Danny Sleath
{{short description|English association football player}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Danny Sleath
| image = Sleath, Danny.jpg
| image_size = 200
| fullname = Daniel James Sleath
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|12|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = Matlock, England
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| position = Midfielder
| years1 = 2006–2008 | clubs1 = Mansfield Town | caps1 = 14 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2006 | clubs2 = → Gresley Rovers (loan) | caps2 = | goals2 =
| years3 = 2007 | clubs3 = → Alfreton Town (loan) | caps3 = | goals3 =
| years4 = 2007 | clubs4 = → Boston United (loan) | caps4 = | goals4 =
| years5 = 2008 | clubs5 = → Gainsborough Trinity (loan) | caps5 = | goals5 =
| years6 = 2008 | clubs6 = Eastwood Town | caps6 = | goals6 =
| years7 = 2008–2009 | clubs7 = Ilkeston Town | caps7 = | goals7 =
| years8 = 2009–2012 | clubs8 = Boston United | caps8 = | goals8 =
| years9 = 2012–2014 | clubs9 = Nuneaton Town | caps9 = 70 | goals9 = 2
| years10 = 2014–2015 | clubs10 = Tamworth | caps10 = 6 | goals10 = 0
| club-update = 13:49, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCountry| {{GBR2}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|World University Games}}
{{MedalSilver|2011 Shenzhen|Men's Team}}
}}
Danny Sleath (born 14 December 1986, in Matlock) is an English footballer who most recently played for Conference North side Tamworth, where he played as a midfielder.
Playing career
=Mansfield Town=
Born in Matlock, Derbyshire, Sleath is a graduate of the Mansfield Town youth academy and signed his first professional contract in the summer of 2006.{{cite web|title=Danny Sleath |work=Soccerbase |publisher=Racing Post |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=43761|access-date=30 March 2008}} During the 2006–07 season, Sleath was loaned out to Northern Premier League side Gresley Rovers,{{cite news|title=Rovers extend winger's loan |publisher=Non League Daily |date=11 November 2006 |url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=38465 |accessdate=30 March 2008 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604055954/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=38465 |archivedate=4 June 2012 |df=dmy }} and later Conference North side Alfreton Town,{{cite news|title=Mixed fortune for Ebdon |publisher=Non League Daily |date=8 February 2007 |url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=40318 |accessdate=30 March 2008 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604060005/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=40318 |archivedate=4 June 2012 |df=dmy }} to get first-team experience. After being recalled to his parent club, he made his first-team debut for Mansfield against Boston in March 2007,{{cite web|title=Games played by Danny Sleath in 2006/2007 |work=Soccerbase |publisher=Racing Post |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=43761&season_id=136|access-date=30 March 2008}} and was offered a new contract in May 2007.{{cite news|title=Stags offer deals to 11 players |publisher=BBC Sport |date=9 May 2007|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/mansfield_town/6640247.stm |accessdate=30 March 2008 }} He joined Boston United on loan in November 2007,{{cite news|title=Good news for Pilgrims |publisher=BBC Sport |date=23 November 2007 |url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=46484 |accessdate=30 March 2008 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604060010/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=46484 |archivedate=4 June 2012 |df=dmy }} and then Gainsborough Trinity on loan in March 2008 until the end of the 2007–08 season.{{cite news|title=Stags let five leave Field Mill |publisher=BBC Sport |date=28 March 2008|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/mansfield_town/7316551.stm |accessdate=30 March 2008 }} He was released by Mansfield at the end of the 2007–08 season.{{cite news|url=http://www.mansfieldtown.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10325~1315348,00.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120804072509/http://www.mansfieldtown.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10325~1315348,00.html |url-status=dead |archivedate=4 August 2012 |title=Sleath let go |date=19 May 2008 |publisher=Mansfield Town FC |accessdate=5 June 2008 }}
=Eastwood Town=
After his release by Mansfield, he decided to pursue a career outside full-time professional football and enrolled at Loughborough University.{{cite news|url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=52610 |title=Three 'new' badgers |date=22 September 2008 |work=Non-League Daily |publisher=International Publishing Group |accessdate=14 January 2009 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830201841/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=52610 |archivedate=30 August 2012 }} He played for Northern Premier League Premier Division club Eastwood Town in September 2008.{{cite news|url=http://www.eastwoodadvertiser.co.uk/sport/Eastwood-Town-edge-through-in.4535583.jp|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130422051036/http://www.eastwoodadvertiser.co.uk/sport/Eastwood-Town-edge-through-in.4535583.jp|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 April 2013|title=Eastwood Town edge through in FA Cup|last=Miles|first=Kev|date=27 September 2008|work=Eastwood & Kimberley Advertiser|accessdate=3 March 2009}}
