Daniel James Boxall (born 24 August 1977) is an English former professional footballer who played as a right back for Brentford, Bristol Rovers, Oldham Athletic and Crystal Palace. After two seasons in Ireland with Dublin City, he returned to England in 2006 to play non-League football and retired in 2008.
Club career A right back, Boxall began his senior career at First Division club Crystal Palace and made 8 appearances during the 1995–96 and 1996–97 seasons. He made two appearances during Palace's single-season stay in the Premier League and spent most of 1997–98 on loan at Second Division club Oldham Athletic. Having been hampered by an anterior cruciate ligament injury suffered during his time at Selhurst Park, Boxall was released by Crystal Palace in June 1998 and joined newly-relegated Third Division club Brentford on a free transfer. He made 46 appearances and scored one goal during the Bees' Third Division-title winning 1998–99 season.
A second anterior cruciate ligament injury suffered in February 2000 kept Boxall out of match play until March 2002 and he made a number of late-2001–02 season appearances. He was released after Brentford's Second Division play-off final defeat and played the 2002–03 and 2003–04 seasons with Third Division club Bristol Rovers. After putting off a decision to retire, Boxall played his subsequent career in the League of Ireland and English non-League football, before retiring due to injury in 2008.
International career Owing to an Irish grandmother from Wexford, Boxall qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland at international level and he won eight U21 caps in 1998 and 1999.
Personal life Boxall was born at Mayday Hospital and attended Holy Trinity Church of England Junior School and Stanley Park High School in Wallington. He has four older brothers and an older sister. Boxall has worked as a male model and has run cleaning, construction and physiotherapy businesses. As of 2020, he was director of cleaning and property business Adept London.
Trivia Boxall was hired as a body double for Kuno Becker's legs in close-up dribbling sequences in the 2005 film Goal!.
Career statistics
+Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsCrystal Palace1995–96First Division10000000101996–97First Division60001000701997–98Premier League10—10—20Total80002000100Oldham Athletic (loan)1997–98Second Division17000—10180Brentford1998–99Third Division3812040204611999–00Second Division2502020303202001–02Second Division5000001060Total681406060841Bristol Rovers2002–03Third Division3904010104502003–04Third Division240001010260Total630402020710Carshalton Athletic2005–06Conference South50———502006–07Isthmian League Premier Division6000—0060Total11000—00110Whyteleafe 2006–07Isthmian League First Division South180——001802007–08Isthmian League First Division South30000—20320Total48000—20500Hampton & Richmond Borough2008–09Conference South10———10Croydon Athletic2008–09Isthmian League First Division South16000—00160Career total232180801002581
Honours Brentford Football League Third Division: 1998–99
References
External links
Daniel James Boxall at the Football Association of Ireland