Danny Sleath (born 14 December 1986, in Matlock) is an English

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who most recently played for

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side Tamworth, where he played as a

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Playing career

Mansfield Town

Born in

Matlock, Derbyshire Matlock is the county town of Derbyshire, England. It is situated in the south-eastern part of the Peak District, with the National Park directly to the west. The town is twinned with the French town of Eaubonne. The former spa resort of Matloc ...

, Sleath is a graduate of the

Mansfield Town Mansfield Town Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in the town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Stags', they ...

youth academy and signed his first professional contract in the summer of 2006. During the 2006–07 season, Sleath was loaned out to

Northern Premier League The Northern Premier League is an English football league that was founded in 1968. It has four divisions: the Premier Division (which stands at level 7 of the English football league system), Division One East, Division One West and Divisio ...

side Gresley Rovers, and later

side

Alfreton Town Alfreton Town Football Club is a football club based in Alfreton, Derbyshire, England. The club are currently members of and play at North Street. History The club was formed in 1959 following the merger of Alfreton Miners Welfare and Alfr ...

, to get first-team experience. After being recalled to his parent club, he made his first-team debut for Mansfield against

Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...

in March 2007, and was offered a new contract in May 2007. He joined

Boston United Boston United Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. The club participates in the National League North, at the sixth tier of the English football league system. The club is known ...

on loan in November 2007, and then

Gainsborough Trinity Gainsborough Trinity Football Club is a football club based in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England. Established in 1873, the club became members of the Football League in 1893 and remained members of the Second Division until 1912, making Gainsbo ...

on loan in March 2008 until the end of the 2007–08 season. He was released by Mansfield at the end of the 2007–08 season.

Eastwood Town

After his release by Mansfield, he decided to pursue a career outside full-time professional football and enrolled at

Loughborough University Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for post-nominals) is a public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university since 1966, but it dates back to 1909, when L ...

. He played for

Premier Division club

Eastwood Town Eastwood Town Football Club was an English football club based in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire. The club last participated in the Northern Premier League Division One South, the eighth tier of English football. A new club, Eastwood C.F.C., was f ...

in September 2008.

Ilkeston Town

He spent the second half of the season with Ilkeston Town helping the club earn promotion.

Boston United

In July 2009, Sleath signed for

, and helped them to their best run of results for 23 years during the 2009–10 season, as Boston won the

Northern Premier League Challenge Cup The Northern Premier League is an English football league that was founded in 1968. It has four divisions: the Premier Division (which stands at level 7 of the English football league system), Division One East, Division One West and Division ...

and promotion. He also played in the final of 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 ...

for Great Britain during his time with Boston United.

Nuneaton Town

In June 2012 he joined

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 ...

Tamworth

On 9 June 2014 Sleath signed a contract with

side Tamworth, and was joined at the club on the same day by former

colleagues Kevin Thornton and

David Hibbert David John Hibbert (born 28 January 1986) is an English former footballer who played as a striker; he is now working as a coach at Stoke City. Starting his professional career with Port Vale in 2004, the following year he was signed in controve ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sleath, Danny 1986 births Living people People from Matlock, Derbyshire Footballers from Derbyshire English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Mansfield Town F.C. players Gresley Rovers F.C. players Alfreton Town F.C. players Boston United F.C. players Gainsborough Trinity F.C. players Eastwood Town F.C. players Ilkeston Town F.C. (1945) players Nuneaton Borough F.C. players Tamworth F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Alumni of Loughborough University Universiade silver medalists for Great Britain Universiade medalists in football Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade