Daniel James Alcock (born 15 February 1984) is an English former professional
footballer
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who played as a
goalkeeper
In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...
.
Club career
Early career
Alcock was born in
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Newcastle-under-Lyme ( RP: , ) is a market town and the administrative centre of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England. The 2011 census population of the town was 75,082, whilst the wider borough had a population of 1 ...
,
Staffordshire
Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. It borders Cheshire to the northwest, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the southeast, the West Midlands Cou ...
, and joined
Stoke City
Stoke City Football Club is a professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, which competes in the . Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, it changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke ...
as a trainee from school. He turned professional in August 2001, but was released in May 2003 without making his first team debut for Stoke, signing for local side
Stone Dominoes and subsequently moving on to
Kidsgrove Athletic.
Barnsley
He joined Barnsley in August 2003. He was understudy to first
Saša Ilić and then
Marlon Beresford
Marlon Beresford (born 2 September 1969) is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He formerly also worked as an accountancy tutor and sports commentator after retiring from football. He is currently working for Woking FC as a ...
, but finally made his league debut on 12 April 2004 in a 3–3 draw at home to
Queens Park Rangers
Queens Park Rangers Football Club, commonly abbreviated to QPR, is a professional football club based in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England, which compete in the . After a nomadic early existence, they have played home matches at Loftus Ro ...
, replacing the injured Beresford midway through the first half. That was his only first team appearance for Barnsley and he was released at the end of the season.
Accrington Stanley
He joined
Accrington Stanley
Accrington Stanley Football Club is a professional association football club based in Accrington, Lancashire, England. The club competes in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They have spent their complete history ...
in July 2004, playing five times in the Conference the following season. In the 2005–06 season, Accrington won the title and promotion to the
Football League
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, but Alcock played just once, in the 2–0 defeat away to
Kidderminster Harriers
Kidderminster Harriers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. The team compete in the National League North, at the sixth tier of the English football league system. Formed in ...
on the final day of the season as Stanley rested regular keeper
Robert Elliot. He would have played more often, in particular when a broken arm in a reserve game prevented him from replacing the injured and soon to retire Stuart Jones. He was released soon after that game
Stafford Rangers
Alcock joined
Stafford Rangers in August 2006, quickly establishing himself as Rangers' regular goalkeeper the following season. At the end of the 2007–08 season, Alcock won the fans player of the season, managers player of the season and the players' player of the season awards for his great goalkeeping, despite conceding almost 100 goals that year. Alcock stayed as the first choice goalkeeper in 2008–09, fighting off tough competition from new goalkeeper Tim Sandercombe.
Tamworth
On 18 December 2008, Alcock made the short journey to local side,
Tamworth.
Following promotion to the
Conference National
The National League, known as the Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest level of the National League System and fifth-highest of the overall English football league system. It is the highest league that is semi-profes ...
, Alcock was forced to leave the club due to university commitments. He explained he could make weekend and night games, but wouldn't be able to part take in training during the week, it is likely he will return to the
Conference North
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with a new club next season, and would continue living in the midlands area.
It was confirmed by manager
Gary Mills on 15 July 2010 that Alcock wouldn't be returning to The Lambs for the 2010–11 season.
Nuneaton Town
Alcock signed for
Nuneaton Town
Nuneaton Borough Football Club is an English football club that is based in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. The men's 1st team competes in the , the seventh tier of English football.
In 1889, Nuneaton St. Nicholas FC was the first team in Nuneaton to ...
on 5 August 2010 following a successful trial period.
Coaching career
Alcock worked as a goalkeeping coach on a part-time basis at the
Stoke City Academy from 2010 to 2018.
On 26 August 2021, Alcock was confirmed as the goalkeeping coach of the
England U20s. Alcock joined
Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest Football Club is an association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. Nottingham Forest was founded in 1865 and have been playing their home games at the City Ground, on the banks of the River Tren ...
in September 2021.
International career
Alcock played for the
England C
The England national football C team (previously known as the England National Game XI and the England Semi-Pro national team) is the football team that represents England at non-league level.
Formed in 1979 as the England Non-League team, it fe ...
team in their match against
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...
in 2007. Alcock was selected for the Team GBR squad that won the silver medal at the
2011 Summer Universiade
The 2011 Summer Universiade ( zh, c=2011年夏季世界大学生运动会, p=Èr líng yī yī Nián xiàjì shìjiè dàxuéshēng yùndònghuì), the XXVI Summer Universiade ( zh, c=第二十六届夏季世界大学生运动会, p=Dì Èrshíl ...
.
Personal life
Alcock's younger brother Adam is also a goalkeeper in non-league football.
Dominoes react to decline
Nonleaguedaily.com (25 January 2005). Their father is Barry Alcock, the former Stafford Rangers goalkeeper in the 1980s.
Career statistics
Honours
Individual
* Tamworth Player of the Year: 2009–10
References
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Alcock, Danny
1984 births
Living people
Accrington Stanley F.C. players
Barnsley F.C. players
National League (English football) players
English footballers
England men's semi-pro international footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
Kidsgrove Athletic F.C. players
Sportspeople from Newcastle-under-Lyme
Footballers from Stoke-on-Trent
Stafford Rangers F.C. players
Stoke City F.C. players
Tamworth F.C. players
Nuneaton Borough F.C. players
English Football League players
Stone Dominoes F.C. players
Stoke City F.C. non-playing staff
Universiade silver medalists for Great Britain
Universiade medalists in football
Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade
Nottingham Forest F.C. non-playing staff