Daniel Marney is a professional

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who played as a

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for

Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club (), commonly referred to simply as Brighton, is an English professional football club based in the city of Brighton and Hove. They compete in the Premier League, the top tier of the English football league ...

and

Southend United Southend United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. As of the 2022–23 season, the team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of English football. Southend are known as ...

on loan. He dropped into

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with

Crawley Town Crawley Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Crawley, West Sussex, England. The club was founded as Crawley Football Club in 1896, changed its name to Crawley Town Football Club in 1958. The team co ...

on loan in 2003, before joining them on a permanent basis in 2004. He went on to join Eastbourne Borough,

Worthing Worthing () is a seaside town in West Sussex, England, at the foot of the South Downs, west of Brighton, and east of Chichester. With a population of 111,400 and an area of , the borough is the second largest component of the Brighton and Hov ...

on loan and

Bognor Regis Town Bognor Regis Town Football Club is an English football club based in Bognor Regis, West Sussex. Nicknamed 'The Rocks',the club is an FA Chartered Standard Community club affiliated to the Sussex County Football Association. They currently compe ...

Career

Marney started his career as a youth player at

, making his debut on 10 August 2001 in the First Division against

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in the 3–1 away win replacing

Bobby Zamora Robert Lester Zamora (born 16 January 1981) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. Zamora began his career at Football League club Bristol Rovers, but was soon signed by Brighton & Hove Albion, where he found first ...

, in 86th minute. He joined

on loan in December 2002, making his debut in the 3–1 away defeat to

Torquay United Torquay United Football Club is a professional football club based in Torquay, Devon, England. The team currently compete in the , the fifth tier of English football. They have played their home matches at Plainmoor since 1921 and are nicknamed ...

in the

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, replacing Tony Scully in the 76th minute. He went on to make 17 appearances for Southend in the Third Division, before joining

on loan the following season, 2003–04 on loan. Marney signed on a permanent basis for Crawley Town in April 2004. He signed for Eastbourne Borough in the summer of 2005, before joining

on loan in January 2006. Having made 35 appearances for the team, Eastbourne released Marney at the end of the 2006 season. Marney then joined

, before being released in November 2006.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marney, Dan 1981 births Living people English footballers Footballers from Sidcup Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players Southend United F.C. players Crawley Town F.C. players Eastbourne Borough F.C. players Bognor Regis Town F.C. players Worthing F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Association football forwards