Jay Denny
Personal information
Full name Jay Denny[1]
Date of birth (1986-01-06) January 6, 1986[2]
Place of birth Santa Monica, California, United States
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1999–2003 Stoke City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2005 Stoke City 0 (0)
2005–2006 Shrewsbury Town 14 (0)
2006–2007 Nuneaton Borough 27 (3)
2007 Brackley Town 0 (0)
2007–2009 Halesowen Town 98 (15)
2009 Leamington 8 (0)
2009–2010 Halesowen Town 36 (2)
2010–2012 Hednesford Town 109 (5)
2012 Worcester City 2 (0)
2012–2015 Solihull Moors 105 (4)
2015 Worcester City 8 (1)
2015 AFC Telford United 0 (0)
2015–2017 Halesowen Town 37 (1)
2017–2020 Newtown 26 (0)
International career
United States U17
United States U20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 06:46, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Jay Denny (born January 6, 1986) is an American soccer player.

A midfielder, Denny began his career with Stoke City but never appeared for the first team. He made 14 appearances in the Football League for Shrewsbury Town. He then moved into non-League football and played for Nuneaton Borough, Brackley Town, Halesowen Town, Leamington, Halesowen Town, Hednesford Town and Worcester City before joining Solihull Moors in 2012.

In international football, Denny played for the United States at under-17 and under-20 level.

Playing career

Stoke City

Denny was born in Santa Monica, California,[3] of English parents, and has lived in England since 1994.[4] He began his career as a trainee with Stoke City after being spotted playing for Cannock Schools district football team at thirteen years of age.[5] He was awarded an academy scholarship at sixteen and a professional contract at eighteen, scored in the match that secured the reserve league championship in the 2003–04 season, and won the club's Young Player of the Year award.[6] Denny was first selected for Stoke's first team for the visit of West Bromwich Albion in May 2004, but remained an unused substitute.[6] He signed a new contract at the end of that season,[7] and appeared on Stoke's bench on eight occasions, but without getting any time on the pitch, and was allowed to leave the club at the end of the 2004–05 season.[8]

Shrewsbury Town

In the 2005 close season, Denny joined League Two side Shrewsbury Town on a free transfer with a sell-on clause.[8]

Denny started for Shrewsbury on the opening day of the 2005–06 season, in a 1–0 defeat at home to Rochdale. He made seventeen appearances for Shrewsbury in all competitions.[9]

Denny scored two goals for Shrewsbury Town in the 3–2 League Cup victory against Brighton & Hove Albion, an 89th-minute equaliser and the winner in extra time, sending Shrewsbury into the second round of the competition.[10] His contract with the club was terminated by mutual consent in April 2006.[11]

Nuneaton Borough

Denny then joined Conference North club Nuneaton Borough[12] and made his debut in a Birmingham Senior Cup match against Racing Club Warwick in October 2006. Denny spent one season with Nuneaton, for whom he started twenty games and made a further seven appearances, and scored three goals, one winning goal of the season with a strike against Stalybridge Celtic. Denny was offered a contract in the United States with the Richmond Kickers but he eventually decided against the move after making a trip to Virginia.[4] He was released by the club in May 2007[13] and joined Brackley Town, again joining up with former manager, Roger Ashby.[14]

Halesowen Town

Although Denny signed for Brackley Town in the 2007 close season, he left that club after a few weeks to sign for Southern League Premier Division side Halesowen Town, then managed by Martin O'Connor.[4][15] He made 43 appearances for the Yeltz, more than any other player in the 2007–08 season,[16] and scored five goals in all competitions. One was a late equaliser at Kings Lynn, the eventual champions, and another away at Team Bath in a 3–0 league victory.[17] Denny played alongside Darren Caskey in midfield.

Halesowen lost in the promotion play-off final to Team Bath; the winning goal was scored in the final minute of playing time. After Halesowen's semi-final, four days before the final, was abandoned, the League insisted that the final could not be delayed so the match should be replayed two days later. Thus Halesowen had to play the final just 48 hours after winning their semi-final, and their opponents had an additional 48 hours rest and preparation time.[18][19] The Yeltz suffered major financial problems the following year and just missed out on the playoffs. Denny played 93 games in two seasons at Halesowen,[16] scoring 15 goals.[17][20]

Denny left Halesowen in the summer of 2009 to join up with Shamrock Rovers on trial, before eventually joining Leamington for a short spell,[21] however, Halesowen Town's off the field problems were now seemingly resolved and manager Matty Clarke persuaded Denny to return to The Grove as club captain.[22] He spent the season at The Grove narrowly missing out on the play-offs before signing for Southern League Premier rivals Hednesford Town.

