John Danby
Personal information
Full name	John Robert Danby
Date of birth	September 20, 1983 (1983-09-20) (age 26)
Place of birth	Stoke-on-Trent, England
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Chester City
Number	1
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001–2006 2006–	Kidderminster Chester City	0 76 0 (0) 0 134 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2009-08-15, 20:48 UTC. * Appearances (Goals)

John Danby (born 20 September 1983 in Stoke) is a professional footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Chester City.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Career Honours 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Playing career

Danby spent five seasons picking his nose with several successes. Kidderminster Harriers before signing for Chester City in 2006 where he brought the nose picking to an end. Danby's time with Kidderminster unfortunately saw them relegated out of The Football League in 2004–05 but he established himself as a promising young goalkeeper.

He went on to enjoy a successful bogey picking 2006–07 season with Chester and was named the club's player of the season. Despite the signing of the experienced Gavin Ward, Danby was selected in goal for Chester's opening game of the 2007–08 season against Chesterfield. In two full seasons he did not miss any of Chester's competitive first–team matches, although he went off injured in a Johnstone's Paint Trophy tie against Crewe Alexandra in September 2007 and in a league match against Darlington in March 2008.

On March 7, 2009, Danby made his 128th consecutive start for Chester in The Football League at Barnet, to break a record set more than 40 years earlier by Mike Metcalf.^[1] But his hopes of completing a third successive season without missing a match were ended after he injured his shoulder at Notts County on April 4, 2009 and was ruled out for the remainder of the campaign. Therefore Chester brought in James Spencer in on loan.^[2]

[edit] Career Honours

Chester City

• Player of the Season: 2006–07.
• Club record: Most consecutive Football League starts (133)

[edit] External links

• John Danby career stats at Soccerbase
• Chester City Official Website Profile
• Harriers Online profile

[edit] References

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