{{short description|English footballer and coach (born 1978)}} {{use British English|date=June 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Ryan Denys | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | fullname = Ryan Hayden Denys<ref>{{Hugman|5030|accessdate=25 October 2015}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|08|16|df=y}} | birth_place = Brentford, England | height = 5ft 6in<ref name="redweb" /> | position = Midfielder, forward | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Stour Boys Club | youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = Ealing Whistlers | youthyears3 = | youthclubs3 = Constantine | youthyears4 = {{0|0000}}–1997 | youthclubs4 = Brentford | years1 = 1997–1999 | clubs1 = Brentford | caps1 = 19 | goals1 = 1 | years2 = 1998 | clubs2 = → Yeovil Town (loan) | caps2 = 5 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 1999 | clubs3 = → Carshalton Athletic (loan) | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 1999– | clubs4 = Hampton & Richmond Borough | caps4 = | goals4 = | years5 = 2002–2004 | clubs5 = Actual Soccer | caps5 = 26 | goals5 = 10 | years6 = 2005–2008 | clubs6 = Sandridge Rovers | caps6 = 26 | goals6 = 5 | years7 = 2008–2011 | clubs7 = Harpenden Rovers | caps7 = | goals7 = | years8 = 2011–2012 | clubs8 = Harpenden Town | caps8 = 4 | goals8 = 3 | years9 = 2013–2014 | clubs9 = Sandridge Rovers | caps9 = 8 | goals9 = 1 }} '''Ryan Hayden Denys''' (born 16 August 1978) is an English retired semi-professional footballer who played as a forward or midfielder. He began his career in the Football League with Brentford, before dropping into non-League football in 1999. After his retirement, Denys moved into coaching.
==Playing career==
=== Youth years === Denys began his career in West London youth football with Stour Boys Club, Ealing Whistlers and Constantine, before entering the youth system at hometown club Brentford.<ref name="redweb">{{Cite web |title=Ryan Denys |url=http://www.redweb.co.uk/brentford/Team/denys.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980610114234/http://www.redweb.co.uk/brentford/Team/denys.htm |archive-date=10 June 1998 |access-date=17 April 2019}}</ref>
=== Brentford === Denys signed his first professional contract at the end of the 1996–97 season.<ref name="BBB90s" /> He made his debut on the opening day of the 1997–98 Second Division season in a 3–0 loss at Millwall, as a half-time substitute for Simon Spencer.<ref name="Soccerbase9798">{{Soccerbase season|10628|1997|access-date=7 April 2014}}</ref> He made his first start in following game against Shrewsbury Town in the League Cup first round and scored his first senior goal for the club in a 1–1 draw.<ref name="Soccerbase9798" /> He held down a regular starting place from August through to October 1997.<ref name="Soccerbase9798" /> After Micky Adams replaced Eddie May as manager in November 1997, Denys fell behind Glenn Cockerill, Leon Townley and David McGhee in the midfield pecking order.<ref name="BBB90s" /> His final appearance of the season came on 13 January 1998, in a 2–2 Football League Trophy second round defeat to Luton Town.<ref name="Soccerbase9798" /> Denys joined Conference club Yeovil Town on a one-month loan on 30 January 1998 and made five appearances,<ref name="Soccerbase9798" /> scoring one goal.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ryan Denys |url=http://www.ytfc.digital/players/238 |access-date=5 October 2021 |website=ytfc.digital}}</ref> He made 24 Brentford appearances during the 1997–98 season, scoring two goals.<ref name="Soccerbase9798" />
