Full name Daniel Brian Simmonds Playing position Team Apps | Place of birth Eastbourne, England Years Team Position Midfielder | |
Date of birth (1974-12-17) 17 December 1974 (age 42) | ||
Daniel Brian "Danny" Simmonds (born 17 December 1974) is an English former professional footballer. He played for Brighton & Hove Albion in the Football League, before playing non-league football for various clubs.
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Career
Simmonds played youth football for Langney Sports before signing for Brighton & Hove Albion. As a trainee he played against his former club in the 1992 Sussex Senior Cup final, before playing 18 times for Albion's first team in the Football League.
He then moved on to play non-league football for Hastings United and won the Southern League Division One East title with the club in 2001–02. In 2003, he was reunited with his former Hastings boss, Garry Wilson, at Eastbourne Borough and was part of the Borough team which won the Conference South play-off before losing the North/South Conference play-off final in 2004-05. He left Eastbourne late in the 2006 season and signed for Ashford Town. In 2006, Simmonds signed for Eastbourne Town. Here he was part of the championship winning team which gained promotion from the Sussex County League to the Isthmian League in 2006-07. In 2011 he signed for Rye United, before returning to Eastbourne Town as assistant manager for a short period. In 2012 he briefly resumed his playing career by signing for Eastbourne United Association.
Honours
Hastings United (1995–2003)
Eastbourne Borough (2003–2006)
Eastbourne Town (2006–2011)