Danny Denholm

Danny Denholm
Personal information
Full name Daniel Denholm
Date of birth (1990-08-26) 26 August 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 The Spartans
Number 14
Youth career
Dunedin Boys Club[1]
Heart of Midlothian
2005–2007 Roseburn Boys Club[1]
2007–2009 Edinburgh City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Edinburgh City
2010–2012 Stirling University
2012–2013 Forfar Athletic 28 (9)
2013–2014 Livingston 27 (1)
2014–2017 Forfar Athletic 100 (26)
2017–2019 Arbroath 63 (12)
2019–2022 East Fife 71 (13)
2022–2023 Stirling Albion 30 (2)
2023– The Spartans 19 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:55, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

Daniel Denholm (born 26 August 1990) is a Scottish footballer who plays for Scottish League Two club Spartans as a winger. He played for one season with Livingston and in lower divisions with Forfar Athletic, East Fife, Stirling Albion and Arbroath.

Career

Born and raised in Edinburgh where he attended Broughton High School and was a supporter of Heart of Midlothian as a child,[1] Denholm began his footballing career at Edinburgh City, playing for their senior team in the 2009–10 season including in the early rounds of the Scottish Cup. He left in the summer of 2010, signing with Stirling University, where he was already studying for a degree.[1] He was a part of the side which won the East of Scotland Football League,[2] also being selected for the Scottish Universities team.[1]

In July 2012 Denholm signed with Scottish Football League club Forfar Athletic, managed by Dick Campbell.[3] He made his debut for the club on 28 July, starting and scoring in a 3–2 home win over Dunfermline, in the season's Scottish Challenge Cup.[4] He finished the season with 32 appearances and 10 goals.

On 29 May 2013, he signed with Scottish Championship club Livingston.[5][6] He made his debut for the club on 3 August, in a 3–1 away win over Elgin City,[7] and scored his first goal two weeks later, in a 3–3 home draw against Queen of the South.[8] After thirty appearances and two goals in what he later described as an unhappy year,[1] Denholm left Livingston in May 2014 to rejoin his first senior side Forfar Athletic.[9][1]

Denholm spent three seasons with Forfar before signing a two-year deal with their Angus rivals Arbroath on 1 June 2017,[10] reuniting with Dick Campbell as manager. After achieving promotion in his second campaign with Arbroath by winning the 2018–19 Scottish League One title,[11] Denholm remained at the same level when he signed for East Fife in summer 2019.[12]

Denholm signed for Stirling Albion in May 2022.[13]

Personal life and media work

Denholm achieved a degree in Sports Studies at the University of Stirling, being accepted on an International Sports Scholarship to combine football with his studies for the final two years of the course;[1] he trained to become a physical education teacher, taking up full-time roles when his professional contract at Livingston ended, working at schools in Edinburgh and Fife Especially in Dunfermline Where he taught for a year.[1]

He began writing an online blog, Lower League Ramblings,[14] in 2018 while playing for Arbroath;[15] BBC Sport later invited him to write an occasional Part-time Player column on the same theme for the Scottish Football section of their website.[16][17][11][12]

Career statistics

As of 12:53, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Forfar Athletic 2012–13[18] Second Division 28 9 1 0 1 0 2[a] 1 32 10
Livingston 2013–14[19] Championship 27 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 31 2
Forfar Athletic 2014–15[20] League One 33 6 1 0 1 2 5[b] 0 40 8
2015–16[21] League One 33 8 4 1 2 1 2[a] 0 41 10
2016–17[22] League Two 34 12 2 0 3 0 7[c] 2 46 14
Total 100 26 7 1 6 3 14 2 127 32
Arbroath 2017–18[23] League One 33 10 2 0 4 2 3[d] 0 42 12
2018–19[24] League One 30 2 1 0 4 0 3[a] 1 38 3
Total 63 12 3 0 8 2 6 1 70 15
East Fife 2019–20[25] League One 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0
Career total 218 46 12 1 21 6 22 4 273 59
  1. ^ a b c Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  2. ^ One appearance in the 2014–15 Scottish Challenge Cup and four in the Championship promotion play-offs
  3. ^ Three appearances in the 2016–17 Scottish Challenge Cup; four appearances and two goals in the promotion to League One play-offs
  4. ^ One appearance in the 2017–18 Scottish Challenge Cup; two appearances in the promotion to Championship play-offs

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Danny's Footballing Education, Forfar Athletic FC, 20 September 2016
  2. ^ Stirling University clinch East of Scotland title; Stirling Observer, 25 May 2012
  3. ^ Danny Denholm is Loons latest capture Archived 29 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine; Forfar Dispatch, 4 July 2012
  4. ^ Ramsdens Cup: Forfar 3–2 Dunfermline; BBC Sport, 28 July 2012
  5. ^ Danny Denholm joins Livingston; Livingston's official website, 29 May 2013
  6. ^ Livingston sign Danny Denholm, Daily Record, 30 May 2013
  7. ^ Elgin 1 Livingston 3; The Guardian, 3 August 2013
  8. ^ Livingston 3–3 Queen of the South; BBC Sport, 17 August 2013
  9. ^ Stuart Malcolm stays at Station Park as Danny Denholm returns Archived 14 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine; Forfar Athletic FC, 7 May 2014
  10. ^ "Thomas O'Brien and Danny Denholm". Arbroath FC. 1 June 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  11. ^ a b Karaoke, confidence & a night in De Vitos – inside Arbroath's title celebrations, BBC Sport, 16 April 2019
  12. ^ a b East Fife winger Danny Denholm on football's fine system, BBC Sport, 31 July 2019
  13. ^ "Stirling Albion boss adds winger Danny Denholm to squad as Forthbank rebuild cointinues". Daily Record. 19 May 2022.
  14. ^ Lower League Ramblings, Danny Denholm
  15. ^ Arbroath's Danny Denholm causing a stir with his 'Lower League Ramblings', The Courier, 16 June 2018
  16. ^ Nights out & laps of Dick Campbell's garden – the part-time footballer's Christmas, BBC Sport, 26 December 2018
  17. ^ WhatsApp panics & days out at Dobbies – the transfer window for a part-time footballer, BBC Sport, 29 January 2019
  18. ^ "Games played by Danny Denholm in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  19. ^ "Games played by Danny Denholm in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  20. ^ "Games played by Danny Denholm in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  21. ^ "Games played by Danny Denholm in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  22. ^ "Games played by Danny Denholm in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  23. ^ "Games played by Danny Denholm in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  24. ^ "Games played by Danny Denholm in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  25. ^ "Games played by Danny Denholm in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 July 2019.