Mark Danks

Mark Danks

Personal information
Full name	Mark James Danks
Date of birth	(1984-02-08) 8 February 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Warley, England
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Telford Town
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2002	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	(0)
2002–2003	Bradford City	3	(0)
2003	→ Halesowen Town (loan)	12	(3)
2003–2004	Hednesford Town	35	(13)
2004–2006	Forest Green Rovers	17	(0)
2004	→ Stafford Rangers (loan)	6	(0)
2005	→ Kettering Town (loan)	9	(0)
2005	→ Bromsgrove Rovers (loan)	7	(2)
2005–2006	→ Cirencester Town (loan)	7	(4)
2006–2008	Worcester City	50	(25)
2008–2009	Halesowen Town
2009	AFC Telford United
2009–2010	Northwich Victoria	12	(6)
2010–2011	Worcester City
2011–2012	Hednesford Town
2012	Stourbridge	1	(0)
2012	Airbus UK Broughton
2012	Redditch United
2012	Evesham United
2012–2014	Sutton Coldfield Town
2014	Halesowen Town
2014	Rushall Olympic
2014	AFC Bridgnorth
2014	Lye Town
2014	Hednesford Town
2014–2015	Chasetown
2015	Sutton Coldfield Town
2015	→ Boldmere St. Michaels (loan)
2015–2016	Tividale
2016	Romulus
2016–2017	Lye Town
2017–2018	Worcester City
2018	→ Worcester Raiders (dual registration)
2018–	Stourport Swifts
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:39, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

Mark James Danks (born 8 February 1984) is an English footballer currently with Telford Town

He had previous professional experience with Bradford City in the 2002–03 season and won the FA Trophy with Hednesford Town in the 2003–04 season and also won the Conference League Cup with A.F.C. Telford United in the 2008–09 season.

Career

Football League

Danks began his career at Wolverhampton Wanderers, where he played for England U15 and U16, before joining Bradford City for a season in August 2002. Although restricted to four substitute appearances he scored his first goal in senior football in an FA Cup match against West Bromwich Albion, which Bradford lost 3–1. ^[1]

Non-League career

He went to Halesowen Town of the Southern League Premier Division on a month loan in March 2003 where he scored on his debut at Ilkeston Town. ^[2] He was released by Bradford City at the end of the 2002–03 season. ^[3]

Danks joined Hednesford Town in July 2003 and went on to win the FA Trophy with them in 2004. ^[4] He joined Conference National club Forest Green Rovers in August 2004, ^[5] where he did not have the best of times, going out on loan for a month to Stafford Rangers in September 2004, ^[6] on loan to Kettering Town in the Conference North in March 2005, ^[7] on loan for two months to Bromsgrove Rovers in September 2005 and on loan for a month to Cirencester Town in December 2005. ^{[8] [9]}

He joined Worcester City on a non-contract basis and then signed a contract until the end of the 2007–08 season in March 2006. ^[10]

In May 2008, Danks joined Halesowen Town. ^[11]

In February 2009, Danks joined Conference North side Telford United on a contract until the end of the season. ^[12] He scored a penalty in the Conference League Cup final against his former club, Forest Green, as Telford won the final 3–0 on penalties. ^{[13] [14]}

In June 2010 Danks re-signed for Conference North club Worcester City from Northwich Victoria. ^[15]

On 18 June 2011 Danks rejoined Hednesford Town for the 2011–12 season. ^[16] In January 2012 he joined Stourbridge on a non-contract basis, ^{[17] [18]} then Airbus UK Broughton later that month. ^[19]

During the summer of 2012 he moved to Redditch United, ^[20] being released in October, ^[21] followed by an even shorter spell with Evesham United until November 2012. ^[22] Also in November 2012 he joined Sutton Coldfield Town, scoring four times on his debut for Sutton Coldfield in a Doodson Sports Cup game against Loughborough Dynamo, and then scored the winning goal on his league debut on 1 December 2012 against Carlton Town. ^{[23] [24]}

In March 2014, he joined Halesowen Town, ^[25] extending the deal in May 2014 to be committed for the 2014–15 campaign. ^[26]

However, following a preseason game between Tamworth and Rushall Olympic on 2 August 2014, he signed for the latter. ^[27] Following appearances for AFC Bridgnorth, ^[28] Lye Town, ^[29] and Hednesford Town for the third time, ^{[30] [31] [32]} all during the autumn of 2014, and finally joined Chasetown in December 2014. ^[33] In February 2015, he switched back to Sutton Coldfield Town for the remainder of the season, ^[34] although he has a loan spell at Boldmere St. Michaels in March 2015. ^[35] In May 2015, he agreed terms with The Royals to stay on for another season. ^[36]

Only weeks into the 2015–16 season he moved to Tividale of the Northern Premier League Division One South. ^[37] He left in February 2016 to join Romulus, ^[38] and in October 2016 he rejoined Lye Town. ^[39] He returned to Worcester City once more in July 2017, after a pre-season stint with Midland League Premier Division rivals Boldmere St. Michaels. ^[40] In February 2018, he joined Worcester Raiders of the West Midlands (Regional) League Division One on dual registration terms, in order to gain match fitness. ^[41] They reside in the 11th tier of the English football pyramid.

