Dave Penney
Penney in 2009
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | David Mark Penney | ||
| Date of birth | 17 August 1964 | ||
| 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) |
| 1991 | → Swansea 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) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2000 | Doncaster Rovers (player) | ||
| 2001–2006 | Doncaster Rovers | ||
| 2006–2009 | Darlington | ||
| 2009–2010 | Oldham Athletic | ||
| 2011 | Bristol Rovers | ||
| 2013- 2015 | Southend United (assistant) | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
David Mark "Dave" Penney (born 17 August 1964) is an English football manager and former player. Born in Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, 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 5 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.
In 2002 Penney retired to pursue a career in management and he remained at Doncaster, taking the managerial job on a full-time basis. After a well-placed finish in his first season, Penney guided Doncaster back into the Football League with victory in the 2003 play-off final. Their stay in Division Three wasn't long though as he managed Doncaster to the Division Three title. During a further two seasons of cementing Doncaster's place in League One Penney famously masterminded victories over Premier League sides Manchester City and Aston Villa, and nearly overcame Arsenal in the League Cup quarter-finals before finally being beaten in a penalty shootout. Penney left Rovers on 30 August 2006 as he felt he had taken the club as far as he could.
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