Danny Stephen Bailey (born 21 May 1964) is an English retired professional

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Early career

He began his career as an apprentice with

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, turning professional and making his league debut in the 1980–81 season. After only one further league appearance for Bournemouth, he dropped out of league football, joining

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. He later joined Walthamstow Avenue, from whom he joined

Torquay United Torquay United Football Club is a professional football club based in Torquay, Devon, England. The team currently compete in the , the fifth tier of English football. They have played their home matches at Plainmoor since 1921 and are nicknamed ...

on a free transfer in March 1984. His only league appearance for the Gulls came during the 1983–84 season, a 2–1 defeat away to

Hartlepool United Hartlepool United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. They were founded in 1908 as Hartle ...

on 17 March.

Later career

In 1984, Bailey moved to

Grays Athletic Grays Athletic Football Club is a football club based in Grays, Essex, England. They are currently members of the and play at Parkside in nearby Aveley. History The club was established as Grays Juniors in 1890, before merging with former S ...

. He subsequently joined

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from

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and in August 1989, returned to league football with

Exeter City Exeter City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Exeter, Devon, England. The team play in , the third tier of the English football league system. Known as "the Grecians", the origin of their nickname is subject to ...

, again on a free transfer. His career took off, quickly establishing himself in the side, and after 64 league games, in which he scored two goals, he moved to

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in December 1990 for a fee of £50,000 as the first signing under new owner

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. In his first season and a half at Reading, he played 50 league games, scoring twice. However, out of the first team at the beginning of the 1992–93 season, he was loaned to

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making three league appearances. Still unable to break back into the

line-up, he returned to

on a free transfer in December 1992, and quickly re-established himself at St. James Park. In the summer of 1997, he was released after 152 further league appearances in which he scored four goals. He joined

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, beginning a journey around various non-league sides, quickly moving on to

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in the 1997 close season. He remained at Slough until the end of the 1997–98 season, scoring one goal in the

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, but was one of many players sacked during a summer that saw Slough in deep financial trouble and eventually voted out of the

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. He joined Telford United on a short-term contract on 21 August 1998, with the emphasis on the short-term. He moved to

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in September 1998, playing in the 1999

final, at which time "Non-League on the Net" reported that he was based in London, where he owned his own fitness centre. In the close-season of 1999 he was released by Forest Green, joining

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on 29 July 1999. "The Kentish Times" linked him with moves to

Basingstoke Town Basingstoke Town Football Club is a football club based in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England. The club are currently members of the and play at the Winklebury Sports Complex. Their motto, 'Vestigia Nulla Retrorsum', means 'Never a step backward' ...

in December 1999, and

Crawley Town Crawley Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Crawley, West Sussex, England. The club was founded as Crawley Football Club in 1896, changed its name to Crawley Town Football Club in 1958. The team co ...

in January 2000, however he remained at Welling and was released in the summer of 2000. In September 2000 he returned on a free transfer to play for

. In December 2000, he left Forest Green for a second time, moving to

Aylesbury United Aylesbury United Football Club is a football club based in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England. They are currently members of Division One Central of the Southern League and play at Chesham United's Meadow ground, having been evicted from their ...

, though he stayed only a few months at Aylesbury, moving to

in February 2001. He later played for

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before joining

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in March 2002. He was released at the end of the season and joined Redbridge from where he joined Weymouth in November 2002, playing regularly until the end of the season. He was without a club from August 2003 to November 2003 when he joined Chippenham Town. He later played for

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from where he joined Chesham United in December 2005, playing nine times until mid-February. He later joined

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. In March 2008 he was coach at

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Coaching career

He founded with his brother the Bailey Football Academy, which was established in East London, with the men's team "Elite" and the women's "International" team. Danny also coached MTG Turkish league team.

Honours

Individual *

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: 1989–90 Fourth Division

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bailey, Danny 1964 births Living people People from Leyton English footballers Association football midfielders AFC Bournemouth players Dagenham F.C. players Walthamstow Avenue F.C. players Torquay United F.C. players Grays Athletic F.C. players Wembley F.C. players Wealdstone F.C. players Exeter City F.C. players Reading F.C. players Fulham F.C. players Farnborough F.C. players Slough Town F.C. players Telford United F.C. players Forest Green Rovers F.C. players Welling United F.C. players Aylesbury United F.C. players Weston-super-Mare A.F.C. players Bath City F.C. players Weymouth F.C. players Chippenham Town F.C. players Stansted F.C. players Chesham United F.C. players Ware F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Redbridge F.C. players