| Duane Darby | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Duane Darby | |
| Date of birth | October 17, 1973 | |
| Place of birth | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1. Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland 80 m) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Bromsgrove Rovers | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1992-1995 1995-1996 1996-1998 1998-2000 1999 2000-2003 2003-2006 2006-2007 2007- |
Torquay United Doncaster Rovers Hull City Notts County →Hull City (loan) Rushden & Diamonds Shrewsbury Town Nuneaton Borough Halesowen Town |
108 (26) 15 (4) 79 (28) 28 (5) 8 (0) 117 (47) 51 (13) ? (?) ? (?) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Duane Darby (born October 17, 1973, in Birmingham, England) is a professional footballer, currently playing for Southern League Premier Division side Bromsgrove Rovers, where he is a player Manager. Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A footballer is a person who plays in various games known as " Football " &ndash especially Association football, although the term is also used to refer Clubs for 2008-09 season Champions 1894-95 Millwall Athletic 1895-96 Millwall Athletic 1896-97 Southampton Bromsgrove Rovers FC are a Non-League football club from the town of Bromsgrove in Worcestershire.
Darby began his career as an apprentice with Torquay United, making his league debut while still a trainee, scoring in a 2-1 defeat at home to Reading having come on as a substitute. Torquay United Football Club, nicknamed the Gulls is an English association football club based in the seaside resort town of Torquay, Devon Reading Football Club are an Association football club based in the English town of Reading, in Berkshire. He went on to make a further 13 league appearances that season. He turned professional on 3 July 1992 and went on to score 26 times in 108 league games for the Gulls. Events 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) On 19 July 1995 he moved to Doncaster Rovers, but stayed less than a year, moving to Hull City on 27 March 1996. Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Doncaster Rovers Football Club (or informally Donny) are an English football club based at the Keepmoat Stadium in the town of Doncaster Hull City Association Football Club are an English football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) He was a great success with the Tigers, scoring regularly and broke the Hull record for most goals in a competitive game when he scored 6 times against Whitby Town in an FA Cup 1st Round Replay in November 1996. Whitby Town Football Club, commonly known as just Whitby Town or Whitby is an English football club based in Whitby, North Yorkshire The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after
After scoring 27 times in 78 league games he moved on a 'Bosman' to newly promoted Notts County on 2 July 1998, but missed most of his first season with the Magpies through injury. The Bosman ruling (Union Royal Belges des Sociétés de Football Association ASBL & others v Notts County Football Club is a football club based in Nottingham, England, and the oldest of all the clubs that are now professional Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) He returned to Hull City on loan on 25 March 1999. Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) He started the following season for Notts County in top form, but was surprisingly placed on the transfer list in March 2000 and finally left Notts County on 21 June 2000, joining Conference side Rushden & Diamonds for a fee of £100,000. Events 524 - Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Organisation The Football Conference stands at the top of the National League System (NLS a comprehensive structure linking together over 50 different leagues under the Rushden & Diamonds FC is a professional football club based in Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, England. In his first season at Nene Park, he won the Conference Golden Boot award, his goals helping Rushden win the Conference and with it promotion to the Football League. The Football League, also known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons is a league competition featuring professional football clubs In November 2000 he was charged with assault after an incident in the players tunnel at the end of the local derby against Kettering Town. Kettering Town Football Club is a football club based in Kettering. [1]
In November 2003, Shrewsbury Town, recently relegated to the Football Conference signed Darby in order to bolster their striking force. Shrewsbury Town Football Club are an English football club currently playing in Football League Two, the fourth tier of English football Organisation The Football Conference stands at the top of the National League System (NLS a comprehensive structure linking together over 50 different leagues under the [2] The signing was well received, with Shrewsbury fans hoping that Darby's experience and proven goalscoring record in the lower leagues would assist them towards promotion, especially when linked with highly regarded striker Luke Rodgers. Luke John Rodgers (born 1 January 1982 in Birmingham, West Midlands) is an English professional footballer currently playing Unfortunately, the strike partnership with Rodgers never quite took off as Darby's time at Shrewsbury was punctuated with injuries, meaninn he was unable to get a consistent run in the team. However, Darby's goals in the 2003/04 season were to prove vital at Shrewsbury made the Conference play-off final. In the final, Darby scored an equalising goal against Aldershot Town at Stoke City's Britannia Stadium. Aldershot Town Football Club is a Football League club based in Aldershot, England, founded in the spring of 1992 just after the closure of debt-ridden Stoke City Football Club is a football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, England. The Britannia Stadium is a Football Stadium in Stoke-on-Trent, England. With the game 1-1, Shrewsbury eventually won the final on penalties. [3]
With Shrewsbury back in the Football League, Darby struggled to get into the Shrewsbury side. The arrival of new manager Gary Peters did not help Darby's cause, as Peters aimed to rebuild the squad with younger players. Gary Peters may refer to Gary Peters (baseball (born 1937 an American Major League Baseball pitcher Gary Peters (footballer Unable to command a regular first team place, Darby was released by Shrewsbury in February 2006[4] and joined Nuneaton Borough, also becoming Nuneaton's Football in the Community coach. [5] He scored on his Nuneaton debut, a 2-2 draw at home to Moor Green[6] and was a regular for Nuneaton, but was released in May 2007. Moor Green FC was a non-league Football (soccer team originally from the Hall Green area of south Birmingham but later based in the town of Solihull [7]
On August 3, 2007, Halesowen Town confirmed that Darby had joined the club along with two other former league players, in the shape of Terry Fleming and Stephen Cooke. Events 8 - Roman Empire General Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Halesowen Town are an English Association football club formed in 1873 currently playing in the Southern League Premier Division. Terence Fleming (born 5 January 1973 in Marston Green) is an English football midfielder currently playing for Grantham Town Stephen Cooke (born February 15, 1982 in Walsall, England) is a professional Footballer, currently playing for Southern League [8]