| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Darran Kaya Kempson | ||
| Date of birth | 6 December 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Blackpool, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2003–2005 | Preston North End | 0 | (0) |
| 2004 | → Accrington Stanley (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | → Morecambe (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 2005–2006 | Morecambe | 44 | (1) |
| 2006–2007 | Crewe Alexandra | 7 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Bury (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Shrewsbury Town | 23 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Accrington Stanley (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| 2008–2009 | Wrexham | 15 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | → Forest Green Rovers (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Accrington Stanley | 40 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | Grimsby Town | 53 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:55, 16 March 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Darran Kempson (born December 6, 1984 in Blackpool, England) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender and is currently without a club.
He has previously played for Preston North End, Accrington Stanley, Morecambe, Crewe Alexandra, Bury, Shrewsbury Town, Wrexham, Forest Green Rovers and Grimsby Town.
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Kempson attended Manor Beach Primary School and Millfield High School in Thornton Cleveleys area, Blackpool. after leaving school he was given the chance as a trainee with Preston North End.
The central defender started his career at Preston North End as a trainee, but didn't play a game for The Lilywhites. He was given a loan spell at Accrington Stanley from February 2004, making his début in Accrington's 3–2 defeat to Dagenham & Redbridge. Kempson went onto play a further 10 appearances for Accrington, scoring one goal, which was in the 3–1 defeat to Margate.
Kempson got a second loan spell away from Deepdale at the end of December 2004. This time, Kempson was loaned out to Morecambe, where he made seven appearances and scored a single goal.
Kempson managed to impress Morecambe manager Jim Harvey and secured a permanent deal at Christie Park. Kempson played a further 44 appearances for The Shrimps and helping them to the Conference Play-Offs. A starting regular under Jim Harvey at Morecambe, Kempson was mainly used a substitute under Sammy McIlroy, and decided not to renew his contract with the Shrimps.
Kempson then had a successful trial with Crewe Alexandra, and subsequently signed for the club in the summer of 2006. He played seven games for the Railwaymen, making his début in the 2–2 draw with Northampton. Following a short loan spell which saw him end the 2006–07 season at Bury.
Kempson followed team-mate Darren Moss to Shrewsbury Town in the summer of 2007 .His Shrewsbury début came in the 4–0 away win at Lincoln City on the opening day of the 2007–08 season. He scored his first goal for the club in the League Cup — the winner against Championship club Colchester United — three days later. It was the first competitive goal at the New Meadow. He joined Accrington Stanley on loan on 29 February 2008, but was recalled by the Shrews early to play in their last few games of the season. Kempson was not a regular in the first team at Shrewsbury and in July 2008, was told that he did not figure in manager Paul Simpson's immediate plans, being left behind as the club travelled to Spain on a pre-season training camp.
He joined newly-relegated Wrexham on a two-year contract. During his first season at Wrexham first team manager 'Brian Little' was sacked. Dean Saunders was appointed and Darran found himself out of favour and needing first team football.[1] During the 2008-2009 season he had a brief loan spell at Forest Green Rovers under his former manager at Morecambe, Jim Harvey. During this period at Forest Green Rovers he played in several key fixtures for the club including their FA cup third round match against Derby County but left in January 2009 to fight for a place back at Wrexham.
On July 21 Kempson rejoined Accrington Stanley after mutually agreeing to leave Wrexham. He scored his first goal for Accrington Stanley against Lincoln City the 15 August 2009. After a 18 month period where his career had arguably faulted, Darran now looks to be getting back on track after a number of battling performances' at the heart of the stanley defence.
On the 3rd June, 2010. Kempson signed with Grimsby Town on a 2 year contract. Throughout his first season at Blundell Park he partnered Rob Atkinson and Steven Watt and became an integral part of the clubs defence in Neil Woods side. Woods was replaced in February and Kempson was made club captain by the incoming management duo of Rob Scott and Paul Hurst. His captaincy continued into the 2011-12 season but admist rumours of a training ground bust up[2] Kempson was released by Grimsby[3] on 18 December 2011 following the clubs 4-3 victory over Ebbsfleet United having his contract cancelled by mutual consent.