Danny Bailey
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Daniel Stephen Bailey (born May 21, 1964) was an English professional footballer. He was born in Leyton, London and currently plays for non-league side Chesham United.
Danny Bailey, a combative midfielder, began his career as an apprentice with AFC Bournemouth, turning professional and making his league debut in the 1980-81 season. After only 1 further league appearance for Bournemouth, he dropped out of league football, joining Dagenham.
He later joined Walthamstowe Avenue, from whom he joined Torquay United on a free transfer in March 1984. His only league appearance for the Gulls came during the 1983-84 season, a 2-1 defeat away to Hartlepool United on March 17.
Later in 1984, Bailey moved to Grays Athletic. He subsequently joined Wealdstone and in August 1989 returned to league football with Exeter City, again on a free transfer.
This time his career really took off, quickly establishing himself in the side, and after 64 league games, in which he scored 2 goals, he moved to Reading in December 1990 for a fee of £50,000. In his first season and a half at Reading, he played 50 league games, scoring twice. However, out of the first team at the beginning of the 1992-93 season, he was loaned to Fulham making 3 league appearances.
Still unable to break back into the Reading line-up, he returned to Exeter City on a free transfer in December 1992, and quickly re-established himself at St. James' Park. In the summer of 1997, he was released after 152 further league appearances in which he scored 4 goals.
He joined Farnborough Town, beginning a journey around various non-league sides, quickly moving on to Slough Town. He remained at Slough until the end of the 1997-98 season, but was one of many players sacked during a summer that saw the Wexham Park side in deep financial trouble and eventually voted out of the Conference.
He joined Telford United on a short-term contract on the 21st of August 1998, with the emphasis on the short-term. He moved to Forest Green Rovers in September 1998, playing in the 1999 FA Trophy final, at which time Non-League on the Net reported that he was based in London, where he owned his own fitness centre. In the close-season of 1999 he was released by Forest Green, joining Welling United on the 29th of July 1999.
The Kentish Times linked him with moves to Basingstoke Town in December 1999, and Crawley Town in January 2000, however he remained at Welling and was released in the summer of 2000. In September 2000 he returned on a free transfer to play for Forest Green Rovers. In December 2000, he left Forest Green for a second time, moving to Aylesbury United, though he stayed only a few months at Aylesbury, moving to Grays Athletic in February 2001.
He later played for Weston-super-Mare, Bath City and Redbridge from where he joined Weymouth in November 2002. He left Weymouth to join Leyton Pennant as player-coach in March 2003. He was without a club from August 2003 to November 2003 when he joined Chippenham Town.
He later played for Stansted and joined Chesham United in January 2006.
