Danny Maye

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Danny Maye
Personal information
Full name Daniel Peter Christopher Maye[1]
Date of birth (1982-07-14) 14 July 1982 (age 41)[2]
Place of birth Leicester, England[2]
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1998–2001 Port Vale
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2002 Port Vale 2 (0)
2002 Southend United 2 (0)
2002 Nuneaton Borough 0 (0)
2002–2003 Corby Town
2003–2006 Team Bath
2006 Chippenham Town
2006–2007 Taunton Town
2007–2011 Yate Town
2011–2013 Bristol Manor Farm
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daniel Peter Christopher Maye (born 14 July 1982) is an English former professional footballer who now works as a football coach.

Playing career[edit]

Port Vale[edit]

Maye started his career with Second Division Port Vale, making his debut as a 67th minute substitute in a 5–0 win over Cambridge United at Vale Park on 5 October 2001, replacing Ian Armstrong. Eleven days later he played the second half of the Football League Trophy clash with Carlisle United, replacing fellow youngster Alex Gibson. Vale scored twice in six minutes to turn the game around 2–1. His final appearance was on 6 April 2002, replacing Marc Bridge-Wilkinson with eight minutes to go of a goalless home draw with Bournemouth.[3]

Southend United[edit]

He joined Southend United on a free transfer for the start of the 2002–03 season. He made his debut for the Third Division club on 17 August 2002, replacing Phil Whelan late into a 3–2 defeat to Shrewsbury Town at Roots Hall. His next match was in the League Cup First Round on 10 September, coming on for Damon Searle with the score 3–0 to Wimbledon, the score at full-time was 4–1. He played his last game seven days later, again coming off the bench, this time replacing Neil Jenkins, in another home defeat, Kidderminster Harriers claiming a 2–1 victory. He left the club once his three-month contract expired.[4]

Non-League[edit]

Late in 2002 he joined Conference side Nuneaton Borough, before quickly moving on to Corby Town. In 2003, he joined Team Bath, staying for three years, he completed a degree program with the affiliated university – a degree in Coach Education Sports Development from the University of Bath. He spent part of 2006 with Chippenham Town before signing with Taunton Town. In 2007, he joined Yate Town, whilst working as a teacher at a Bath Secondary School before moving on to Bristol Manor Farm.

Coaching career[edit]

Maye was appointed as a coach at the Bristol Rovers academy.[5] In December 2012, he joined the coaching staff at Southampton and went on to obtain his UEFA A Licence and by 2019 was working as 'Lead Youth Phase Coach' at the club's academy.[6]

In August 2023, after 12 years working at Southampton, Maye joined the coaching staff at Derby County's academy, taking up the role of lead under-18 coach.[7]

Career statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[8][9][10]
Club Season League FA Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Port Vale 2001–02 Second Division 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Southend United 2002–03 Third Division 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
Nuneaton Borough 2002–03 Conference 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Danny Maye". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "FootballSquads - Port Vale - 2001/02". www.footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Port Vale v Bournemouth Match facts". The Guardian. 6 April 2002. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
  4. ^ "WE'RE BACK!!!". 17 Nov 2004. southendunited.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
  5. ^ "Centre of Excellence Coaches". bristolrovers.co.uk. 13 November 2009. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  6. ^ "Danny Maye - Lead Youth Phase Academy Coach, Southampton FC, UK -". 16 May 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Academy confirms new coaching staff structure". Derby County F.C. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  8. ^ Danny Maye at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  9. ^ Danny Maye at Soccerbase Edit this at Wikidata
  10. ^ "Nuneaton Borough statistics" (PDF). fromtowntotown.org.uk. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
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