John Danby (born 20 September 1983) is an English

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who plays as a

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for Flint Mountain. Danby played for much of his career at Chester City, and the subsequent phoenix club Chester, although he has also played for Kidderminster Harriers,

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, Bradford Park Avenue and Connah's Quay Nomads.

Career

Born in Stoke, Danby spent five seasons with Kidderminster Harriers before signing for Chester City in 2006. Danby's time with Kidderminster saw them relegated out of

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in 2004–05 but he established himself as a promising young goalkeeper. He went on to enjoy a successful 2006–07 season with Chester and was named the club's player of the season. Despite the signing of the experienced Gavin Ward, Danby was selected in goal for Chester's opening game of the 2007–08 season against Chesterfield. In two full seasons he did not miss any of Chester's competitive first–team matches, although he went off injured in a

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tie against

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in September 2007 and in a league match against Darlington in March 2008. On 12 August 2009, Danby made his 128th consecutive start for Chester in

at Barnet, to break a record set more than 40 years earlier by

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. But his hopes of completing a third successive season without missing a match were ended after he injured his shoulder at

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on 4 April 2009 and was ruled out for the remainder of the campaign. Therefore, Chester brought in James Spencer in on loan. Following the expulsion of Chester City from the Conference in February 2010, he joined Eastwood Town in March 2010. He later rejoined the phoenix club Chester on 9 June 2011 despite reported interest from three

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sides. John became first choice goalkeeper in two consecutive Chester championships in Northern Premier League and

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. He started the third season as number one but fell out of favour midway through the campaign after manager Neil Young left the club. Later, Danby, whose contract was part-time, had been unable to train with the squad following the switch to daytime training for the 2014–15 season owing to his personal training business. In September 2014 he joined Bradford Park Avenue.

Career honours

Chester City *Player of the Season: 2006–07. *Club record: Most consecutive Football League starts (133) Chester FC *Non-League goalkeeper of the year 2011–12 * Northern Premier League Winners 2011–12 * Peter Swales Shield Winners 2012 *

Winners 2012–13 Connah's Quay Nomads *

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Team of the Year: 2016–17, 2017–18

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Danby, John 1983 births Living people Footballers from Stoke-on-Trent English footballers Association football goalkeepers Kidderminster Harriers F.C. players Chester City F.C. players Eastwood Town F.C. players Chester F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Northern Premier League players Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C. players Connah's Quay Nomads F.C. players Flint Town United F.C. players