{{short description|English association football player}} {{Use British English|date=July 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Danny Sleath | image = Sleath, Danny.jpg | image_size = 200 | fullname = Daniel James Sleath | height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|12|14|df=y}} | birth_place = Matlock, England | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = Midfielder | years1 = 2006–2008 | clubs1 = Mansfield Town | caps1 = 14 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2006 | clubs2 = → Gresley Rovers (loan) | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 2007 | clubs3 = → Alfreton Town (loan) | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 2007 | clubs4 = → Boston United (loan) | caps4 = | goals4 = | years5 = 2008 | clubs5 = → Gainsborough Trinity (loan) | caps5 = | goals5 = | years6 = 2008 | clubs6 = Eastwood Town | caps6 = | goals6 = | years7 = 2008–2009 | clubs7 = Ilkeston Town | caps7 = | goals7 = | years8 = 2009–2012 | clubs8 = Boston United | caps8 = | goals8 = | years9 = 2012–2014 | clubs9 = Nuneaton Town | caps9 = 70 | goals9 = 2 | years10 = 2014–2015 | clubs10 = Tamworth | caps10 = 6 | goals10 = 0 | club-update = 13:49, 31 August 2014 (UTC) | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry| {{GBR2}} }} {{MedalCompetition|World University Games}} {{MedalSilver|2011 Shenzhen|Men's Team}} }} '''Danny Sleath''' (born 14 December 1986, in Matlock) is an English footballer who most recently played for Conference North side Tamworth, where he played as a midfielder.
==Playing career==
===Mansfield Town=== Born in Matlock, Derbyshire, Sleath is a graduate of the Mansfield Town youth academy and signed his first professional contract in the summer of 2006.<ref>{{cite web|title=Danny Sleath |work=Soccerbase |publisher=Racing Post |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=43761|access-date=30 March 2008}}</ref> During the 2006–07 season, Sleath was loaned out to Northern Premier League side Gresley Rovers,<ref>{{cite news|title=Rovers extend winger's loan |publisher=Non League Daily |date=11 November 2006 |url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=38465 |accessdate=30 March 2008 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604055954/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=38465 |archivedate=4 June 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref> and later Conference North side Alfreton Town,<ref>{{cite news|title=Mixed fortune for Ebdon |publisher=Non League Daily |date=8 February 2007 |url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=40318 |accessdate=30 March 2008 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604060005/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=40318 |archivedate=4 June 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref> to get first-team experience. After being recalled to his parent club, he made his first-team debut for Mansfield against Boston in March 2007,<ref>{{cite web|title=Games played by Danny Sleath in 2006/2007 |work=Soccerbase |publisher=Racing Post |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=43761&season_id=136|access-date=30 March 2008}}</ref> and was offered a new contract in May 2007.<ref>{{cite news|title=Stags offer deals to 11 players |publisher=BBC Sport |date=9 May 2007|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/mansfield_town/6640247.stm |access-date=30 March 2008 }}</ref> He joined Boston United on loan in November 2007,<ref>{{cite news|title=Good news for Pilgrims |publisher=BBC Sport |date=23 November 2007 |url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=46484 |accessdate=30 March 2008 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604060010/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=46484 |archivedate=4 June 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref> and then Gainsborough Trinity on loan in March 2008 until the end of the 2007–08 season.<ref>{{cite news|title=Stags let five leave Field Mill |publisher=BBC Sport |date=28 March 2008|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/mansfield_town/7316551.stm |access-date=30 March 2008 }}</ref> He was released by Mansfield at the end of the 2007–08 season.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mansfieldtown.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10325~1315348,00.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120804072509/http://www.mansfieldtown.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10325~1315348,00.html |url-status=dead |archivedate=4 August 2012 |title=Sleath let go |date=19 May 2008 |publisher=Mansfield Town FC |accessdate=5 June 2008 }}</ref>
===Eastwood Town=== After his release by Mansfield, he decided to pursue a career outside full-time professional football and enrolled at Loughborough University.<ref name="Eastwood">{{cite news|url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=52610 |title=Three 'new' badgers |date=22 September 2008 |work=Non-League Daily |publisher=International Publishing Group |accessdate=14 January 2009 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830201841/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=52610 |archivedate=30 August 2012 }}</ref> He played for Northern Premier League Premier Division club Eastwood Town in September 2008.<ref name="Eastwood" /><ref name="Eastwood Town edge through in FA Cup">{{cite news|url=http://www.eastwoodadvertiser.co.uk/sport/Eastwood-Town-edge-through-in.4535583.jp|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130422051036/http://www.eastwoodadvertiser.co.uk/sport/Eastwood-Town-edge-through-in.4535583.jp|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 April 2013|title=Eastwood Town edge through in FA Cup|last=Miles|first=Kev|date=27 September 2008|work=Eastwood & Kimberley Advertiser|accessdate=3 March 2009}}</ref>
