Danny Griffin (footballer)

Danny Griffin
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Joseph Griffin
Date of birth	10 August 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defender / Midfielder
Youth career
; 1994	Wolfhill Boys Club; St Andrew's Boys Club
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–2000	St Johnstone
2000–2004	Dundee United
2004–2005	Stockport County
2005–2006	Aberdeen
2006–2008	Dundee
2008–2009	Ross County
2009–2010	Livingston
2010–2011	Arbroath
Total
International career‡
1996–2004	Northern Ireland
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 May 2011; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 August 2006

Daniel Joseph Griffin (born 10 August 1977) is a Northern Irish retired footballer. He was primarily a defender, but could also play in midfield. He is a youth coach with his first professional club, St Johnstone.

Career

At age 15, Griffin left high school in Belfast six months early to join St Johnstone.^[2] He made his professional debut two years later. It was while he was with the McDiarmid Park club that Griffin made his international debut against Germany in a 1–1 draw on 29 May 1996 in Belfast and scored his first international goal in a friendly against the Republic of Ireland three years, to the day, later.

In the following months, English club Derby County offered St Johnstone £1,000,000 for their 18-year-old centre-back. Griffin was beginning to develop a good relationship with St Johnstone and he felt there was much more he could learn from Paul Sturrock,^[3] so he turned down the move.^[3]^[2] In 1996, Griffin scored an own goal, the only goal of the game, in the Scottish Challenge Cup Final loss to Stranraer.^[4]

After seven years in Perth, Griffin followed manager Paul Sturrock to Tayside rivals Dundee United, for whom he would eventually become captain. Following injury problems, Griffin lost his regular place and joined English side Stockport County in 2004 as a free agent. After being released by Stockport, in December 2005 he signed for Aberdeen. Just four months later, however, he was informed that the club would not renew his contract at the end of the season.^[5]

In June 2006, Griffin became one of new Dundee manager Alex Rae's first signings, agreeing a two-year contract.^[6] On 8 January 2007 he left the club by mutual consent and joined Ross County a week later.^[7] Griffin was released by Ross County after suffering more injuries.^[8] He then joined Livingston in January 2009.^[8] After winning the third division championship with Livingston, Griffin joined Arbroath in June 2010 on a one-year deal^[9] where he won the third division title for a second successive season.^[10]

International goals

Scores and results list Northern Ireland's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	29 May 1999	Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	1–0	1–0	Friendly match

Career statistics

Club	Season	League		Cup		Lg Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
St Johnstone	1996–97	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	4	1
	1997–98	13	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	14	1
	1998–99	19	1	4	0	3	0	0	0	26	1
	1999–00	30	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	34	2
	Total	63	3	6	0	7	2	2	0	82	5
Dundee United	2000–01	18	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	22	1
	2001–02	29	2	2	0	3	1	0	0	34	3
	2002–03	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	1
	2003–04	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13	0
	Total	76	4	6	0	4	1	0	0	86	5
Stockport County	2003–04	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	1
	2004–05	16	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	21	1
	2005–06	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
	Total	35	1	3	1	0	0	3	0	41	2
Aberdeen	2005–06	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
Aberdeen	Total	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
Dundee	2006–07	24	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	27	0
	2007–08	7	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	10	0
	Total	31	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	37	0
Ross County	2008–09	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Ross County	Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Career total		221	8	19	1	13	3	7	0	260	12

Honours

St Johnstone

Scottish Challenge Cup runner-up: 1

1996–97

Scottish League Cup runner-up: 1

1998–99

Livingston

Scottish Third Division winner: 1

2009–10

Arbroath

Scottish Third Division winner: 1

2010–11

References

^ "Danny Griffin". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Danny Griffin: I’m kind of hoping I’ll be in this job until I’m struggling to walk" – The Courier, 7 July 2018
^ ^a ^b "Football memories keep the Perth player in the game, Perthshire Advertiser, 13 June 2008.
^ Danny's blasts from the past, Perthshire Advertiser.
^ "Aberdeen duo free to leave club". BBC Sport. 26 April 2006. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
^ "Courier Sport Story". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 14 June 2006., The Courier.
^ "County boss swoops to sign trio", BBC Sport.
^ ^a ^b Griffin and Winters move to Livi, BBC Sport, 16 January 2009.
^ Griffin Joins Lichties Deal Archived 12 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine, The Courier.
^ "Arbroath 4–1 Montrose". BBC Sport. 23 April 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2011.

External links

Danny Griffin at Soccerbase
Danny Griffin at National-Football-Teams.com

[1] "Danny Griffin". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 28 February 2017.

[courier-2] "Danny Griffin: I’m kind of hoping I’ll be in this job until I’m struggling to walk" – The Courier, 7 July 2018

[PA-3] "Football memories keep the Perth player in the game, Perthshire Advertiser, 13 June 2008.

[4] Danny's blasts from the past, Perthshire Advertiser.

[5] "Aberdeen duo free to leave club". BBC Sport. 26 April 2006. Retrieved 15 October 2010.

[6] "Courier Sport Story". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 14 June 2006., The Courier.

[7] "County boss swoops to sign trio", BBC Sport.

[Griffin_and_Winters_move_to_Livi-8] Griffin and Winters move to Livi, BBC Sport, 16 January 2009.

[9] Griffin Joins Lichties Deal Archived 12 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine, The Courier.

[10] "Arbroath 4–1 Montrose". BBC Sport. 23 April 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2011.

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