# Danny Sleath

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{{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](/source/Matlock%2C_Derbyshire), England
| currentclub = 
| clubnumber = 
| position = [Midfielder](/source/Midfielder)
| years1 = 2006–2008  | clubs1 = [Mansfield Town](/source/Mansfield_Town_F.C.)                      | caps1 = 14  | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2006       | clubs2 = → [Gresley Rovers](/source/Gresley_Rovers_F.C.) (loan)             | caps2 =     | goals2 = 
| years3 = 2007       | clubs3 = → [Alfreton Town](/source/Alfreton_Town_F.C.) (loan)               | caps3 =     | goals3 = 
| years4 = 2007       | clubs4 = → [Boston United](/source/Boston_United_F.C) (loan)                | caps4 =     | goals4 = 
| years5 = 2008       | clubs5 = → [Gainsborough Trinity](/source/Gainsborough_Trinity_F.C.) (loan) | caps5 =     | goals5 = 
| years6 = 2008       | clubs6 = [Eastwood Town](/source/Eastwood_Town_F.C.)                        | caps6 =     | goals6 = 
| years7 = 2008–2009  | clubs7 = [Ilkeston Town](/source/Ilkeston_Town_F.C._(1945))                 | caps7 =     | goals7 = 
| years8 = 2009–2012  | clubs8 = [Boston United](/source/Boston_United_F.C.)                        | caps8 =     | goals8 = 
| years9 = 2012–2014  | clubs9 = [Nuneaton Town](/source/Nuneaton_Borough_F.C.)                        | caps9 = 70  | goals9 = 2
| years10 = 2014–2015  | clubs10 = [Tamworth](/source/Tamworth_F.C.)                                 | caps10 = 6  | goals10 = 0
| club-update = 13:49, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCountry| {{GBR2}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[World University Games](/source/Universiade)}}
{{MedalSilver|[2011 Shenzhen](/source/2011_Summer_Universiade)|[Men's Team](/source/Football_at_the_2011_Summer_Universiade)}}
}}
'''Danny Sleath''' (born 14 December 1986, in [Matlock](/source/Matlock%2C_Derbyshire)) is an English [footballer](/source/Association_football) who most recently played for [Conference North](/source/Conference_North) side [Tamworth](/source/Tamworth_F.C.), where he played as a [midfielder](/source/midfielder).

==Playing career==

===Mansfield Town===
Born in [Matlock, Derbyshire](/source/Matlock%2C_Derbyshire), Sleath is a graduate of the [Mansfield Town](/source/Mansfield_Town_F.C.) youth academy and signed his first professional contract in the summer of 2006.<ref>{{cite web|title=Danny Sleath |work=Soccerbase |publisher=[Racing Post](/source/Racing_Post) |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=43761|access-date=30 March 2008}}</ref> During the [2006–07](/source/2006-07_in_English_football) season, Sleath was loaned out to [Northern Premier League](/source/Northern_Premier_League) side [Gresley Rovers](/source/Gresley_F.C.),<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](/source/Conference_North) side [Alfreton Town](/source/Alfreton_Town_F.C.),<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](/source/Boston_United_F.C.) in March 2007,<ref>{{cite web|title=Games played by Danny Sleath in 2006/2007 |work=Soccerbase |publisher=[Racing Post](/source/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](/source/Boston_United_F.C) 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](/source/Gainsborough_Trinity_F.C.) 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](/source/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](/source/Northern_Premier_League) Premier Division club [Eastwood Town](/source/Eastwood_Town_F.C.) 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](/source/Ilkeston_Town_F.C._(1945)) 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](/source/Boston_United_F.C.),<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](/source/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](/source/2011_Summer_Universiade) for Great Britain during his time with Boston United.

===Nuneaton Town===
In June 2012 he joined [Nuneaton Town](/source/Nuneaton_Borough_F.C.).<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](/source/Conference_North) side [Tamworth](/source/Tamworth_F.C.), and was joined at the club on the same day by former [Nuneaton Town](/source/Nuneaton_Borough_F.C.) colleagues [Kevin Thornton](/source/Kevin_Thornton_(footballer)) and [David Hibbert](/source/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](/source/Nuneaton_Borough_F.C.).]]
{| 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](/source/FA_Trophy)</ref>
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="3" valign="center"|[Mansfield Town](/source/Mansfield_Town_F.C.)
|[2006–07](/source/2006%E2%80%9307_in_English_football)
|rowspan="2"|[League Two](/source/EFL_League_Two)
|7||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||7||0
|-
|[2007–08](/source/2007%E2%80%9308_in_English_football)
|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](/source/Eastwood_Town_F.C.)
|[2008–09](/source/2008%E2%80%9309_in_English_football)
|[Northern Premier Division](/source/Northern_Premier_League_Premier_Division)
|0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0||0||0
|-
|valign="center"|[Ilkeston Town](/source/Ilkeston_Town_F.C._(1945))
|[2008–09](/source/2008%E2%80%9309_in_English_football)
|[Northern Premier Division](/source/Northern_Premier_League_Premier_Division)
|0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0||0||0
|-
|rowspan="4" valign="center"|[Boston United](/source/Boston_United_F.C.)
|[2009–10](/source/2009%E2%80%9310_in_English_football)
|[Northern Premier Division](/source/Northern_Premier_League_Premier_Division)
|0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0||0||0
|-
|[2010–11](/source/2010%E2%80%9311_in_English_football)
|rowspan="2"|[Conference North](/source/Conference_North)
|0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0||0||0
|-
|[2011–12](/source/2011%E2%80%9312_in_English_football)
|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](/source/Nuneaton_Borough_F.C.)
|[2012–13](/source/2012%E2%80%9313_in_English_football)
|rowspan="2"|[Conference National](/source/Conference_National)
|29||1||2||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0||31||1
|-
|[2013–14](/source/2013%E2%80%9314_in_English_football)
|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](/source/Tamworth_F.C.)
|[2014–15](/source/2014%E2%80%9315_in_English_football)
|[Conference North](/source/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==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Danny Sleath}}
*{{Soccerbase}}

{{Tamworth F.C. squad}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sleath, Danny}}
Category:1986 births
Category:Living people
Category:Sportspeople from Matlock, Derbyshire
Category:Footballers from Derbyshire
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Mansfield Town F.C. players
Category:Gresley Rovers F.C. players
Category:Alfreton Town F.C. players
Category:Boston United F.C. players
Category:Gainsborough Trinity F.C. players
Category:Eastwood Town F.C. players
Category:Ilkeston Town F.C. (1945) players
Category:Nuneaton Town F.C. players
Category:Tamworth F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:National League (English football) players
Category:Alumni of Loughborough University
Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for Great Britain
Category:Summer World University Games medalists in football
Category:Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade
Category:21st-century English sportsmen

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