===Ilkeston Town=== He spent the second half of the season with Ilkeston Town helping the club earn promotion.<ref name="BUFC09">{{cite web |url=http://www.bufc.co.uk/Player?playerId=2769305 |title=Squad Info > First Team > Danny Sleath |publisher=Boston United Football Club |accessdate=15 May 2010 |quote=Left-sided midfield player Danny Sleath joined Boston United on a permanent basis in July 2009, having helped guide Ilkeston Town to promotion two months earlier. |archive-date=6 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706024849/http://www.bufc.co.uk/Player?playerId=2769305 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===Boston United=== In July 2009, Sleath signed for Boston United,<ref name="BUFC09"/> and helped them to their best run of results for 23 years during the 2009–10 season,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/news/article-1917983-detail/article.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120917163924/http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/news/article-1917983-detail/article.html |url-status=dead |archivedate=17 September 2012 |title=Sleath demands Pilgrims extend winning run |publisher=Lincolnshire Echo |date=18 March 2010 |accessdate=15 May 2010 }}</ref> as Boston won the Northern Premier League Challenge Cup and promotion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_conf/8638202.stm |title= Boston United win Unibond League Challenge Cup final |publisher=BBC Sport |date=22 April 2010 |access-date=15 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_conf/8656395.stm |title= Boston United clinch promotion with play-off final win |publisher=BBC Sport |date=1 May 2010 |access-date=15 May 2010}}</ref> He also played in the final of the 2011 Summer Universiade for Great Britain during his time with Boston United.
===Nuneaton Town=== In June 2012 he joined Nuneaton Town.<ref name=nuneaton>{{cite web|title=Newly-promoted Nuneaton make three more signings|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/18442726|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=18 June 2012|date=14 June 2012}}</ref>
===Tamworth=== On 9 June 2014 Sleath signed a contract with Conference North side Tamworth, and was joined at the club on the same day by former Nuneaton Town colleagues Kevin Thornton and David Hibbert.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tamworthherald.co.uk/Tamworth-FC-land-Nuneaton-duo/story-21207851-detail/story.html |title=Tamworth FC land Nuneaton duo |work=Tamworth Herald|date=9 June 2014 |access-date=9 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714162456/http://www.tamworthherald.co.uk/Tamworth-FC-land-Nuneaton-duo/story-21207851-detail/story.html |archive-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{updated|match played 22 May 2014.}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=40961 |title=Danny Sleath Stats |work=Soccerbase}}</ref> [[File:Dannysleath.jpg|thumb|175px|Sleath with Nuneaton Town.]] {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Other<ref group=Note>Includes other competitive competitions, including the FA Trophy</ref> !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="3" valign="center"|Mansfield Town |2006–07 |rowspan="2"|League Two |7||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||7||0 |- |2007–08 |7||0||1||0||0||0||1||0||9||0 |- !colspan="2" | Mansfield Town total !14!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!1!!0!!16!!0 |- |valign="center"|Eastwood Town |2008–09 |Northern Premier Division |0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0||0||0 |- |valign="center"|Ilkeston Town |2008–09 |Northern Premier Division |0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0||0||0 |- |rowspan="4" valign="center"|Boston United |2009–10 |Northern Premier Division |0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0||0||0 |- |2010–11 |rowspan="2"|Conference North |0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0||0||0 |- |2011–12 |0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0||0||0 |- !colspan="2" | Boston United total !0!!0!!0!!0!!colspan="2"|–!!0!!0!!0!!0 |- |rowspan="3" valign="center"|Nuneaton Town |2012–13 |rowspan="2"|Conference National |29||1||2||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0||31||1 |- |2013–14 |41||1||0||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0||41||1 |- !colspan="2" | Nuneaton Town total !70!!2!!2!!0!!colspan="2"|–!!0!!0!!72!!2 |- |valign="center"|Tamworth |2014–15 |Conference North |0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0||0||0 |- !colspan="3" | Career totals !0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0 |} {{reflist|group=Note}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Danny Sleath}} *{{Soccerbase}}
{{Tamworth F.C. squad}}
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