Luke Daley

Luke Daley

Personal information
Full name	Luke Aaron Daley[1]
Date of birth	10 November 1989[1]
Place of birth	Northampton, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Playing position	Winger
Club information
Current team	Chelmsford City
Youth career
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–	Chelmsford City	39	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:47, 30 April 2016 (UTC). † Appearances (goals)

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

Career

Norwich City

Luke was signed to Norwich as a 13-year-old 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.^[2]

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.^[3]

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.^[4] He made two further substitute appearances towards the latter stages of the 2008–09 season,^[5][6] as Norwich were relegated to League One.^[7] 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.^[8] 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.^[9][10]

In January 2011, Daley joined League Two side Stevenage on a one-month loan deal.^[11] 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.^[12] 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.^[13] 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.^[14][15] He scored twice for Stevenage's reserve side in a 2–2 draw against Colchester United's second string on 9 February 2011.^[16] Daley made two appearances during his one-month loan spell at Stevenage, before returning to his parent club on 22 February.^[17]

Plymouth Argyle

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

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.^[24] He joined Lincoln City on a non-contract basis on 10 August,^[25][26] and made his debut the next day in a 1–0 win against Kidderminster Harriers.^[27]

Career statistics

As of match played 5 May 2015.

Club statistics

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Norwich City	2008–09[28]	Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	—		3	0
	2009–10[29]	League One	7	0	0	0	1	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	10	0
	2010–11[30]	Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	—		1	0
	Total		11	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	14	0
Stevenage (loan)	2010–11[17]	League Two	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Plymouth Argyle	2011–12[31]	League Two	18	1	1	0	1	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	1	21	2
Lincoln City	2012–13[32]	Conference Premier	5	0	0	0	—		0	0	5	0
Braintree Town	2012–13[33]	Conference Premier	30	7	2	0	—		0	0	32	7
	2013–14[34]	Conference Premier	30	1	1	0	—		0	0	31	1
	Total		60	8	3	0	—		0	0	63	8
Dartford	2014–15[35]	Conference Premier	31	1	2	0	—		4[lower-alpha 2]	0	37	1
Career total			127	10	6	0	2	0	7	1	142	11

1. Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
2. Appearances in FA Trophy

References

1. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0.
2. "Luke Daley profile". Norwich City F.C. Retrieved 21 February 2009.
3. "Daley's hat-trick does the damage". Norwich City F.C. Retrieved 21 February 2009.
4. "Norwich 1–1 Burnley". BBC Sport. 21 February 2009. Retrieved 21 February 2009.
5. "Norwich 1–2 Coventry". Soccerbase. 28 February 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
6. "Norwich 0–2 Reading". Soccerbase. 27 April 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
7. "Norwich drop down to League One". BBC Sport. 3 May 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
8. "Norwich 1–4 Sunderland". Soccerbase. 24 August 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
9. "Games played by Luke Daley in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
10. "Charlton 0–1 Norwich". BBC Sport. 17 April 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
11. "Luke Daley loaned to Stevenage from Norwich City". BBC Sport. 21 January 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
12. "Westley excited about Daley acquisition". The Comet. 21 January 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
13. "Stevenage 2–0 Morecambe". BBC Sport. 22 January 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
14. "Stevenage 2–2 Gillingham". BBC Sport. 1 February 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
15. "Stevenage 2–2 Accrington". BBC Sport. 5 February 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
16. "Colchester Reserves 2–2 Stevenage Reserves". Stevenage F.C. 9 February 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
17. "Stevenage 2010/2011 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
18. "Plymouth Argyle sign Robbie Williams and Durrell Berry". BBC Sport. 4 July 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
19. "Plymouth Argyle to sign Ladji Soukouna and Luke Daley". BBC Sport. 19 July 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
20. "Match Report: Shrewsbury Town 1 – 1 Plymouth Argyle". Plymouth Argyle Homepage. 6 August 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
21. "Match Report: Exeter City 1 – 1 Plymouth Argyle". Plymouth Argyle Homepage. 30 August 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
22. "Match Report: Accrington Stanley 0 – 4 Plymouth Argyle". Plymouth Argyle Homepage. 18 February 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
23. "Retained List". Plymouth Argyle F.C. 17 May 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
24. "Stalybridge Celtic 2 Grimsby Town 1". Grimsby Town F.C. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
25. "Lincoln City sign ex-Plymouth Argyle winger Luke Daley". BBC Sport. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
26. "Winger Daley Joins on Non-Contract Forms". Lincoln City F.C. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
27. "Lincoln City 1–0 Kidderminster". BBC Sport. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
28. "Norwich 2008/2009 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
29. "Norwich 2009/2010 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
30. "Norwich 2010/2011 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
31. "Plymouth 2011/2012 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
32. "Lincoln 2012/2013 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
33. "Braintree 2012/2013 player appearances". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
34. "Braintree 2013/2014 player appearances". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
35. "Dartford 2014/2015 player appearances". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 August 2014.

External links

• Luke Daley career statistics at Soccerbase