In June 2018, City manager John Snape revealed that Danks had turned down an offer to commit himself to them for the upcoming season, and instead moved to Black Country Rangers of West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division. ^[42] He eventually opted out of the deal to take the role as a player-assistant manager at City's league rivals Stourport Swifts. ^[43]

In February 2024 Danks joined West Midlands Regional League side Telford Town.

Honours

Club

Hednesford Town

• FA Trophy: 2003-04

AFC Telford United

• Conference League Cup: 2008–09 ^[14]

Individual

• 2009–10 FA Cup Player of the Round: First Qualifying Round

References

1. "West Brom see off Bradford". BBC Sport. 4 January 2003. Retrieved 22 July 2007.
2. "Yeltz borrow Danks". Non League Daily. 3 March 2003. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 22 July 2007.
3. "Six leave Bradford". BBC Sport. 1 May 2003. Retrieved 22 July 2007.
4. "Forest Green cast eye over Danks". Non League Daily. 6 August 2004. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 22 July 2007.
5. "Harris pounces for two". Non League Daily. 12 August 2004. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 22 July 2007.
6. "Rangers bring in Dank on-loan". Non League Daily. 28 September 2004. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 22 July 2007.
7. "Poppies get their man". Non League Daily. 4 March 2005. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 22 July 2007.
8. "Rovers hand Danks a chance". Non League Daily. 19 September 2005. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 22 July 2007.
9. "Danks loaned out once more". Non League Daily. 10 December 2005. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 22 July 2007.
10. "Danks commits future to City". Non League Daily. 22 March 2006. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 22 July 2007.
11. Shelton, Greg (28 May 2008). "Danks deal done". Halesowen News. Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2008.
12. Hudson, Chris (7 February 2009). "Strike ace Danks joins Bucks". The Shropshire Star. Retrieved 8 February 2009.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
13. "Conference League Cup results 2008/09". BBC Sport. 9 April 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
14. "Setanta Shield: Forest Green 0 AFC Telford Utd 0 (Telford win 3-0 on pens)". Stroud News & Journal. 10 April 2009. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
15. "Danks Returns to City". Worcester News. 8 June 2010. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
16. "Danks off to Hednesford". Worcester News. 7 July 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
17. "Danks on the Move Again". Pitch Hero: Non League. 17 January 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
18. "Two strikers turn down Rangers move". Express & Star. 13 January 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
19. "Neville Thompson seals Rangers exit". Express & Star. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
20. "Summer Moves (Part Five)". Pitch Hero. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
21. "Redhead feels the pressure". Bournemouth Echo. 11 October 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
22. "Hungerford Town Away Today". Evesham United F.C. 10 November 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
23. "Result: Sutton Coldfield Town 4 Loughborough Dynamo 2". Pitch Hero: Sutton Coldfield FC. 27 November 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
24. "Wrens on wrong end of repeat beating by Sutton Coldfield". Nottingham Post. 17 December 2012. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
25. "Royals boss ships out four players". Royal Sutton Coldfield Observer. 21 March 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
26. "Haseley and Danks sign new Yeltz deals". Halesown News. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
27. "Danks signs on the dotted line". Pitch Hero: Rushall Olympic FC. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
28. "Lawley hat-trick rescues Khalsa". Sunday Mercury. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
29. "Danks' brace helps Lye Town to victory". Sunday Mercury. 19 October 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
30. "Lye return to winning ways". Worcester News. 11 December 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
31. "Hednesford boss ready to shake things up". Cannock Mercury. 8 December 2014. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
32. "Mark Danks Player Profile". Hednesford Town F.C. Statistics Site. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
33. "Saturday's Transfer List". Pitch Hero. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
34. "Saturday's Transfer List". Pitch Hero. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
35. "Boldmere St Michaels freshen things up to arrest slump". Royal Sutton Coldfield Observer. 6 March 2015. Archived from the original on 19 August 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
36. "Former Tamworth FC hero joins Sutton Coldfield Town". Royal Sutton Coldfield Observer. 22 May 2015. Archived from the original on 27 July 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
37. "Ten-man Gresley turn the tables on Tividale". Burton Mail. 7 September 2015. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
38. "Last-gasp leveller leaves Dale adrift". Stourbridge News. 9 February 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
39. "Lively Lye Town climb the table to second after win at Walsall Wood". Stourbridge News. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
40. "Worcester City swoop to sign striker Mark Danks for third spell". Worcester News. 19 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
41. "City striker Mark Danks to dual register with Worcester Raiders". Worcester News. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
42. "Worcester City: Mark Danks to depart for Black Country Rangers". Worcester News. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
43. "Worcester City: Jordan Harrison signs from Cradley Town". Worcester News. 8 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.

External links

• Mark Danks at Soccerbase
• Mark Danks 2002–03 stats, SoccerFactsUK.
• Mark Danks 2003–04 stats, SoccerFactsUK.
• Mark Danks 2004–05 stats, SoccerFactsUK.
• Mark Danks 2005–06 stats, SoccerFactsUK.
• Mark Danks 2006–07 stats, SoccerFactsUK.
• Mark Danks 2007–08 stats, SoccerFactsUK.