Dave Penney

Dave Penney
Penney in 2009
Personal information
Full name David Mark Penney[1]
Date of birth (1964-08-17) 17 August 1964 (age 60)[1]
Place of birth Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1985 Pontefract Collieries ? (?)
1985–1989 Derby County 19 (0)
1989–1994 Oxford United 110 (15)
1991Swansea City (loan) 12 (3)
1994–1997 Swansea City 116 (20)
1997–1998 Cardiff City 35 (5)
1998–2002 Doncaster Rovers 63 (13)
Total 355 (56)
Managerial career
2000 Doncaster Rovers (player)
2001–2006 Doncaster Rovers
2006–2009 Darlington
2009–2010 Oldham Athletic
2011 Bristol Rovers
2013–2015 Southend United (assistant)
2016–2017 Guiseley (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Mark Penney (born 17 August 1964) is an English football manager and former player. Born in Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire,[1] Penney entered professional football at the relatively late age of 21. He had been working as a bricklayer and playing for nothing at Pontefract Collieries for five years before he was spotted by Derby County scout Ron Jukes, who recommended him to manager Arthur Cox. He was offered a contract at the then Third Division club and they climbed two divisions before he left for Oxford United for £175,000. He then went on to Wales, where he played for Swansea City and Cardiff City, latterly signing for Doncaster Rovers in 1998. He played as a midfielder.

  1. ^ a b c Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 487. ISBN 1-85291-665-6.