Dave Penney

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Dave Penney
Personal information
Full name	David Penney
Date of birth	August 17, 1964 (1964-08-17) (age 43)
Place of birth	Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Club information
Current club	Darlington (manager)
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1984–1985 1985–1989 1989–1994 1991 1994–1997 1997–1998 1998–2002	Pontefract Collieries Derby County Oxford United → Swansea City (loan) Swansea City Cardiff City Doncaster Rovers	00? 0(?) 019 0(0) 110 (15) 012 0(3) 116 (20) 035 0(5) 063 (13)
Teams managed
2000 2001–2006 2006–	Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers Darlington
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

David 'Dave' Penney (born Wakefield, August 17, 1964) is an English football manager and former player, currently managing League Two side Darlington.

Penney didn't enter professional football until the relatively late age of 21. He had been working as a bricklayer and playing for nothing at Pontefract Collieries for 5 years before he was spotted by Derby County scout Ron Jukes, who recommended him to manager Arthur Cox. He was offered a contract at the then Third Division club and they climbed two divisions before he left for Oxford United for £175,000. He then went on to Wales, where he played for Swansea City and Cardiff City. After a while Penney decided he wanted to go back up North, so he joined Doncaster Rovers in 1998.

In 2002 Penney hung up his boots to pursue a career in management and he remained at Doncaster Rovers as caretaker-manager before taking the job on a full-time basis. After a well-placed finish in his first season, Penney guided Doncaster back into the Football League with victory in the play-off final in the 2002–03 season. Their stay in Division Three wasn't long though as he managed Doncaster to the Third Division title. During a further two seasons of cementing Doncaster's place in League One Penney famously masterminded victories over Premier League sides Manchester City and Aston Villa, and nearly overcame Arsenal in the Carling Cup quarter-finals before finally being beaten in a penalty shootout. Penney left Rovers on 30 August 2006 as he felt he had taken the club as far as he could. He was shortly appointed manager of Darlington on 30 October 2006, but he returned to Doncaster with Darlington for a Johnstone's Paint Trophy tie on 9 January 2007. Doncaster won the game 2-0 and Penney received a hero's reception from the home fans at the new Keepmoat Stadium.

Contents 1 Honours 1.1 As a manager 2 Managerial stats 3 External links

[edit] Honours

[edit] As a manager

Doncaster Rovers

• Conference Play-Off Final winner: 2002–03
• Division Three Title winner: 2003–04

[edit] Managerial stats

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	L	D	Win %
Doncaster Rovers		April 2000	May 2000	6	4	1	1	66.7
Doncaster Rovers		December 2001	August 2006	241	114	65	62	47.3
Darlington		October 2006	Present	87	38	27	22	43.7

[edit] External links

• David Penney management career stats at Soccerbase

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v • d • e Darlington F.C. – current squad -- Abbott • -- Austin • -- Blundell • -- Clarke • -- Foster • -- Hardman • -- Kazimierczak • -- Kennedy • -- Liversidge • -- Main • -- Miller • -- Oakes • -- Pocklington • -- Purdie • -- Ravenhill • -- Ryan • -- Valentine • -- White • -- Wright • Manager: Penney