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Danny Boxall

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Danny Boxall

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Daniel James Boxall{{hugman|1992|accessdate=20 October 2017}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|8|24|df=y}}

| birth_place = Croydon, England

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=11}}{{Cite web |title=Portfolio for Danny Boxall in 'men' |url=http://www.elliottbrownagency.co.uk/portfolio.asp?entrytype=Men&ID=850 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006061925/http://www.elliottbrownagency.co.uk/portfolio.asp?entrytype=Men&ID=850 |archive-date=6 October 2011 |access-date=20 October 2017 |website=Elliott Brown Agency – Commercial Model Agency}}

| position = Right back

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1987

| youthclubs1 = Selsdon Junior

| youthyears2 = 1987–1991

| youthclubs2 = Tottenham Hotspur

| youthyears3 = 1991–1995

| youthclubs3 = Crystal Palace

| years1 = 1995–1998

| clubs1 = Crystal Palace

| caps1 = 8

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1997

| clubs2 = → Oldham Athletic (loan)

| caps2 = 5

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1998

| clubs3 = → Oldham Athletic (loan)

| caps3 = 12

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1998–2002

| clubs4 = Brentford

| caps4 = 68

| goals4 = 1

| years5 = 2002–2004

| clubs5 = Bristol Rovers

| caps5 = 63

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2004–2005

| clubs6 = Dublin City

| caps6 =

| goals6 =

| years7 = 2006

| clubs7 = Carshalton Athletic

| caps7 = 6

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2006–2008

| clubs8 = Whyteleafe

| caps8 = 48

| goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2008

| clubs9 = Hampton & Richmond Borough

| caps9 = 1

| goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2008

| clubs10 = Croydon Athletic

| caps10 = 16

| goals10 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1998–1999

| nationalteam1 = Republic of Ireland U21

| nationalcaps1 = 8

| nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

Daniel James Boxall (born 24 August 1977) is an English former professional footballer who played as a right back for Brentford, Bristol Rovers, Oldham Athletic and Crystal Palace. After two seasons in Ireland with Dublin City, he returned to England in 2006 to play non-League football and retired in 2008.

Club career

A right back, Boxall began his senior career at First Division club Crystal Palace and made 8 appearances during the 1995–96 and 1996–97 seasons.{{Cite book |last1=Haynes |first1=Graham |title=Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. |last2=Coumbe |first2=Frank |date=2006 |publisher=Yore Publications |isbn=0-9552949-1-6 |pages=25 |oclc=316718484}} He made two appearances during Palace's single-season stay in the Premier League and spent most of 1997–98 on loan at Second Division club Oldham Athletic.{{FCHD|id=CRYSTALP|name=Crystal Palace F.C.}} Having been hampered by an anterior cruciate ligament injury suffered during his time at Selhurst Park,{{Cite web |last=Dollery |first=Paul |title=A former Ireland U21 international's journey from Crystal Palace to a movie role at the Bernabeu |url=https://www.the42.ie/danny-boxall-interview-5638919-Dec2021/ |access-date=4 May 2022 |website=The42 |date=26 December 2021 |language=en}} Boxall was released by Crystal Palace in June 1998 and joined newly-relegated Third Division club Brentford on a free transfer.{{Cite web |title=Premier and Football League transfers |url=https://www.11v11.com/transfers/1999/t176/ |access-date=9 December 2020 |website=www.11v11.com}} He made 46 appearances and scored one goal during the Bees' Third Division-title winning 1998–99 season.{{FCHD|id=BRENTFOR|name=Brentford F.C.}}

A second anterior cruciate ligament injury suffered in February 2000 kept Boxall out of match play until March 2002 and he made a number of late-2001–02 season appearances. He was released after Brentford's Second Division play-off final defeat and played the 2002–03 and 2003–04 seasons with Third Division club Bristol Rovers.{{soccerbase|id=871}} After putting off a decision to retire, Boxall played his subsequent career in the League of Ireland and English non-League football,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} before retiring due to injury in 2008.{{Cite news |last=O'Hara |first=Paul |title=The All-Time Premier League XI Of Irish Players You Forgot Existed |language=en |work=Balls.ie |url=https://www.balls.ie/football/irish-premier-league-xi-forgot-existed-123378 |access-date=20 October 2017}}