Under new manager Ron Noades, Denys was not called into the first team squad during the 1998–99 season and in February 1999, he joined Isthmian League Premier Division strugglers Carshalton Athletic until the end of the 1998–99 season.<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 March 1999 |title=Football: On The Move – Sport |work=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-on-the-move-1083565.html |access-date=7 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=22 August 1966 |title=Transfers Feb.1999 |url=http://www.globalsoccertransfers.com/player/tran9902.html |access-date=7 April 2014 |publisher=Globalsoccertransfers.com}}</ref> He was released in June 1999.<ref name="BBB90s">{{Cite book |last1=Croxford |first1=Mark |title=The Big Brentford Book Of The Nineties |last2=Lane |first2=David |last3=Waterman |first3=Greville |publisher=Legends Publishing |year=2013 |isbn=9781906796723 |location=Sunbury, Middlesex |page=420}}</ref>
=== Non-League football === Following his release from Brentford, Bryan had a 15-year career in non-League football and played in the Isthmian League, Middlesex County League, Hertfordshire Senior County League and the Spartan South Midlands League for Hampton & Richmond Borough, Actual Soccer, Sandridge Rovers, Harpenden Rovers and Harpenden Town.<ref>{{Soccerbase}}</ref><ref name="mitoo0203" /><ref name="mitoo0506" /><ref name="sandridgerovers">{{Cite web |title=Players | 1st Team |url=http://www.sandridgerovers.co.uk/club/122604/Players/view/2332653 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225203100/http://www.sandridgerovers.co.uk/club/122604/Players/view/2332653 |archive-date=25 December 2013 |access-date=7 April 2014 |url-status=usurped |publisher=Sandridge Rovers}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=All Competitions : Player's Appearances – Denys Ryan |url=http://football.mitoo.co.uk/PlayersHistory2.cfm?PI=1132513&LeagueCode=SMID2011 |access-date=7 April 2014 |publisher=Football.mitoo.co}}</ref> During the 2007–08 season, Denys was named in the Hertfordshire Senior County League representative team, which would compete in the FA National League System Cup for the right to represent England in the UEFA Regions Cup.<ref name="Edwards" /> The Herts Senior County League team lost to the eventual runners up Midland Combination in the second round.<ref name="Edwards">{{Cite web |last=Edwards |first=Tim |date=30 November 2007 |title=Herts League side resume cup duties |url=http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/1868668.0/ |access-date=7 April 2014 |publisher=Watford Observer}}</ref>
=== Sunday League === While at Harpenden Town, Denys joined West Acton Rovers in the West Fulham Sunday League Premier Division at the start of the 2012–13 season.<ref name="mitooWFUL13">{{Cite web |title=All Competitions : Player's Appearances – Denys Ryan |url=http://football.mitoo.co.uk/PlayersHistory2.cfm?PI=948226&LeagueCode=WFUL2013 |access-date=18 January 2017 |website=football.mitoo}}</ref> He scored the opener in the 2013 Alf Dear Cup final victory over AFC Wandsworth and helped Rovers to the Premier Division title.<ref name="mitoo1213">{{Cite web |title=All Competitions : Player's Appearances – Denys Ryan |url=http://football.mitoo.co.uk/PlayersHistory2.cfm?PI=603282&LeagueCode=WFUL2012 |access-date=18 January 2017 |website=football.mitoo}}</ref><ref name="mitooWFUL12">{{Cite web |title=Premier Division : League Table |url=http://football.mitoo.co.uk/LeagueTab.cfm?TblName=Matches&DivisionID=7984&LeagueCode=WFUL2012 |access-date=18 January 2017 |website=football.mitoo}}</ref> He later played for West Middlesex Sunday League Vets Division team British Airways Sunday Vets between 2015 and 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |title=All Competitions : Player's Appearances – Denys Ryan |url=http://football.mitoo.co.uk/PlayersHistory2.cfm?PI=1678665&LeagueCode=WMSFL2015 |access-date=24 September 2017 |website=football.mitoo.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=News |url=http://www.middlesexfa.com/news/2017/apr/colney-heath-triumph-in-veterans-cup-final?c=1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924194509/http://www.middlesexfa.com/news/2017/apr/colney-heath-triumph-in-veterans-cup-final?c=1 |archive-date=24 September 2017 |access-date=24 September 2017 |website=Middlesex FA |language=en}}</ref>
