Danny Pugh
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| Danny Pugh | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Danny Pugh | |
| Date of birth | October 19, 1982 | |
| Place of birth | Manchester, England | |
| Height | 6ft 0in | |
| Position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Preston North End | |
| Number | 4 | |
| Professional clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (goals) |
| 2002-2004 2004-2006 2006- |
Manchester United Leeds United Preston North End |
1 (0) 50 (5) 18 (3) |
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* Professional club appearances and goals |
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Danny Pugh (born 19 October 1982, in Manchester) is a professional footballer. He currently plays for Preston North End, with whom he signed a 3 year deal on the 21st June 2006. He was Paul Simpson's first signing as Preston North End manager.
After making few appearances for his former club, Manchester United, Pugh became the first player signed under new Leeds manager Kevin Blackwell as part-exchange for former Leeds favourite Alan Smith. Pugh was signed as a utility player - his ability to play on the left hand side of midfield or defence was to be a key factor in a Leeds squad which only had 4 players remaining from the season before (those 4 players being Gary Kelly, Michael Duberry, Frazer Richardson and Matthew Kilgallon).
His Leeds career started well: for the first half of the season he held down the left midfield position in a 4-4-2 formation, and has been the club's top scorer until the arrival of David Healy from Preston. Pugh was then switched to left full back after an injury to Stephen Crainey and a dip in form from Frazer Richardson. However, Pugh subsequently fell out of favour at Leeds. Blackwell's decision to switch to a 4-3-3 formation meant that Pugh's position was taken by David Healy and, with Matthew Kilgallon occupying the left full back position, Pugh was dropped to the bench.
Pugh was sold to Preston in June 2006 for a fee of £250,000, his last few months at Leeds having been spent almost entirely out of the first team (he had made only five appearance in his final six months with the club).
| Preston North End F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Lonergan | 2 Alexander | 3 Davidson | 4 Pugh | 5 Mawene | 7 Sedgwick | 9 Agyemang | 10 Nugent | 11 Dichio | 12 St Ledger | 14 Chilvers | 15 Whaley | 16 McKenna | 17 Ormerod | 18 Hill | 19 Smith | 20 Miller | 22 Nash | 23 L. Neal | 24 Anyinsah | 25 Nowland | 26 Stock | 27 McCormack | 28 Wilson | 29 Hinchcliffe | 30 C. Neal | 32 Parillon | 33 Mellor | 34 Beattie | Manager: Simpson |
