Danny Bacon

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Personal information
Danny Bacon
Date of birth	20/09/1980
Place of birth	Mansfield, England
Height	5 foot 10 inches
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Hednesford Town
Number	10
Youth clubs
1998-2000	Mansfield Town
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998-2003 2003-2005 2005-2007 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-	Mansfield Town Hucknall Town Lincoln City Burton Albion Worksop Town Hednesford Town	44 (4) - (-) 2 (0) 5 (0) - (-) - (-)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02 February 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Danny Bacon is a footballer who plays as a striker at Hednesford Town.

He began his career with his home town club Mansfield Town. He then had a two year spell with nearby Hucknall Town. While at Hucknall he scored in the 2005 FA Trophy final penalty defeat against Grays Athletic. His form at Hucknall earned him a move back into the professional game with Lincoln City. He struggled to break into the first team, making just two substitute appearances, and was allowed to join Burton Albion on loan in September 2005. However, disaster struck in his fifth game when he fractured his fibia in a game against Aldershot; it was the second time he had broken his leg, the first being whilst playing for Mansfield's youth team. The injury kept him out of the squad for six months but, in light of his injury, he was given a new contract by Keith Alexander in April 2006.

Given the number 10 shirt at Sincil Bank for the 2006/07 season, he made his first start in the opening fixture at Notts County but his injury jinx hit again as he first suffered a nasty facial cut, requiring nine stitches, following a clash with Jason Lee and then injured his ankle. Upon his recovery to fitness, he found it hard to break into the Lincoln team which was riding high in the upper echelons of the league table and in September 2006 he was loaned out to Worksop Town where he spent three months. At the beginning of January 2007, he was told that he was free to find another club and agreed to cancel his contract on 25th January, leaving him free to join Unibond League side Hednesford Town.