Was originally lined up as just a player, who Colin Richards had persuaded to sign for us, after a bad injury that had restricted his playing career.

But, after the resignation of Richards, he was asked to step into the position of player/manager and he took up the challenge, despite being in his mid-twenties.

He brought in some new players after most of the previous season’s side had left for other clubs.

He did reasonably well, picking up quite a few points in the early months but gradually as the burden of managing a team with one of the lowest budgets in the league began to bite, defeats arrived more frequently.

One thing that dramatically improved though was on the field discipline, after two season of constant red and yellow cards the red cards were obliterated and also Danny showed his man-management qualities in other ways.

Sid Nelson who had several spells at the club under different managers had never seemed to be able to turn in consistent performances.
Under Danny he played like a player reborn and even his harshest critics admitted he was playing extremely well.

It was a trait of Danny, we would see repeated in his second spell as manager.

But, for all the improved individual performances and the newly found discipline, good results were not happening often enough and we seemed stuck in a position one off the bottom, unable to move away from the danger zone.

In February 2003, Harry Ramis took over as Chairman and initially kept faith with Danny.
But, it was obvious the new Chairman wanted to avoid relegation and Danny was hopeful, that after some encouraging words, a little additional money would be made available and he could bring in two or three players of experience he felt would make the difference to the success of the side.

But, he was never allowed to bring in any new players and was dismissed to make way for Harry’s brother, Hakan to take charge.
But, of course, this was not the last we would see of Danny.

He returned four games into the 2006-7 season to take over as a manager again

Danny quickly signed loads of experienced players, like Sid Nelson, Victor Renner and our former player Liam Baptiste.

Results improved steadily and gradually we moved up the table and at Christmas we were dreaming of an outside chance of the play offs.
Discipline, as in his first spell, dramatically improved and players like Nelson and Baptiste, who’s form had dipped significantly after leaving us, started to show more and more of the form they showed when they first arrived at our club.

In the end, we weren’t quite good enough of the last few weeks of the season and missed the play offs, but, given our awful start to the season, we had a far better campaign than we could ever have imagined.

The start of the 2007/2008 season saw Danny having to practically rebuild the side once again, as over half the team moved to Potters Bar to follow assistant player/manager, Victor Renner.

He brought in some experienced players like Ross Edwards and Darren Greives but working on a reduced budget from the season before and drawing more games than we were winning, we slipped to below half way in the table.

Off the pitch the club was rocked by the resignation of Chairman Terry Back, who took up a similar position at Arlesey Town.
Danny, having already been dismissed at our club by an incoming Chairman, was wary he might suffer the same fate again and after a couple of weeks agreed to move to be with his friend Terry Back at Arlesey Town, eventually taking most of the side that stared the season at our club, with him.

His two spells had not brought any silverware, but he had shown good man management skills and the ability to get the best out of previously under performing players.

Generally though, his style was one of defensive caution, not to be beaten, rather than going on the offensive and not totally attractive to the eye.

His tenure at Arlesey was not a happy one, as results barely raised above the average and his side slipped down the table, much to the annoyance of their supporters.

Less than four months after moving clubs Chairman Back left and Danny followed him out of the door, his fledgeling managerial career once again stalled.