Darren Dunning

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Darren Dunning
Personal information
Full name Darren Dunning
Date of birth 8 January 1981 (1981-01-08) (age 27)
Place of birth    Scarborough, England
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Harrogate Town
Number 6
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1999–2003
2000
2001–2002
2002
2002
2003
2003–2006
2006–		 Blackburn Rovers
→ Bristol City (loan)
→ Rochdale (loan)
→ Blackpool (loan)
→ Torquay United (loan)
→ Macclesfield Town (loan)
York City
Harrogate Town		 001 (0)
009 (0)
005 (0)
005 (0)
007 (1)
017 (0)
122 (7)
084 (9)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 21:16, 28 May 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Darren Dunning (born 8 January 1981 in Scarborough, England) is an English footballer, currently playing for Conference North side Harrogate Town.

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[edit] Career

Darren grew up in the village of Welburn before attending Malton School He began his career as a trainee with Blackburn Rovers, turning professional in August 1999. He joined Bristol City on loan in August 2000, making his league debut for the Robins on August 12, 2000, in a 2-0 win away to Wrexham. He played nine times for City before returning to Blackburn that October.[1]

His Blackburn debut came on October 31, 2000, Dunning playing all of the 2-0 League Cup defeat away to West Ham United. He also played one FA Cup match and one league match for Blackburn before the end of the 2000-2001 season.

He joined Rochdale on loan in November 2001 and moved to Blackpool on loan in March 2002, making just one first team appearance for Blackburn, in the League Cup that season. In November 2002, Dunning joined Torquay United on loan,[2] scoring the first league goal of his career in the 3-1 win at home to Southend United, having replaced the injured Martin Gritton in the 5th minute of the game.[3] In January 2003, he moved to Macclesfield Town on loan until the end of the season, [4], when he was released by Blackburn.

In July 2003 he signed for York City and was a regular in the York side relegated to the Conference National at the end of the season. He remained with York until June 2006, when he left after rejecting a new contract with the club.[5] The following month, he joined Harrogate Town, teaming-up with his twin brother, Richard, and former York team-mates Jamie Price and Dave Merris.[6] He made his debut in a 1–0 victory against Moor Green and scored his first goal as Harrogate 3–2 defeated Barrow.[7] Dunning finished his first season, 2006–07, by starting in all of Harrogate's 48 games, as well as scoring five goals.[7] He signed a new contract with the club in June 2008.[8]

[edit] Personal life

His girlfriend, Katie Mack, currently summarises York City's matches on local radio station, Minster FM.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Dunning returns to Ewood", BBC Sport, 2000-10-11. Retrieved on 2007-04-19. 
  2. ^ "Dunning deal for Gulls", BBC Sport, 2002-11-07. Retrieved on 2007-04-19. 
  3. ^ "Torquay 3-1 Southend", BBC Sport, 2002-12-21. Retrieved on 2007-04-19. 
  4. ^ "Trio in at Macclesfield", BBC Sport, 2003-01-08. Retrieved on 2007-04-19. 
  5. ^ "Dunning rejects new York contract", BBC Sport, 2006-06-29. Retrieved on 2007-04-19. 
  6. ^ "Ex-York striker joins Harrogate", BBC Sport, 2006-07-03. Retrieved on 2007-04-19. 
  7. ^ a b Williams, Mike; Williams, Tony (2007). The Non League Club Directory 2008. Tony Williams Publications, p214–215. ISBN 9781869833572. 
  8. ^ "Harrogate pair sign new contracts", BBC Sport, 2008-06-10. Retrieved on 2008-06-10. 

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Harrogate Town F.C. – current squad

–– Bettney • –– Dunning • –– Ellerker • –– Holland • –– Hume • –– C. Hunter • –– R. Hunter • –– Ingram • –– Jackson • –– McGarry • –– Merris • –– Musselwhite • –– Peat • –– Philpott • –– Price • –– Thomas • –– Whittington • –– L. Wood • –– M. Wood • Manager: Aspin