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| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Daniel James Sleath | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 14 December 1986 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Matlock, England | |||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Mansfield Town | 14 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2006 | → Gresley Rovers (loan) | |||||||||||||
| 2007 | → Alfreton Town (loan) | |||||||||||||
| 2007 | → Boston United (loan) | |||||||||||||
| 2008 | → Gainsborough Trinity (loan) | |||||||||||||
| 2008 | Eastwood Town | |||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Ilkeston Town | |||||||||||||
| 2009–2012 | Boston United | |||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Nuneaton Town | 70 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Tamworth | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13:49, 31 August 2014 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||
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.
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. [1] During the 2006–07 season, Sleath was loaned out to Northern Premier League side Gresley Rovers, [2] and later Conference North side Alfreton Town, [3] 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, [4] and was offered a new contract in May 2007. [5] He joined Boston United on loan in November 2007, [6] and then Gainsborough Trinity on loan in March 2008 until the end of the 2007–08 season. [7] He was released by Mansfield at the end of the 2007–08 season. [8]
After his release by Mansfield, he decided to pursue a career outside full-time professional football and enrolled at Loughborough University. [9] He played for Northern Premier League Premier Division club Eastwood Town in September 2008. [9] [10]
He spent the second half of the season with Ilkeston Town helping the club earn promotion. [11]
In July 2009, Sleath signed for Boston United, [11] and helped them to their best run of results for 23 years during the 2009–10 season, [12] as Boston won the Northern Premier League Challenge Cup and promotion. [13] [14] He also played in the final of the 2011 Summer Universiade for Great Britain during his time with Boston United.
In June 2012 he joined Nuneaton Town. [15]
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. [16]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other [Note 1] | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Mansfield Town | 2006–07 | League Two | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 2007–08 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Mansfield Town total | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Eastwood Town | 2008–09 | Northern Premier Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ilkeston Town | 2008–09 | Northern Premier Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Boston United | 2009–10 | Northern Premier Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010–11 | Conference North | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Boston United total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nuneaton Town | 2012–13 | Conference National | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | |
| 2013–14 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 41 | 1 | |||
| Nuneaton Town total | 70 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 72 | 2 | |||
| Tamworth | 2014–15 | Conference North | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
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.