Luke Daley

Luke Daley
Personal information
Full name Luke Aaron Daley[1]
Date of birth (1989-11-10) 10 November 1989[1]
Place of birth Northampton, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Position Winger
Youth career
Mulbarton Wanderers
2003–2008 Norwich City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Norwich City 11 (0)
2011 → Stevenage (loan) 2 (0)
2011–2012 Plymouth Argyle 18 (1)
2012 Lincoln City 5 (0)
2012–2014 Braintree Town 60 (8)
2014–2015 Dartford 31 (1)
2015–2018 Chelmsford City 67 (5)
Total 194 (15)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luke Aaron Daley (born 10 November 1989) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger. He previously played for Norwich City, Stevenage, Plymouth Argyle, Lincoln City, Braintree Town, Dartford and Chelmsford City.

Career

Norwich City

Daley, who lived in Cley next the Sea,[2] was signed to Norwich after being spotted playing football for local team, Mulbarton Wanderers. After scoring four goals in six reserve team games, Daley was named as a substitute versus Stoke City in March 2008, as an 18-year-old "second-year Academy scholar". Aged 18, he was given a squad number of 39.[3]

In November 2008, Daley came to further attention, when scoring a hat trick in a 4–2 Reserves win against an Arsenal Reserves team that "featured seven players from the squad that beat Wigan Athletic in the League Cup" a week earlier.[4]

Daley made his professional debut for Norwich in a 1–1 draw against Burnley at Carrow Road on 21 February 2009 as a 78th-minute substitute for Jamie Cureton.[5] He made two further substitute appearances towards the latter stages of the 2008–09 season,[6][7] as Norwich were relegated to League One.[8] The following season, Daley made his first starting appearance for Norwich, playing the whole game in the club's 4–1 home defeat to Sunderland in the League Cup.[9] He made a total of ten appearances for Norwich in all competitions during the 2009–10 season, as the club were promoted back to the Championship.[10][11]

In January 2011, Daley joined League Two side Stevenage on a one-month loan deal.[12] Stevenage manager Graham Westley had previously tried to bring in Daley ahead of the 2010–11 season, but a thigh injury which had kept Daley out for a large part of the season meant any hopes of signing the player were scuppered.[13] Daley made his debut for Stevenage on 22 January 2011, coming on as a 64th-minute substitute in Stevenage's 2–0 victory against Morecambe.[14] It was to be Daley's only appearance during the first three weeks of his loan spell, appearing as an unused substitute in games against Accrington Stanley and Gillingham.[15][16] He scored twice for Stevenage's reserve side in a 2–2 draw against Colchester United's second string on 9 February 2011.[17] Daley made two appearances during his one-month loan spell at Stevenage, before returning to his parent club on 22 February.[18]

Plymouth Argyle

Ahead of the 2011–12 season, Daley went on trial with League Two side Plymouth Argyle.[19] He signed for Plymouth Argyle on a permanent basis on 19 July 2011.[20] On 6 August 2011, Daley made his debut for the club in a 1–1 draw against Shrewsbury Town.[21] On 30 August 2011, Daley scored his first goal in senior football with a long-range effort against Exeter City in the Football League Trophy.[22] On 18 February 2012, Daley scored his first league goal in a 4–0 win over Accrington Stanley.[23] At the end of the 2011–12 season, Daley was released after not being offered a new contract.[24]

Lincoln City

Daley joined Grimsby Town on trial on 3 August 2012 and appeared in the club's final pre-season friendly against Stalybridge Celtic.[25] He joined Lincoln City on a non-contract basis on 10 August,[26][27] and made his debut the next day in a 1–0 win against Kidderminster Harriers.[28]

Chelmsford City

In August 2015, Daley joined National League South side Chelmsford City after a successful trial.[29] In January 2018, Chelmsford manager Rod Stringer confirmed Daley had left the club and retired from football.[30]

