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Neil Alexander Danns, born 23 November 1982, Liverpool.
Danns began his football career at The FA's School of Excellence in Lilleshall and signed as a trainee for Blackburn Rovers, aged 16. After productive loan spells with Blackpool, Hartlepool United and Colchester United, he joined the latter on a permanent basis in December 2004. It was after moving south to Colchester that he started to make a name for himself. While at Layer Road, Danns contributed greatly to the club's promotion to the Championship in 2006 and earned himself a move to Birmingham City.
On 19 June 2006, Danns completed a £500,000 move to Birmingham City. Despite admitting that he "had a great time" at Colchester, he emphasised that "when a club the size of Birmingham come in for you, it's hard to say no". Danns made his competitive debut for Birmingham – against Colchester – on 5 August, and was a regular selection in the team that won promotion to the Premier League that season.
Danns signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Crystal Palace on 22nd January 2008 for a fee of £600,000, rising to £850,000 conditional on the club's promotion to the Premier League. After initially having a tough time with recurring injuries at Palace, Danns managed to establish himself in the Eagles' line-up in his second season at the club.
On 27th June 2011, Danns joined Leicester City on a free transfer, signing a three-year deal. He had rejected an offer from Scottish Premier League club Rangers. Danns scored his first goal for Leicester on 23rd August in a 4–2 away win against Bury in the League Cup. He scored his first league goal for the club against Blackpool in a 2–0 home win. Towards the start of the 2012–13 season, Danns was given squad number 8.
On 14th November 2012, Danns joined Bristol City on a month's loan and on 8th January 2013, Danns joined Huddersfield Town until the end of the season. He made his début in the 1–1 draw against his former club Birmingham City at the John Smith's Stadium on 12th January. On 16th March, he scored his first goal for the club in the West Yorkshire derby against Leeds United where Town won 2–1 in the end.
On 26 September 2013 he joined Bolton Wanderers on a three month loan deal, linking up with Wanderers manager Dougie Freedman, who coached him at Crystal Palace, and former team-mates Matt Mills and Jermaine Beckford.[7] He scored his first goal for Bolton Wanderers against Birmingham City
He made his first Wanderers appearance in the goalless draw against old club Blackpool at Bloomfield Road on 1st October 2013, starting in a midfield consisting of Darren Pratley, Jay Spearing, Medo Kamara and Liam Feeney.
Five days later on 5th October he recorded his first goal for the club against another of his former employers Birmingham City as Bolton ran out 2–1 winners at St Andrew's to claim their first league victory of the season.
On 3rd January 2014, Danns re-joined Bolton Wanderers on loan until the end of the season.
In April, it was announced that Danns had signed a deal to make the move permanent, upon the expiry of his contract at Leicester.
Welcome aboard Neil!
Author: Sluffy
Neil Alexander Danns, born 23 November 1982, Liverpool.
Danns began his football career at The FA's School of Excellence in Lilleshall and signed as a trainee for Blackburn Rovers, aged 16. After productive loan spells with Blackpool, Hartlepool United and Colchester United, he joined the latter on a permanent basis in December 2004. It was after moving south to Colchester that he started to make a name for himself. While at Layer Road, Danns contributed greatly to the club's promotion to the Championship in 2006 and earned himself a move to Birmingham City.
On 19 June 2006, Danns completed a £500,000 move to Birmingham City. Despite admitting that he "had a great time" at Colchester, he emphasised that "when a club the size of Birmingham come in for you, it's hard to say no". Danns made his competitive debut for Birmingham – against Colchester – on 5 August, and was a regular selection in the team that won promotion to the Premier League that season.
Danns signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Crystal Palace on 22nd January 2008 for a fee of £600,000, rising to £850,000 conditional on the club's promotion to the Premier League. After initially having a tough time with recurring injuries at Palace, Danns managed to establish himself in the Eagles' line-up in his second season at the club.
On 27th June 2011, Danns joined Leicester City on a free transfer, signing a three-year deal. He had rejected an offer from Scottish Premier League club Rangers. Danns scored his first goal for Leicester on 23rd August in a 4–2 away win against Bury in the League Cup. He scored his first league goal for the club against Blackpool in a 2–0 home win. Towards the start of the 2012–13 season, Danns was given squad number 8.
On 14th November 2012, Danns joined Bristol City on a month's loan and on 8th January 2013, Danns joined Huddersfield Town until the end of the season. He made his début in the 1–1 draw against his former club Birmingham City at the John Smith's Stadium on 12th January. On 16th March, he scored his first goal for the club in the West Yorkshire derby against Leeds United where Town won 2–1 in the end.
On 26 September 2013 he joined Bolton Wanderers on a three month loan deal, linking up with Wanderers manager Dougie Freedman, who coached him at Crystal Palace, and former team-mates Matt Mills and Jermaine Beckford.[7] He scored his first goal for Bolton Wanderers against Birmingham City
He made his first Wanderers appearance in the goalless draw against old club Blackpool at Bloomfield Road on 1st October 2013, starting in a midfield consisting of Darren Pratley, Jay Spearing, Medo Kamara and Liam Feeney.
Five days later on 5th October he recorded his first goal for the club against another of his former employers Birmingham City as Bolton ran out 2–1 winners at St Andrew's to claim their first league victory of the season.
On 3rd January 2014, Danns re-joined Bolton Wanderers on loan until the end of the season.
In April, it was announced that Danns had signed a deal to make the move permanent, upon the expiry of his contract at Leicester.
Welcome aboard Neil!
Author: Sluffy