International career

Owing to an Irish grandmother from Wexford, Boxall qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland at international level and he won eight U21 caps in 1998 and 1999.{{Cite web |title=Danny Boxall |url=https://www.11v11.com/players/danny-boxall-4311/ |access-date=20 October 2017 |website=11v11.com}}

Personal life

Boxall was born at Mayday Hospital and attended Holy Trinity Church of England Junior School and Stanley Park High School in Wallington.{{Cite web |last=MacInnes |first=Keith |title=Mr January: Danny Boxall |url=http://www.brentfordfc.co.uk/team/view/featured_player/0,,10421~148168,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020614210102/http://www.brentfordfc.co.uk/team/view/featured_player/0,,10421~148168,00.html |archive-date=14 June 2002 |access-date=26 December 2017 |website=Brentford Football Club}}{{Cite web |title=Sutton Primary Schools' Boys Football Squad |url=http://www.suttonssp.co.uk/news/18262/sutton-primary-schools-boys-football-squad |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021060832/http://www.suttonssp.co.uk/news/18262/sutton-primary-schools-boys-football-squad |archive-date=21 October 2017 |access-date=20 October 2017 |website=Sutton SSP}}{{Cite web |title=Old Palace Lodge No.7173 |url=http://www.oldpalace.org.uk/selsdonv-junior-fc.htm |access-date=20 October 2017 |website=www.oldpalace.org.uk}} He has four older brothers and an older sister. Boxall has worked as a male model and has run cleaning, construction and physiotherapy businesses.{{Cite web |date=1 July 2011 |title=Where Are They Now? |url=http://world.brentfordfc.co.uk/page/WhereAreTheyDetail/0,,10421~2349973,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214202710/http://world.brentfordfc.co.uk/page/WhereAreTheyDetail/0,,10421~2349973,00.html |archive-date=14 February 2018 |access-date=13 February 2018 |website=brentfordfc.co.uk}} As of 2020, he was director of cleaning and property business Adept London.{{Cite web |title=Meet the Team |url=https://www.adeptlondon.com/meet-the-team |access-date=4 May 2022 |website=Adept London |language=en}}

Trivia

Boxall was hired as a body double for Kuno Becker's legs in close-up dribbling sequences in the 2005 film Goal!.{{Cite web |last=Hurrey |first=Adam |title=Why can't films get football right? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/3210891/2022/03/27/why-cant-films-get-football-right/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=24 April 2024 |website=The Athletic |language=en}}

Career statistics

{{Expand section|* Dublin City, 2004–2005|date=October 2017}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

! rowspan="2" |Club

! rowspan="2" |Season

! colspan="3" |League

! colspan="2" |National cup

! colspan="2" |League cup

! colspan="2" |Other

! colspan="2" |Total

Division

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

rowspan="4" |Crystal Palace

|1995–96{{Cite web |title=Danny Boxall – League appearances. – Crystal Palace FC |url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football/crystal-palace-fc/danny-boxall-5809/league-appearances_a13123/ |access-date=20 October 2017 |website=Sporting Heroes}}

|First Division

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|1

|0

1996–97{{Soccerbase season|id=871|season=1996|accessdate=20 October 2017}}

|First Division

|6

|0

|0

|0

|1

|0

|0

|0

|7

|0

1997–98{{Soccerbase season|id=871|season=1997|accessdate=20 October 2017}}

|Premier League

|1

|0

| colspan="2" |—

|1

|0

| colspan="2" |—

|2

|0

colspan="2" |Total

!8

!0

!0

!0

!2

!0

!0

!0

!10

!0

Oldham Athletic (loan)

|1997–98

|Second Division

|17

|0

|0

|0

| colspan="2" |—

|1{{efn|name=FLT|Appearances in Football League Trophy}}

|0

|18

|0

rowspan="4" |Brentford

|1998–99{{Soccerbase season|id=871|season=1998|accessdate=20 October 2017}}

|Third Division

|38

|1

|2

|0

|4

|0

|2{{efn|name=FLT}}

|0

|46

|1

1999–00{{Soccerbase season|id=871|season=1999|accessdate=20 October 2017}}

|Second Division

|25

|0

|2

|0

|2

|0

|3{{efn|name=FLT}}

|0

|32

|0

2001–02{{Soccerbase season|id=871|season=2001|accessdate=20 October 2017}}

|Second Division

|5

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|1{{efn|Appearance in Second Division play-offs}}

