English footballer
Daniel Charles Key (born 2 November 1977) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League for Darlington,[1] spent time on loan with League of Ireland club Waterford United, and played non-league football for a variety of clubs in the north-east of England.
Life and career
Key was born in Darlington, County Durham, and began his football career as a youth trainee with his hometown club, Darlington F.C.[1] He made his Football League debut on 15 October 1996, as a late substitute in a 2–0 defeat away to Cardiff City in the Third Division.[2] He appeared twice more in the Third Division, each time as a late substitute in a defeat, and once in the 1996–97 FA Cup, starting the match against non-league club Runcorn which Darlington won 4–1.[2] He spent time on loan with League of Ireland club Waterford United in early 1997,[3] and finished the season with Gateshead, for whom he played eight games in the Conference.[4][5]
He went on to play non-league football for Crook Town,[6] Spennymoor United,[7] Whitby Town,[8] Shildon,[9] – whom he captained to the first round proper of the 2003–04 FA Cup, in which they faced Notts County,[10] – West Auckland Town,[11] and Darlington Railway Athletic.[12]
Key was a member of the Coundon Conservative Club team that won the 2007 FA Sunday Cup.[13]
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