== Career statistics == {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" |Club ! rowspan="2" |Season ! colspan="3" |League ! colspan="2" |FA Cup ! colspan="2" |League Cup ! colspan="2" |Other ! colspan="2" |Total |- !Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |- |Brentford |1997–98<ref name="Soccerbase9798" /> |Second Division |19 |1 |0 |0 |4 |1 |0 |0 |23 |2 |- |Yeovil Town (loan) |1997–98<ref>{{Cite web |title=1997–98 Campaign |url=http://www.ytfc.digital/results/1997-98 |access-date=5 October 2021 |website=ytfc.digital}}</ref> |Conference |5 |1 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |0 |0 |5 |1 |- | rowspan="3" |Actual Soccer |2002–03<ref name="mitoo0203">{{Cite web |title=All Competitions : Player's Appearances – Denys Ryan |url=http://football.mitoo.co.uk/PlayersHistory2.cfm?PI=63786&LeagueCode=MDX2002 |access-date=7 April 2014 |publisher=Football.mitoo.co}}</ref> | rowspan="2" |Middlesex County League First Division |16 |2 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |5<ref group="lower-alpha">2 appearances in The President's First Division Cup, 2 appearances in Jerry Ward Senior Supplementary Cup, 1 appearance in Middlesex Federation League Cup</ref> |0 |21 |2 |- |2003–04<ref name="mitoo0304">{{Cite web |title=All Competitions : Player's Appearances – Denys Ryan |url=http://football.mitoo.co.uk/PlayersHistory2.cfm?PI=95767&LeagueCode=MDX2003 |access-date=7 April 2014 |publisher=Football.mitoo.co}}</ref> |10 |8 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |3<ref group="lower-alpha">3 appearances and 3 goals in Middlesex Federation League Cup</ref> |3 |13 |11 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !16 !10 ! colspan="2" |— ! colspan="2" |— !8 !3 !34 !13 |- |Sandridge Rovers |2005–06<ref name="mitoo0506">{{Cite web |title=All Competitions : Player's Appearances – Denys Ryan |url=http://football.mitoo.co.uk/PlayersHistory2.cfm?PI=69390&LeagueCode=HSCL2005 |access-date=7 April 2014 |publisher=Football.mitoo.co}}</ref> |Hertfordshire Senior County League Premier Division |27 |5 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |5<ref group="lower-alpha">3 appearances and 2 goals in Capital Counties Feeder Leagues Trophy, 2 appearances in Aubrey Cup, 1 appearance and 1 goal in Herts Centenary Senior Trophy</ref> |3 |32 |8 |- |Sandridge Rovers |2013–14<ref name="sandridgerovers1314">{{Cite web |title=Season Archive {{!}} 1st Team |url=http://www.sandridgerovers.co.uk/club/122604/SeasonArchive |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131125072505/http://www.sandridgerovers.co.uk/club/122604/SeasonArchive |url-status=usurped |archive-date=25 November 2013 |access-date=24 September 2017 |website=Sandridge Rovers}}</ref> |Hertfordshire Senior County League Premier Division |8 |1 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |— |1<ref group="lower-alpha">Appearance in Hertfordshire Senior Centenary Trophy</ref> |1 |9 |2 |- ! colspan="3" |Career total !75 !18 !0 !0 !4 !1 !13 !7 !103 !26 |} <references group="lower-alpha" />
== Honours == '''West Acton Rovers''' * West Fulham Sunday League Premier Division: 2012–13<ref name="mitooWFUL12" /> * Alf Dear Cup: 2012–13<ref name="mitoo1213" />
'''Individual'''
* Brentford Youth Team Player of the Year: 1996–97{{Sfn|Croxford|Lane|Waterman|2013|p=532}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Soccerbase}}
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