|0

|6

|0

colspan="2" |Total

!68

!1

!4

!0

!6

!0

!6

!0

!84

!1

rowspan="3" |Bristol Rovers

|2002–03{{Soccerbase season|id=871|season=2002|accessdate=20 October 2017}}

|Third Division

|39

|0

|4

|0

|1

|0

|1{{efn|name=FLT}}

|0

|45

|0

2003–04{{Soccerbase season|id=871|season=2003|accessdate=20 October 2017}}

|Third Division

|24

|0

|0

|0

|1

|0

|1{{efn|name=FLT}}

|0

|26

|0

colspan="2" |Total

!63

!0

!4

!0

!2

!0

!2

!0

!71

!0

rowspan="3" |Carshalton Athletic

|2005–06{{Cite web |title=Conference South guide – Carshalton Athletic |url=http://www.confsouth.co.uk/carshalton.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615164508/http://www.confsouth.co.uk/carshalton.htm |archive-date=15 June 2006 |access-date=18 December 2017}}

|Conference South

|5

|0

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|5

|0

2006–07{{Cite web |title=All Competitions : Player's Appearances – Boxall Danny |url=http://football.mitoo.co.uk/PlayersHistory2.cfm?PI=106457&LeagueCode=ISTH2006 |access-date=20 October 2017 |website=Football.mitoo}}

|Isthmian League Premier Division

|6

|0

|0

|0

| colspan="2" |—

|0

|0

|6

|0

colspan="2" |Total

!11

!0

!0

!0

! colspan="2" |—

!0

!0

!11

!0

rowspan="3" |Whyteleafe

|2006–07

|Isthmian League First Division South

|18

|0

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|0

|0

|18

|0

2007–08{{Cite web |title=All Competitions : Player's Appearances – Boxall Daniel James |url=http://football.mitoo.co.uk/PlayersHistory2.cfm?PI=128396&LeagueCode=ISTH2007 |access-date=20 October 2017 |website=Football.mitoo}}

|Isthmian League First Division South

|30

|0

|0

|0

| colspan="2" |—

|2{{efn|Appearances in Isthmian League Cup}}

|0

|32

|0

colspan="2" |Total

!48

!0

!0

!0

! colspan="2" |—

!2

!0

!50

!0

Hampton & Richmond Borough

|2008–09{{Cite web |title=Blue Square Conference South guide – Hampton and Richmond Borough |url=http://www.confsouth.co.uk/hamptonrichmond.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090525043706/http://www.confsouth.co.uk/hamptonrichmond.htm |archive-date=25 May 2009 |access-date=4 January 2018}}

|Conference South

|1

|0

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|1

|0

Croydon Athletic

|2008–09{{Cite web |title=All Competitions : Player's Appearances – Boxall Danny |url=http://football.mitoo.co.uk/PlayersHistory2.cfm?PI=239527&LeagueCode=ISTH2008 |access-date=20 October 2017 |website=Football.mitoo}}

|Isthmian League First Division South

|16

|0

|0

|0

| colspan="2" |—

|0

|0

|16

|0

colspan="3" |Career total

!232

!1

!8

!0

!8

!0

!10

!0

!258

!1

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Honours

Brentford

References

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Category:1977 births

Category:Living people

Category:Footballers from the London Borough of Croydon

Category:People from Croydon

Category:English men's footballers

Category:Republic of Ireland men's under-21 international footballers

Category:Crystal Palace F.C. players

Category:Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players

Category:Brentford F.C. players

Category:Bristol Rovers F.C. players

Category:Whyteleafe F.C. players

Category:Croydon Athletic F.C. players

Category:English Football League players

Category:Premier League players

Category:English male models

Category:Men's association football fullbacks

Category:Hampton & Richmond Borough F.C. players

Category:Models from the London Borough of Croydon