{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}} {{Use British English|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Danny Simmonds | image = | fullname = Daniel Brian Simmonds<ref name="Barry Hugman's Footballers - Danny Simmonds">{{Hugman|17999|accessdate=22 March 2016}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|12|17|df=y}} | birth_place = Eastbourne, England | height = | position = Midfielder | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Langney Sports | youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = Brighton & Hove Albion | years1 = 1993–1995 | clubs1 = Brighton & Hove Albion | caps1 = 23 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 1995–2003 | clubs2 = Hastings United | caps2 = 373 | goals2 = 88 | years3 = 2003–2006 | clubs3 = Eastbourne Borough | caps3 = 128 | goals3 = 9 | years4 = 2006 | clubs4 = Ashford Town (Kent) | caps4 = 8 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2006–2011 | clubs5 = Eastbourne Town | caps5 = 158 | goals5 = 22 | years6 = 2011 | clubs6 = Rye United | caps6 = | goals6 = | years7 = 2012–2013 | clubs7 = Eastbourne United Association | caps7 = | goals7 = | manageryears1 = 2011–2012 | managerclubs1 = Eastbourne Town (assistant) | club-update = 17:02, 22 March 2016 (UTC) }}
'''Daniel Brian 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.
==Career==
Simmonds played youth football for Langney Sports before signing for Brighton & Hove Albion.<ref name="Hole's moment of agony in great Goldstone fight">{{cite web |title=Hole's moment of agony in great Goldstone fight |url=http://www.langneysports.co.uk/SSC_Final_report.pdf |first=Ken |last=McEwan |newspaper=Eastbourne Herald |date=May 1992 |access-date=2016-04-04 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031212220844/http://www.langneysports.co.uk/SSC_Final_report.pdf |archive-date=2003-12-12}}</ref> As a trainee he played against his former club in the 1992 Sussex Senior Cup final,<ref name="Hole's moment of agony in great Goldstone fight" /> before playing 18 times for Albion's first team in the Football League.<ref name="Barry Hugman's Footballers - Danny Simmonds" />
He then moved on to play non-league football for Hastings United<ref name="United duo linked with Borough switch">{{cite news | title = United Duo linked with Borough switch | url = http://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/sport/united-duo-linked-with-borough-switch-1-1453009 | publisher = Hastings and St. Leonards Observer | access-date = 2016-03-22}}</ref> 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.<ref name="United duo linked with Borough switch" /><ref name="Borough suffer stage fright">{{cite news |title=Borough suffer stage fright |url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/6704611.Football__Borough_suffer_stage_fright/ |publisher=The Argus |date=2005-05-16 |access-date=2016-04-04}}</ref> He left Eastbourne late in the 2006 season and signed for Ashford Town (Kent).<ref name="Latest News: Tuesday 21 March 2006">{{cite web|title=Latest News: Tuesday 21 March 2006 |url=http://www.eastbourneboroughfc.co.uk/html/latest_news.html |publisher=Eastbourne Borough F.C. (Archived) |date=2006-05-02 |access-date=2016-03-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060502141707/http://www.eastbourneboroughfc.co.uk/html/latest_news.html |archive-date=2 May 2006 }}</ref><ref name="Ashford sign two to stave off relegation">{{cite news | title = Ashford sign two to stave off relegation | url = http://kentishfootball.co.uk/news/ashfordsigntwotostaveoffrelegation | publisher = Kentish Football | date = 2006-03-23 | access-date = 2016-03-22}}</ref> In 2006, Simmonds signed for Eastbourne Town.<ref name="Town snap up Borough star Simmonds">{{cite news | title = Town snap up Borough star Simmonds | url = http://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/news/town-snap-up-borough-star-simmonds-1-1406008 | publisher = Eastbourne Herald | date = 2006-07-27 | access-date = 2016-03-22}}</ref> Here he was part of the championship winning team which gained promotion from the Sussex County League to the Isthmian League in 2006–07.<ref name="Eastbourne Town clinch title">{{cite news |title=Eastbourne Town clinch title |url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/1381467.Eastbourne_Town_clinch_title/ |first=Howard |last=Griggs |newspaper=The Argus |date=2007-05-08 |access-date=2016-04-04}}</ref> In 2011, he signed for Rye United,<ref name="Summer Moves (Part Eleven)">{{cite news | title = Summer Moves (Part Eleven) | url = http://nonleague.pitchero.com/news/summer-moves-part-eleven-5999/ | publisher =Pitchero | date = 2011 | access-date = 2016-03-22}}</ref> before returning to Eastbourne Town as assistant manager for a short period.<ref name="Simmonds quits Town and resumes playing career with United">{{cite news | title = Simmonds quits town and resumes playing career with United | url = http://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/sport/football/simmonds-quits-town-and-resumes-playing-career-with-united-1-4299125 | publisher = Eastbourne Herald | date = 2012-09-25 | access-date = 2016-03-22}}</ref> In 2012, he briefly resumed his playing career by signing for Eastbourne United Association.<ref name="Simmonds quits Town and resumes playing career with United" />
==Honours==
'''Hastings United (1995–2003)''' *Sussex Senior Challenge Cup: 1995–96 *Southern League Division One East champions: 2001–02 *Southern League Cup runners-up: 1999–2000
'''Eastbourne Borough (2003–2006)''' *Conference South: play-off winners 2004–05
'''Eastbourne Town (2006–2011)''' *Sussex County League champions: 2006–07
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{hugman|17999}} *[http://www.11v11.com/players/danny-simmonds-28166/ Danny Simmonds - Association of Football Statisticians]
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