David Mannix

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David Mannix
Personal information
Full name David Christopher Mannix [1]
Date of birth (1985-09-24) 24 September 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Winsford, England [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Liverpool
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2007 Liverpool 0 (0)
2006 → Accrington Stanley (loan) 1 (0)
2007–2008 HamKam 28 (0)
2008 Accrington Stanley 17 (0)
2008–2009 Chester City [3] 13 (2)
2010–2012 Vauxhall Motors 67 (4)
2012–2013 Colwyn Bay 31 (2)
2013–2015 Warrington Town 87 (11)
2015–2016 Rhyl 18 (0)
Total255(19)
International career
England Youth 15 (1)
Managerial career
2018–2019 Clitheroe (assistant)
2019–2021 Bangor City(assistant)
2021– Glossop North End(assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Christopher Mannix (born 24 September 1985) is an English retired footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently assistant manager and the club's academy director at Bangor City. [4]

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International career

Mannix was a youth England international at under 15/16, 17 and 20 levels and gained 15 caps in total. He scored his first international goal against Poland in a 5–0 victory on 22 November 2001. David was also part of the England team in the 2002 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship who reached the semi-final in Denmark and finished in 3rd place.

Playing career

Mannix is a product of Liverpool Football Club's Academy, and played regularly for the reserves, making over 60 appearances. Mannix was one of the youngest ever players to play for Liverpool reserves: he was 15 and was moved to train at Melwood with the first team aged 16. [5] His progress was restricted by a number of serious injuries, including an injury to his right knee in 2001. He was sent to the world-renowned Dr Richard Steadman in Colorado, America who specialises in knee surgery. [6] David returned after his lengthy 3-year injury nightmare and seen himself gain his first team squad number 'Mannix 38' and become a member of the first team squad . He enjoyed being involved in the first team squad which won the UEFA Champions league trophy in 2005 in Istanbul . David Came back to represent England at U20 level . 12 months later he suffered a broken leg whilst playing for Liverpool reserves against Newcastle united .

Under-18 Academy manager John Owens said: "At Under-15/Under-16 level David was such a shining light in central midfield. He is a very strong but gifted midfield player. But for his injuries he would be playing regularly for the reserves and making tremendous progress towards being the next Academy player through to the first team squad." [7]

In November 2006 he went on loan to Accrington Stanley, [8] but after making a promising debut and being selected in the league 2 team of the week, a slight injury picked up in the game forced him to return after less than a week after just one appearance. [9] On 24 January 2007 it was announced that his contract with Liverpool had been terminated by mutual agreement, [10] and on 29 January he signed a three-year contract with the Norwegian club Ham-Kam, [11] who play in the Adeccoligaen having been relegated from the Tippeligaen (Norwegian premier league) during the 2006 season. While at Ham-Kam, David helped the side to get promoted back to the Tippeligaen after one season.

He returned to England in January 2008, rejoining Accrington Stanley before being released at the end of the season. [12] On 25 June 2008 he joined Chester City on a two-year contract along with Accrington teammate Jay Harris. [13]

On 17 October 2008, Mannix was hospitalised with facial injuries following an incident at Chester's training ground. [14] After this incident, Mannix managed to fight his way back into the first team and played in every game for Chester from the end of January. Mannix managed to score his first professional league goal on 28 February 2009 against Dagenham and Redbridge for Chester with a header into the top right corner. Mannix's second league goal for Chester came in their 2–1 victory against Notts County on 4 April.

Following on from the end of his ban for betting he went on trial with League 2 club Morecambe and German 3rd division team Unterhaching.

In October 2010 he joined Vauxhall Motors. [15] Mannix made an important start to his career at Vauxhall Motors by scoring the only goal of the game in their 1–0 victory against Newcastle Town to help the side reach the FA Cup first round.

After a spell with Colwyn Bay, Mannix signed for Warrington Town in January 2013. [16]

In June 2015 Mannix signed for Welsh Premier League club Rhyl.

Match fixing/betting scandal

On 7 April 2009 Mannix (and four other players) was charged with breaching the FA's rules on betting. He was accused of placing a bet of approximately £,4000 on Accrington Stanley losing against Bury in the final game of the 2007/2008 season. [17] On 22 July 2009 Mannix was given a 10-month ban and fined £4,000 for these betting offences. [18]

Coaching career

Mannix went on to coaching, becoming a part of management teams across the North West and Wales, with teams such as Clitheroe, Bangor and Rylands as assistant manager and first team coach, as well as Academy Director at Bangor FC. David also had an International Football Academy based in Liverpool called 'Platinum International Football Academy'. This was dissolved in 2015. David has numerous Qualifications within football which includes FA UEFA A license & Youth

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  2. ↑ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2008). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008–09. Mainstream. ISBN   978-1-84596-324-8.
  3. ↑ All Chester City players' statistics for the 2009/10 season were expunged after Chester were expelled from the Conference National for breaking league regulations
  4. ↑ "Bangor City announce Stephen Vaughan Jr as new manager". 5 July 2019.
  5. ↑ "Mannix commits to Wire". Warrington World. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  6. ↑ David Mannix: 'I block out a lot of the memories' independent.co.uk
  7. ↑ "More info on David Mannix". Liverpool F.C. Archived from the original on 8 June 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "Mannix completes Stanley loan switch". Archived from the original on 27 October 2014.
  9. ↑ "Mannix returns to Melwood". Archived from the original on 27 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "Mannix leaves Reds". Archived from the original on 27 October 2014.
  11. ↑ "Mannix signs for Ham-Kam" (in Norwegian). Hamarkameratene. 29 January 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  12. ↑ "Stanley release 11 in clear out". BBC News. 7 May 2008.
  13. ↑ "Ex-Accrington duo pen Chester City deals". Chester Chronicle . 25 June 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2008.
  14. ↑ "City FC launch probe after injury in training". Chester Chronicle . 24 October 2007. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
  15. ↑ "Motors Chance for Mannix". Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  16. ↑ Jowett, Andy (11 January 2013). "Warrington Town sign ex-Liverpool pair Jon Newby and David Mannix". Cheshire Today. Archived from the original on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  17. ↑ "City Five players charged in League Two betting scandal". The Guardian . London. 7 April 2009. Retrieved 7 April 2009.
  18. ↑ "Chester City: Disgraced duo Jay Harris and David Mannix face the sack from the Blues". Chester Chronicle . 23 July 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
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