Career statistics

As of match played 17 January 2018
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Norwich City 2008–09[31] Championship 300000—30
2009–10[32] League One 7000102[a]0100
2010–11[18] Championship 100000—10
Total 110001020140
Stevenage (loan) 2010–11[18] League Two 2000000020
Plymouth Argyle 2011–12[33] League Two 18110101[a]1212
Lincoln City 2012–13[34] Conference Premier 5000—0050
Braintree Town 2012–13[35] Conference Premier 30720—00327
2013–14[36] Conference Premier 30110—00311
Total 60830—00638
Dartford 2014–15[37] Conference Premier 31120—5[b]0381
Chelmsford City 2015–16[38] National League South 38430—6[c]0474
2016–17[38] 22010—10[d]2332
2017–18[39] 7110—2[e]0101
Total 6755000182907
Career total 194151102026323318
  1. 1 2 Appearances in Football League Trophy
  2. ↑ Four appearances in the FA Trophy and one in the Kent Senior Cup
  3. ↑ Three appearances in the Essex Senior Cup and three in the FA Trophy
  4. ↑ Four appearances and two goals in the Essex Senior Cup, three appearances in the FA Trophy and three in the National League South play-offs
  5. ↑ Two appearances in the Essex Senior Cup

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0.
  2. ↑ Flown From the Nest Retrieved 2018-02-10
  3. ↑ "Luke Daley profile". Norwich City F.C. Archived from the original on 26 February 2009. Retrieved 21 February 2009.
  4. ↑ "Daley's hat-trick does the damage". Norwich City F.C. Retrieved 21 February 2009.
  5. ↑ "Norwich 1–1 Burnley". BBC Sport. 21 February 2009. Retrieved 21 February 2009.
  6. ↑ "Norwich 1–2 Coventry". Soccerbase. 28 February 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  7. ↑ "Norwich 0–2 Reading". Soccerbase. 27 April 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  8. ↑ "Norwich drop down to League One". BBC Sport. 3 May 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  9. ↑ "Norwich 1–4 Sunderland". Soccerbase. 24 August 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  10. ↑ "Games played by Luke Daley in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 11 June 2004. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  11. ↑ "Charlton 0–1 Norwich". BBC Sport. 17 April 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  12. ↑ "Luke Daley loaned to Stevenage from Norwich City". BBC Sport. 21 January 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  13. ↑ "Westley excited about Daley acquisition". The Comet. 21 January 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  14. ↑ "Stevenage 2–0 Morecambe". BBC Sport. 22 January 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  15. ↑ "Stevenage 2–2 Gillingham". BBC Sport. 1 February 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
  16. ↑ "Stevenage 2–2 Accrington". BBC Sport. 5 February 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  17. ↑ "Colchester Reserves 2–2 Stevenage Reserves". Stevenage F.C. 9 February 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
  18. 1 2 3 "Games played by Luke Daley in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
  19. ↑ "Plymouth Argyle sign Robbie Williams and Durrell Berry". BBC Sport. 4 July 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  20. ↑ "Plymouth Argyle to sign Ladji Soukouna and Luke Daley". BBC Sport. 19 July 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  21. ↑ "Match Report: Shrewsbury Town 1 – 1 Plymouth Argyle". Plymouth Argyle Homepage. 6 August 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  22. ↑ "Match Report: Exeter City 1 – 1 Plymouth Argyle". Plymouth Argyle Homepage. 30 August 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  23. ↑ "Match Report: Accrington Stanley 0 – 4 Plymouth Argyle". Plymouth Argyle Homepage. 18 February 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  24. ↑ "Retained List". Plymouth Argyle F.C. 17 May 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  25. ↑ "Stalybridge Celtic 2 Grimsby Town 1". Grimsby Town F.C. 3 August 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  26. ↑ "Lincoln City sign ex-Plymouth Argyle winger Luke Daley". BBC Sport. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  27. ↑ "Winger Daley Joins on Non-Contract Forms". Lincoln City F.C. 10 August 2012. Archived from the original on 12 August 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  28. ↑ "Lincoln City 1–0 Kidderminster". BBC Sport. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  29. ↑ "Clarets Add SIX New Faces Ahead of League Opener". Chelmsford City F.C.
  30. ↑ "Rod Stringer: I have to be happy with the position we're in". BBC Essex. 5 January 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  31. ↑ "Games played by Luke Daley in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
  32. ↑ "Games played by Luke Daley in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
  33. ↑ "Games played by Luke Daley in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  34. ↑ "Games played by Luke Daley in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  35. ↑ "Braintree 2012/2013 player appearances". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  36. ↑ "Braintree 2013/2014 player appearances". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  37. ↑ "Dartford 2014/2015 player appearances". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  38. 1 2 "Luke Daley". Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  39. ↑ Luke Daley at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
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