Hednesford Town

Manager Bernard McNally signed Denny for Hednesford Town in July 2010 on a 12-month contract, one of a number of new recruits for the 2010–11 campaign. The club won the Southern League Cup, beating Hemel Hempstead Town over two legs, 5–1 on aggregate.[23] The team followed up the cup success by qualifying for the playoffs after finishing the league season in second position behind champions Truro City. This gave the Pitmen home advantage in the semi-final against Leamington, a game they won 3–1 to progress to the playoff final against third-place finishers Salisbury City.[24] However, after a 1–1 draw in the 90 minutes Hednesford regained the lead, but Salisbury equalised late in extra time and won the tie on penalties.[25] Denny finished the season with two goals from 54 appearances in all competitions, one from 42 in the league.[3] Hednesford transferred to the Northern Premier League for the 2011–12 season. Denny renewed his contract for the new season,[26] and captained the side to another playoff campaign, but was sent off in the semi-final as Bradford Park Avenue won 5–0.[27]

Worcester City

After training with the club during pre-season, Denny joined Worcester City on non-contract terms before the 2012–13 season.[28] In September, having started only one game for Worcester, Denny moved to fellow Conference North team Solihull Moors, for whom he made his debut in an FA Cup second qualifying round match against Westfields.[29]

Newtown

In June 2017, Denny joined Welsh Premier League side Newtown.[30]

International career

Denny made various appearances for the United States U-17s and U-20s national teams. He captained the U-20 squad on two occasions in a tournament in Ireland (Wales and Northern Ireland). Denny was forced to miss the U-20 squad's final training camp before selection for the CONCACAF final qualifying tournament for the 2005 under-20 World Cup because of professional commitments to Stoke City; this coincided with a change of national coaches prior to the competition and he was not selected for the tournament squad.[31]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke City 2004–05[32] Championship 0000000000
Shrewsbury Town 2005–06[33] League Two 140002210172
Career total 140002210172

References

  1. ↑ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2006). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2006–07. Mainstream Publishing. p. 108. ISBN 9781845961114.
  2. 1 2 "Player bio: Jay Denny". US Soccer. Archived from the original on July 28, 2012. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
  3. 1 2 French, Scott (June 6, 2011). "EUROPE: Movsisyan, Armenia eye growing gulf". ESPN Los Angeles. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 "I said 'no' to the Phantoms, Hammerheads and Beckham!" (reprint hosted at NewsBank). Birmingham Mail. December 29, 2007.
  5. ↑ Cartledge, James (December 16, 1999). "Young Jay has the world at his feet" (reprint hosted at NewsBank). Evening Mail. Birmingham.
  6. 1 2 Bergin, Chris (May 13, 2004). "Young Americans receive plaudits". Sky Sports. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
  7. ↑ Fudge, Simon (June 29, 2004). "Potters bid for Fortune". Sky Sports. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
  8. 1 2 Bailey, Gtaeme (June 1, 2005). "Town land American". Sky Sports. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Games played by Jay Denny in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
  10. ↑ "Shrewsbury 3–2 Brighton". BBC Sport. August 23, 2005. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
  11. ↑ Scurr, Andrew (April 7, 2006). "Shrews release another two". Sky Sports. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
  12. ↑ "Ashby goes for Yank". Non-League Daily. Baltic Publications. October 21, 2006. Archived from the original on January 30, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
  13. ↑ "Boro boss axes Denny and Chapman". BBC Sport. May 22, 2007. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
  14. ↑ "Ashby signs Denny for a second time". Non-League Daily. Baltic Publications. May 26, 2007. Archived from the original on September 24, 2012. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
  15. ↑ "Stanbridge joins Saints". Banbury Guardian. July 3, 2007. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
  16. 1 2 "Highest Goals & Appearances". Halesowen Town F.C. Archived from the original on November 17, 2011. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
  17. 1 2 "Fixtures & Results 2007/08". Halesowen Town F.C. Archived from the original on January 25, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
  18. ↑ "Bath sink Yeltz' hopes". Birmingham Post. May 5, 2008.
  19. ↑ "Maison fumes after being 'beaten by bureaucracy'". Birmingham Post. May 10, 2008.
  20. ↑ "Fixtures & Results 2008/09". Halesowen Town F.C. Archived from the original on January 25, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
  21. ↑ "Denny joins Brakes". Non-League Daily. Baltic Publications. June 28, 2009. Archived from the original on January 30, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
  22. ↑ "Denny rejoins Yeltz". Non-League Daily. Baltic Publications. October 3, 2009. Archived from the original on September 24, 2012. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
  23. ↑ "Southern League Cup Results 2010–2011". Southern Football League. Archived from the original on May 5, 2013. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
  24. ↑ "Southern League 2010–11". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
  25. ↑ "Salisbury secure promotion in shoot-out drama". BBC Sport. May 3, 2011. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
  26. ↑ "Key trio commit to Hednesford". Non-League Daily. Baltic Publications. May 27, 2011. Archived from the original on February 8, 2013. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
  27. ↑ Whiting, Ian (April 29, 2012). "Bradford Park Avenue get chance for revenge over FC United in play-off final". Telegraph & Argus. Bradford. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
  28. ↑ "City boost midfield with Denny capture". Worcester News. August 1, 2012. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
  29. ↑ "Denny departs Worcester". Non-League Daily. Baltic Publications. September 24, 2012. Archived from the original on October 30, 2012. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
  30. ↑ "Yeltz skipper Denny is Newtown's latest recruit". welsh-premier.com. June 28, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
  31. ↑ "Final U.S. Under-20 MNT Camp of 2004 in Full Swing at The Home Depot Center". US Soccer. December 15, 2004. Archived from the original on May 14, 2013. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
  32. ↑ "Games played by Jay Denny in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  33. ↑ "Games played by Jay Denny in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
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