=Ilkeston Town=
He spent the second half of the season with Ilkeston Town helping the club earn promotion.{{cite web |url=http://www.bufc.co.uk/Player?playerId=2769305 |title=Squad Info > First Team > Danny Sleath |publisher=Boston United Football Club |accessdate=15 May 2010 |quote=Left-sided midfield player Danny Sleath joined Boston United on a permanent basis in July 2009, having helped guide Ilkeston Town to promotion two months earlier. |archive-date=6 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706024849/http://www.bufc.co.uk/Player?playerId=2769305 |url-status=dead }}
=Boston United=
In July 2009, Sleath signed for Boston United, and helped them to their best run of results for 23 years during the 2009–10 season,{{cite web |url=http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/news/article-1917983-detail/article.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120917163924/http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/news/article-1917983-detail/article.html |url-status=dead |archivedate=17 September 2012 |title=Sleath demands Pilgrims extend winning run |publisher=Lincolnshire Echo |date=18 March 2010 |accessdate=15 May 2010 }} as Boston won the Northern Premier League Challenge Cup and promotion.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/8638202.stm |title= Boston United win Unibond League Challenge Cup final |publisher=BBC Sport |date=22 April 2010 |accessdate=15 May 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/8656395.stm |title= Boston United clinch promotion with play-off final win |publisher=BBC Sport |date=1 May 2010 |accessdate=15 May 2010}} He also played in the final of the 2011 Summer Universiade for Great Britain during his time with Boston United.
=Nuneaton Town=
=Tamworth=
On 9 June 2014 Sleath signed a contract with Conference North side Tamworth, and was joined at the club on the same day by former Nuneaton Town colleagues Kevin Thornton and David Hibbert.{{Cite web |url=http://www.tamworthherald.co.uk/Tamworth-FC-land-Nuneaton-duo/story-21207851-detail/story.html |title=Tamworth FC land Nuneaton duo |work=Tamworth Herald|date=9 June 2014 |access-date=9 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714162456/http://www.tamworthherald.co.uk/Tamworth-FC-land-Nuneaton-duo/story-21207851-detail/story.html |archive-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=dead }}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 22 May 2014.}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=40961 |title=Danny Sleath Stats |work=Soccerbase}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|OtherIncludes other competitive competitions, including the FA Trophy !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="3" valign="center"|Mansfield Town
|rowspan="2"|League Two |7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2007–08
|7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| colspan="2" | Mansfield Town total
!14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| valign="center"|Eastwood Town
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| valign="center"|Ilkeston Town
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="4" valign="center"|Boston United
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11
|rowspan="2"|Conference North |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2" | Boston United total
!0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="3" valign="center"|Nuneaton Town
|rowspan="2"|Conference National |29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | ||
| 2013–14
|41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 41 | 1 | ||
| colspan="2" | Nuneaton Town total
!70 | 2 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 72 | 2 | ||
| valign="center"|Tamworth
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| colspan="3" | Career totals
!0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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References
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External links
{{Commons category|Danny Sleath}}
- {{Soccerbase}}
{{Tamworth F.C. squad}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Matlock, Derbyshire
Category:Footballers from Derbyshire
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Mansfield Town F.C. players
Category:Gresley Rovers F.C. players
Category:Alfreton Town F.C. players
Category:Boston United F.C. players
Category:Gainsborough Trinity F.C. players
Category:Eastwood Town F.C. players
Category:Ilkeston Town F.C. (1945) players
Category:Nuneaton Town F.C. players
Category:Tamworth F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:National League (English football) players
Category:Alumni of Loughborough University
Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for Great Britain
Category:Summer World University Games medalists in football