Danny Hockton

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Personal information
Danny Hockton
Full name	Danny Hockton
Date of birth	February 7, 1979 (1979-02-07) (age 29)
Place of birth	Barking, England
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Bromley
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996-2000 2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2006 2006-2007 2007-	Millwall Stevenage Dover Chelmsford Crawley Billericay Margate Bromley	44 (7) 22 (6) 17 (10) ? (16) ? (15) 75 (52) 56 (52) 10 (4)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Danny Hockton (born 7th February 1979 in Barking), is an English footballer currently playing for Bromley

Hockton is a striker, born in Barking, Essex, who began his career with Millwall. He played for the Lions from 1996/97 to 1999/00, scoring 7 goals in 44 appearances (31 of those as a substitute).

He joined Conference side Stevenage Borough in January 2000, scoring 6 goals in 22 appearances, before transferring to fellow Conference club Dover Athletic in December 2000 for £7,500. He scored 10 goals in 17 appearances during the remainder of the 2000/01 season.

When Gary Bellamy took over as Dover manager in the summer of 2001, Hockton was one of the first players to be moved out of the club. Hockton moved down a level to then Southern League club Chelmsford City in August 2001. He had one season there and scored 16 goals, before signing for fellow Southern League side Crawley Town for the start of the 2002/03 season. He proceeded to score 15 goals during a season-long spell.

Hockton moved to Isthmian League club Billericay Town in the summer of 2003. He went on to score 52 goals in 75 appearances for the club, despite suffering a knee injury that sidelined him for a large part of the 2004/05 season. In January 2006, Hockton switched to fellow Isthmian League side Margate for an undisclosed fee. He won the club's Golden Boot award for the 2005/06 season, scoring 16 goals in 18 league appearances.

Hockton was in lethal scoring form in the 2006/07 season. He won the Ryman League Golden Boot award, the Margate F.C. Golden Boot award and the Margate F.C. Supporters' Player of the Year award, after scoring 36 league goals in 40 appearances, but left to join Bromley for an undisclosed fee in June 2007.^[1]