Danny Boxall

Daniel James Boxall (born 24 August 1977) is an English former professional footballer who played as a right back for Brentford, Bristol Rovers, Oldham Athletic and Crystal Palace. After two seasons in Ireland with Dublin City, he returned to England in 2006 to play non-League football and retired in 2008.

Danny Boxall
Personal information
Full name Daniel James Boxall[1]
Date of birth (1977-08-24) 24 August 1977
Place of birth Croydon, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2]
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
0000–1987 Selsdon Junior
1987–1991 Tottenham Hotspur
1991–1995 Crystal Palace
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1998 Crystal Palace 8 (0)
1997 → Oldham Athletic (loan) 5 (0)
1998 → Oldham Athletic (loan) 12 (0)
1998–2002 Brentford 68 (1)
2002–2004 Bristol Rovers 63 (0)
2004–2005 Dublin City
2006 Carshalton Athletic 6 (0)
2006–2008 Whyteleafe 48 (0)
2008 Hampton & Richmond Borough 1 (0)
2008 Croydon Athletic 16 (0)
National team
1998–1999 Republic of Ireland U21 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

A right back, Boxall began his senior career at First Division club Crystal Palace and made 8 appearances during the 1995–96 and 1996–97 seasons.[3][4][5] He made two appearances during Palace's single-season stay in the Premier League and spent most of 1997–98 on loan at Second Division club Oldham Athletic.[6][7] Boxall was released by Crystal Palace in June 1998 and joined newly-relegated Third Division club Brentford on a free transfer.[3][8] He made 46 appearances and scored one goal during the Bees' Third Division-title winning 1998–99 season.[9][10] A cruciate ligament injury suffered in February 2000 kept Boxall out of match play until March 2002 and he made a number of late-2001–02 season appearances.[3][11] He was released after Brentford's Second Division play-off Final defeat and played the 2002–03 and 2003–04 seasons with Third Division club Bristol Rovers.[3][12] Boxall played his subsequent career in the League of Ireland and English non-League football,[13] before retiring due to injury in 2008.[14]

Personal life

Boxall was born at Mayday Hospital and attended Holy Trinity Church of England Junior School and Stanley Park High School in Wallington.[15][16][17] He has four older brothers and an older sister.[15] Boxall has worked as a male model and has run cleaning, construction and physiotherapy businesses.[18]

International career

Boxall won eight caps for Republic of Ireland U21 in 1998 and 1999.[19]

Honours

Brentford

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Crystal Palace 1995–96[4] First Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1996–97[5] 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
1997–98[7] Premier League 1 0 — 1 0 — 2 0
Total 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 0
Oldham Athletic (loan) 1997–98[7] Second Division 17 0 0 0 — 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 18 0
Brentford 1998–99[9] Third Division 38 1 2 0 4 0 2[lower-alpha 1] 0 46 1
1999–00[20] Second Division 25 0 2 0 2 0 3[lower-alpha 1] 0 32 0
2001–02[11] 5 0 0 0 0 0 1[lower-alpha 2] 0 6 0
Total 68 1 4 0 6 0 6 0 84 1
Bristol Rovers 2002–03[21] Third Division 39 0 4 0 1 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 45 0
2003–04[22] 24 0 0 0 1 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 26 0
Total 63 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 71 0
Carshalton Athletic 2005–06[23] Conference South 5 0 — — — 5 0
2006–07[24] Isthmian League Premier Division 6 0 0 0 — 0 0 6 0
Total 11 0 0 0 — 0 0 11 0
Whyteleafe 2006–07[24] Isthmian League First Division South 18 0 — — 0 0 18 0
2007–08[25] 30 0 0 0 — 2[lower-alpha 3] 0 32 0
Total 48 0 0 0 — 2 0 50 0
Hampton & Richmond Borough 2008–09[26] Conference South 1 0 — — — 1 0
Croydon Athletic 2008–09[27] Isthmian League First Division South 16 0 0 0 — 0 0 16 0
Career total 232 1 8 0 8 0 10 0 258 1
  1. Appearances in Football League Trophy
  2. Appearance in Second Division play-offs
  3. Appearances in Isthmian League Cup

References
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  3. Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Yore Publications. p. 25. ISBN 0-9552949-1-6. OCLC 316718484.
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  14. O'Hara, Paul. "The All-Time Premier League XI Of Irish Players You Forgot Existed". Balls.ie. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  15. MacInnes, Keith. "Brentford Football Club". Archived from the original on 14 June 2002. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
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  21. "Games played by Danny Boxall in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  22. "Games played by Danny Boxall in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  23. "Conference South guide – Carshalton Athletic". Archived from the original on 15 June 2006. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
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  26. "Blue Square Conference South guide – Hampton and Richmond Borough". Archived from the original on 25 May 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
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