Danny Cowley

Danny Cowley
Personal information
Date of birth (1978-10-22) 22 October 1978[1]
Place of birth Havering, London, England
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Lincoln City (manager)
Youth career
Wimbledon
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Dagenham & Redbridge 0 (0)
Purfleet
Barking
0000–2004 Harlow Town
2004–2005 Boreham Wood
2004–2005 → Romford (loan) 18 (1)
2005–2007 Hornchurch
2007 Brentwood Town
2007 Concord Rangers
Teams managed
2007–2015 Concord Rangers
2015–2016 Braintree Town
2016– Lincoln City
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Danny Cowley (born 22 October 1978) is an English former footballer who is the manager of League Two club Lincoln City.

Early life

Cowley was born in Havering, London.[2] He started his playing career with Wimbledon.[3] Playing as a midfielder he also spent time with non-league clubs, including Romford,[4] AFC Hornchurch and Brentwood Town, before his career was ended by injury in 2007. Shortly after that, he was offered the manager's job at Concord Rangers.[5]

Managerial career

Concord Rangers

When he took over at Concord, the club was playing in the Essex Senior Football League, in front of crowds of generally not more than 50 people per match. In his first season in charge the club were promoted to the Isthmian League Division One North, and narrowly missed out on a second successive promotion the following year, before being promoted a year later. After two seasons of consolidation, Cowley won his third promotion with the club, this time to the National League South. In his last season in charge, Concord reached the first round proper of the FA Cup, while narrowly missing out on a play-off spot.[5]

Braintree Town

On 30 April 2015, Cowley became manager of Braintree Town.[6] That season Braintree secured their highest-ever finish of third place in the National League, and qualified for the play-offs.[7] In the play-off semi-finals, they won the first leg at Grimsby Town, defeating them 1–0,[8] before losing the second leg 2–0 at home, failing to qualify for the final as his side lost 2–1 on aggregate.[9]

Lincoln City

After just one season in charge of Braintree Town, Cowley moved on again, this time to Lincoln City on 13 May 2016.[10]

During Cowley's first season in charge of Lincoln, he oversaw the club's promotion back to the Football League - doing so by winning the National League title with two games to spare. This, after a six-year absence since relegation in 2011, they became the first non-league club to reach the quarter-final of the FA Cup in over a century, knocking out Championship sides Ipswich Town and Brighton & Hove Albion, followed by Premier League side Burnley, in the process.[11] Lincoln eventually lost 5–0 to Arsenal in the quarter-finals.[12] On 8 April 2018, he led his team to the EFL Trophy final against Shrewsbury Town at Wembley which they won 1-0 thanks to a goal by Elliott Whitehouse. It was Lincoln's first ever game at Wembley.[13]

Personal life

Growing up, Cowley was a West Ham United supporter.[14] During his spells as manager of Concord Rangers and Braintree Town, Cowley combined his management role with teaching Physical Education at FitzWimarc School in Rayleigh, Essex.[15] Cowley has a brother, Nicky who played alongside him at Romford, has been his assistant manager at Concord Rangers, Braintree Town and Lincoln City.[2]

Cowley graduated from the University of Greenwich in 2002, obtaining a bachelor's degree in Physical Education.[16]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 13 October 2018
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
PWDLWin %
Braintree Town 30 April 2015 13 May 2016 53 26 13 14 049.1 [6][10][17]
Lincoln City 13 May 2016 Present 136 78 31 27 057.4 [10][18]
Total 189 104 44 41 055.0 —

References

  1. ↑ "Welcome: Danny Cowley". Vital Lincoln City. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  2. 1 2 "It was only matter of time before Danny and Nicky Cowley made national news and Arsenal should beware". Romford Recorder. 24 February 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  3. ↑ Khan, Danyal (26 October 2016). "EXCLUSIVE: Lincoln City boss Danny Cowley talks about devastating end to his playing career". The Linc. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Danny Cowley – Ex players". Romford F.C. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Lincoln's 'Special One' Danny Cowley is plotting to take down Wenger's Arsenal". The Bleacher Report. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Danny Cowley: Braintree Town appoint Concord Rangers boss". BBC Sport. 30 April 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  7. ↑ "Meet Danny Cowley: The PE teacher and non-league Ranieri doing a Leicester City at Braintree Town". Just Football. 2 May 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  8. ↑ "Grimsby Town 0–1 Braintree Town". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  9. ↑ "National League: Braintree Town 0–2 Grimsby Town (A.E.T) - (1–2 agg.)". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  10. 1 2 3 "Danny Cowley: Lincoln City name new manager after Braintree Town resignation". BBC Sport. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  11. ↑ "Burnley 0–1 Lincoln City". BBC Sport. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  12. ↑ White, Jim (11 March 2017). "Danny Cowley's valiant Lincoln City displayed a togetherness Arsenal can only dream of". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  13. ↑
  14. ↑ McRae, Donald (7 March 2017). "Lincoln's Danny Cowley: 'We have one-in-1,000 chance at Arsenal but we can do it'". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  15. ↑ "Braintree Town's Danny Cowley: The PE teacher on verge of Football League". BBC Sport. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  16. ↑ "Greenwich to FA Cup glory: Danny Cowley, Lincoln City manager". University of Greenwich. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  17. ↑ "Braintree Town: Results/matches: 2015/16". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  18. ↑ "Lincoln City: Results/matches: 2016/17". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 May 2018. Individual seasons accessed via dropdown menu.
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