Danny Boxall

Danny Boxall
Personal information
Full name Daniel James Boxall[1]
Date of birth (1977-08-24) 24 August 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Croydon, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2]
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
–1987 Selsdon Junior
1987–1991 Tottenham Hotspur
1991–1995 Crystal Palace
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1998 Crystal Palace 8 (0)
1997 → Oldham Athletic (loan) 5 (0)
1998 → Oldham Athletic (loan) 12 (0)
1998–2002 Brentford 68 (1)
2002–2004 Bristol Rovers 63 (0)
2004–2005 Dublin City
2006 Carshalton Athletic 6 (0)
2006–2008 Whyteleafe 48 (0)
2008 Hampton & Richmond Borough 1 (0)
2008 Croydon Athletic 16 (0)
International career
1998–1999 Republic of Ireland U21 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daniel James Boxall (born 24 August 1977) is an English former professional footballer who played as a right back for Brentford, Bristol Rovers, Oldham Athletic and Crystal Palace. After two seasons in Ireland with Dublin City, he returned to England in 2006 to play non-League football and retired in 2008.

Club career

A right back, Boxall began his senior career at First Division club Crystal Palace and made 8 appearances during the 1995–96 and 1996–97 seasons.[3][4][5] He made two appearances during Palace's single-season stay in the Premier League and spent most of 1997–98 on loan at Second Division club Oldham Athletic.[6][7] Having been hampered by an anterior cruciate ligament injury suffered during his time at Selhurst Park,[8] Boxall was released by Crystal Palace in June 1998 and joined newly-relegated Third Division club Brentford on a free transfer.[3][9] He made 46 appearances and scored one goal during the Bees' Third Division-title winning 1998–99 season.[10][11]

A second anterior cruciate ligament injury suffered in February 2000 kept Boxall out of match play until March 2002 and he made a number of late-2001–02 season appearances.[3][12] He was released after Brentford's Second Division play-off final defeat and played the 2002–03 and 2003–04 seasons with Third Division club Bristol Rovers.[3][13] After putting off a decision to retire,[8] Boxall played his subsequent career in the League of Ireland and English non-League football,[14] before retiring due to injury in 2008.[15]

International career

Owing to an Irish grandmother from Wexford,[8] Boxall qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland at international level and he won eight U21 caps in 1998 and 1999.[16]

Personal life

Boxall was born at Mayday Hospital and attended Holy Trinity Church of England Junior School and Stanley Park High School in Wallington.[17][18][19] He has four older brothers and an older sister.[17] Boxall has worked as a male model and has run cleaning, construction and physiotherapy businesses.[20] As of 2020, he was director of cleaning and property business Adept London.[21]

Trivia

Boxall was hired as a body double for Kuno Becker's legs in close-up dribbling sequences in the 2005 film Goal!.[22]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Crystal Palace 1995–96[4] First Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1996–97[5] First Division 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
1997–98[7] Premier League 1 0 — 1 0 — 2 0
Total 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 0
Oldham Athletic (loan) 1997–98[7] Second Division 17 0 0 0 — 1[a] 0 18 0
Brentford 1998–99[10] Third Division 38 1 2 0 4 0 2[a] 0 46 1
1999–00[23] Second Division 25 0 2 0 2 0 3[a] 0 32 0
2001–02[12] Second Division 5 0 0 0 0 0 1[b] 0 6 0
Total 68 1 4 0 6 0 6 0 84 1
Bristol Rovers 2002–03[24] Third Division 39 0 4 0 1 0 1[a] 0 45 0
2003–04[25] Third Division 24 0 0 0 1 0 1[a] 0 26 0
Total 63 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 71 0
Carshalton Athletic 2005–06[26] Conference South 5 0 — — — 5 0
2006–07[27] Isthmian League Premier Division 6 0 0 0 — 0 0 6 0
Total 11 0 0 0 — 0 0 11 0
Whyteleafe 2006–07[27] Isthmian League First Division South 18 0 — — 0 0 18 0
2007–08[28] Isthmian League First Division South 30 0 0 0 — 2[c] 0 32 0
Total 48 0 0 0 — 2 0 50 0
Hampton & Richmond Borough 2008–09[29] Conference South 1 0 — — — 1 0
Croydon Athletic 2008–09[30] Isthmian League First Division South 16 0 0 0 — 0 0 16 0
Career total 232 1 8 0 8 0 10 0 258 1
  1. ^ a b c d e Appearances in Football League Trophy
  2. ^ Appearance in Second Division play-offs
  3. ^ Appearances in Isthmian League Cup

Honours

Brentford

References

  1. ^ "Danny Boxall". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Portfolio for Danny Boxall in 'men'". Elliott Brown Agency – Commercial Model Agency. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Yore Publications. p. 25. ISBN 0-9552949-1-6. OCLC 316718484.
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  5. ^ a b "Games played by Danny Boxall in 1996/1997". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  6. ^ Crystal Palace F.C. at the Football Club History Database
  7. ^ a b c "Games played by Danny Boxall in 1997/1998". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  8. ^ a b c Dollery, Paul (26 December 2021). "A former Ireland U21 international's journey from Crystal Palace to a movie role at the Bernabeu". The42. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  9. ^ "Premier and Football League transfers". www.11v11.com. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  10. ^ a b c "Games played by Danny Boxall in 1998/1999". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  11. ^ a b Brentford F.C. at the Football Club History Database
  12. ^ a b "Games played by Danny Boxall in 2001/2002". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  13. ^ Danny Boxall at Soccerbase
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  16. ^ "Danny Boxall". 11v11.com. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  17. ^ a b MacInnes, Keith. "Mr January: Danny Boxall". Brentford Football Club. Archived from the original on 14 June 2002. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  18. ^ "Sutton Primary Schools' Boys Football Squad". Sutton SSP. Archived from the original on 21 October 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  19. ^ "Old Palace Lodge No.7173". www.oldpalace.org.uk. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  20. ^ "Where Are They Now?". brentfordfc.co.uk. 1 July 2011. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  21. ^ "Meet the Team". Adept London. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  22. ^ Hurrey, Adam. "Why can't films get football right?". The Athletic. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
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  24. ^ "Games played by Danny Boxall in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  25. ^ "Games played by Danny Boxall in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  26. ^ "Conference South guide – Carshalton Athletic". Archived from the original on 15 June 2006. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
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  28. ^ "All Competitions : Player's Appearances – Boxall Daniel James". Football.mitoo. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  29. ^ "Blue Square Conference South guide – Hampton and Richmond Borough". Archived from the original on 25 May 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
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