Danny Livesey (born 31 December 1984) is an English retired professional footballer. A defender, he made 311 appearances in the Football League, with his longest period being a ten-year spell at Carlisle United. He has also played for Bolton Wanderers, Notts County, Blackpool, Wrexham, Barrow, Salford City and ended his career at Chester.
Club career
Bolton Wanderers Livesey started his career at Bolton Wanderers, and made his league debut at the Reebok in a 3–2 defeat versus Liverpool at 17 (one of the youngest Premiership and Wanderers players ever). He only made one more league appearance and a couple of cup appearances, and joined Rochdale and Notts County on loan in 2003 and 2004, respectively. After this, he joined Blackpool on loan, but in his debut he suffered a serious injury and returned to the Trotters.
Carlisle United On Christmas Eve 2004, Livesey signed for Carlisle United, who were then in the Conference and since joining has played a major part in the club's rise to League One and in August 2007, signed a contract extension until 2010. Livesey was named in the League One 2007–08 team of the year. He was also awarded the captaincy due to Paul Thirlwell's injury problems. On 4 June 2012, Livesey signed a new 1-year deal with Carlisle United with the option of a further year.
In 2014, he was released.
Wrexham On 31 January 2014, Livesey joined Wrexham on loan for the rest of the season.
Barrow In 2014 Livesey signed for Barrow, helping the club to win the Conference North title on the final day of the 2014–15 season in a 3–2 win at Lowestoft Town. Following the departure of Simon Grand at the end of the 2015–16 season Livesey was made the club captain, but was released when his contract expired at the end of 2016–17.
Salford City After this release from Barrow, he joined Salford City on a two-year contract.
Chester (loan) On 26 July 2018 he joined Chester on a season-long loan along with fellow player Anthony Dudley, reuniting them with their former Salford managers.
At the end of the season, Chester confirmed both players had returned to their parent club.
Chester In May 2019 it was confirmed that Livesey would join Chester on a one-year contract upon the expiration of his contract with Salford City on 1 July 2019. On 24 November 2021, following the departure of joint managers Anthony Johnson and Bernard Morley, UEFA B Licensed coach Livesey was placed in temporary charge of the team.
On 1 May 2022, Livesey confirmed that he would retire from football at the end of the 2021–22 season. He confirmed that he would be starting a job at a school in September 2022.
Career statistics + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsBolton Wanderers2002–03Premier League20101000402003–04Premier League0020000020Total2030100060Notts County (loan)2003–04Second Division110—001Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy0120Rochdale (loan)2003–04Third Division130—0000130Blackpool (loan)2004–05League One1000000010Carlisle United2004–05Conference National20200—3One appearance in Football League Trophy, two appearances and one goal in Conference National play-offs12332005–06League Two3641010504342006–07League One3111020103512007–08League One45620204Two appearances in Football League Trophy, two appearances in League One play-offs05362008–09League One2703020103302009–10League One3824030404922010–11League One1000000101102011–12League One2811020103212012–13League One3932020004332013–14League One90002000110Total2831914016020133320Wrexham (loan)2013–14Conference Premier16000—00160Barrow2014–15Conference North40110—104212015–16National League39310—1Appearance(s) in FA Trophy04132016–17National League43350—41524Total12277000611358Salford City2017–18https://x.com/salfordcityfc/status/934457677610209285?s=61&t=uxWLO8id8nu1tuCALylVfwNational League North9100—10101Chester (loan)2018–19National League North32420—4Two appearances in FA Trophy, two appearances in Cheshire Senior Cup0384Chester2019–20National League North24520—4Three appearances in FA Trophy, one appearance in National League North play-offs03052020–21National League North14232—101842021–22National League North16040—1Appearance(s) in Cheshire Senior Cup0210Total86111120010010713Career total5433835217038263342
Honours Carlisle United Football League Two: 2005–06 Football League Trophy: 2010–11; runner-up: 2005–06
Barrow Conference North: 2014–15
Salford City National League North: 2017–18
Individual PFA Team of the Year: 2007–08 League One
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