Danny Boxall

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Danny Boxall
Personal information
Full name Daniel James Boxall [1]
Date of birth (1977-08-24) 24 August 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Croydon, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [2]
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
–1987 Selsdon Junior
1987–1991 Tottenham Hotspur
1991–1995 Crystal Palace
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1995–1998 Crystal Palace 8 (0)
1997 → Oldham Athletic (loan) 5 (0)
1998 → Oldham Athletic (loan) 12 (0)
1998–2002 Brentford 68 (1)
2002–2004 Bristol Rovers 63 (0)
2004–2005 Dublin City
2006 Carshalton Athletic 6 (0)
2006–2008 Whyteleafe 48 (0)
2008 Hampton & Richmond Borough 1 (0)
2008 Croydon Athletic 16 (0)
International career
1998–1999 Republic of Ireland U21 8 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

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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. [3] [4] [5] 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. [6] [7] Having been hampered by an anterior cruciate ligament injury suffered during his time at Selhurst Park, [8] Boxall was released by Crystal Palace in June 1998 and joined newly-relegated Third Division club Brentford on a free transfer. [3] [9] He made 46 appearances and scored one goal during the Bees' Third Division-title winning 1998–99 season. [10] [11]

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. [3] [12] 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. [3] [13] After putting off a decision to retire, [8] Boxall played his subsequent career in the League of Ireland and English non-League football,[ citation needed ] before retiring due to injury in 2008. [14]

International career

Owing to an Irish grandmother from Wexford, [8] Boxall qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland at international level and he won eight U21 caps in 1998 and 1999. [15]

Personal life

Boxall was born at Mayday Hospital and attended Holy Trinity Church of England Junior School and Stanley Park High School in Wallington. [16] [17] [18] He has four older brothers and an older sister. [16] Boxall has worked as a male model and has run cleaning, construction and physiotherapy businesses. [19] As of 2020, he was director of cleaning and property business Adept London. [20]

Trivia

Boxall was hired as a body double for Kuno Becker's legs in close-up dribbling sequences in the 2005 film Goal! . [21]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Crystal Palace 1995–96 [4] First Division 1000000010
1996–97 [5] First Division6000100070
1997–98 [7] Premier League 10—10—20
Total80002000100
Oldham Athletic (loan) 1997–98 [7] Second Division 17000—1 [a] 0180
Brentford 1998–99 [10] Third Division 38120402 [a] 0461
1999–00 [22] Second Division25020203 [a] 0320
2001–02 [12] Second Division5000001 [b] 060
Total681406060841
Bristol Rovers 2002–03 [23] Third Division39040101 [a] 0450
2003–04 [24] Third Division24000101 [a] 0260
Total630402020710
Carshalton Athletic 2005–06 [25] Conference South 50———50
2006–07 [26] Isthmian League Premier Division6000—0060
Total11000—00110
Whyteleafe 2006–07 [26] Isthmian League First Division South180——00180
2007–08 [27] Isthmian League First Division South30000—2 [c] 0320
Total48000—20500
Hampton & Richmond Borough 2008–09 [28] Conference South10———10
Croydon Athletic 2008–09 [29] Isthmian League First Division South16000—00160
Career total232180801002581

Honours

Brentford

References

  1. ↑ "Danny Boxall". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "Portfolio for Danny Boxall in 'men'". Elliott Brown Agency – Commercial Model Agency. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Yore Publications. p. 25. ISBN   0-9552949-1-6. OCLC   316718484.
  4. 1 2 "Danny Boxall – League appearances. – Crystal Palace FC". Sporting Heroes. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Games played by Danny Boxall in 1996/1997". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  6. ↑ Crystal Palace F.C. at the Football Club History Database
  7. 1 2 3 "Games played by Danny Boxall in 1997/1998". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  8. 1 2 3 Dollery, Paul (26 December 2021). "A former Ireland U21 international's journey from Crystal Palace to a movie role at the Bernabeu". The42. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  9. ↑ "Premier and Football League transfers". www.11v11.com. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  10. 1 2 3 "Games played by Danny Boxall in 1998/1999". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  11. 1 2 Brentford F.C. at the Football Club History Database
  12. 1 2 "Games played by Danny Boxall in 2001/2002". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  13. ↑ Danny Boxall at Soccerbase
  14. ↑ O'Hara, Paul. "The All-Time Premier League XI Of Irish Players You Forgot Existed". Balls.ie. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  15. ↑ "Danny Boxall". 11v11.com. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  16. 1 2 MacInnes, Keith. "Mr January: Danny Boxall". Brentford Football Club. Archived from the original on 14 June 2002. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  17. ↑ "Sutton Primary Schools' Boys Football Squad". Sutton SSP. Archived from the original on 21 October 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  18. ↑ "Old Palace Lodge No.7173". www.oldpalace.org.uk. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  19. ↑ "Where Are They Now?". brentfordfc.co.uk. 1 July 2011. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  20. ↑ "Meet the Team". Adept London. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  21. ↑ Hurrey, Adam. "Why can't films get football right?" . The Athletic. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  22. ↑ "Games played by Danny Boxall in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  23. ↑ "Games played by Danny Boxall in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  24. ↑ "Games played by Danny Boxall in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  25. ↑ "Conference South guide – Carshalton Athletic". Archived from the original on 15 June 2006. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  26. 1 2 "All Competitions : Player's Appearances – Boxall Danny". Football.mitoo. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  27. ↑ "All Competitions : Player's Appearances – Boxall Daniel James". Football.mitoo. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  28. ↑ "Blue Square Conference South guide – Hampton and Richmond Borough". Archived from the original on 25 May 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  29. ↑ "All Competitions : Player's Appearances – Boxall Danny". Football.mitoo. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
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