00.html

|title=A window of opportunity

|publisher=Lincoln City F.C. Official Website

|date=3 January 2007

|accessdate=15 April 2010

|url-status=dead

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322094129/http://www.redimps.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10440~959533%2C00.html

|archivedate=22 March 2012

|df=dmy

}} and on 25 January 2007 he had his contract with the Imps cancelled by mutual consent,{{cite web

|url=http://www.redimps.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10440~970530,00.html

|title=Danny departs

|publisher=Lincoln City F.C. Official Website

|date=25 January 2007

|accessdate=15 April 2010

|url-status=dead

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322094214/http://www.redimps.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10440~970530%2C00.html

|archivedate=22 March 2012

|df=dmy

}} leaving him free to join Northern Premier League side Hednesford Town.[http://www.unibondleague.com/news.php?nid=4559 Hednesford Boost Strike Force] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071212022026/http://www.unibondleague.com/news.php?nid=4559 |date=12 December 2007 }}

=Non-League=

In summer 2007, Andy Legg, bought him back to Hucknall Town.[http://www.hucknalldispatch.co.uk/local-sport-news?articleid=3048391 Hero Bacon back at Town]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

He was expected to leave Watnall Road in summer 2009[https://archive.today/20120917113804/http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/football/Chambers-hard-replace-star-striker/article-768679-detail/article.html Bacon to leave Hucknall] having turned down a move to Alfreton Town.[http://www.hucknalldispatch.co.uk/local-sport-news/Star-striker-at-centre-of.5070596.jp Star striker at centre of transfer storm] On Tuesday 23 June, Bacon signed for Worksop Town, one of his former clubs. He made a goalscoring debut for the club, scoring the club's goal in the 4–1 Northern Premier League defeat at Kendal Town on 15 August 2009.{{cite web

|url=http://www.worksoptownfc.co.uk/matchreport.php?fixture_id=1406

|title=Kendal Take Their Chances

|publisher=Worksop Town F.C. Official Website

|date=15 August 2009

|accessdate=15 April 2010

}}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

In May 2013, both he and Mark Camm departed Rainworth Miners Welfare{{cite web

|url=http://www.chad.co.uk/sport/football/rainworth-mw-say-goodbye-to-mark-camm-and-danny-bacon-1-5674537

|title=Rainworth MW say goodbye to Mark Camm and Danny Bacon

|date=15 May 2013

|publisher=Mansfield and Ashfield Chad

|accessdate=12 July 2016}} to join Shirebrook Town as player/assistants to the newly appointed manager Julian Watts.{{cite web

|url=http://www.chad.co.uk/sport/football/wrens-pair-join-new-manager-at-shirebrook-town-1-5695057

|title=Wrens pair join new manager at Shirebrook Town

|date=22 May 2013

|publisher=Mansfield and Ashfield Chad

|accessdate=12 July 2016}} Following six games without a victory, Watts was sacked in October 2013 but Bacon and Camm agreed to continue their roles under the new manager Kevin Gee.{{cite web

|url=http://www.chad.co.uk/sport/football/gee-is-the-new-shirebrook-manager-following-watts-sacking-1-6179858

|title=Gee is the new Shirebrook manager following Watts sacking

|date=24 October 2013

|publisher=Mansfield and Ashfield Chad

|accessdate=12 July 2016}} However, Gee was last just over three months into the role before being sacked with Bacon and Camm appointed joint-manager in his place on contracts lasting until the end of the 2015–16 season.{{cite web

|url=http://www.chad.co.uk/sport/football/new-managers-at-shirebrook-town-1-6423176

|title=New managers at Shirebrook Town

|date=6 February 2014

|publisher=Mansfield and Ashfield Chad

|accessdate=12 July 2016

|archive-date=16 August 2016

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816100510/http://www.chad.co.uk/sport/football/new-managers-at-shirebrook-town-1-6423176

|url-status=dead

}} However, Camm resigned from his role at the end of August 2014 and Julian Watts returned to take sole managerial charge of the club.{{cite web

|url=http://www.chad.co.uk/sport/football/watts-back-in-shirebrook-hot-seat-1-6846157

|title=Watts back in Shirebrook hot seat

|date=18 September 2014