Daniel James Boxall (born 24 August 1977) is an English former professional

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who played as a

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for

Brentford Brentford is a suburban town in West (London sub region), West London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It lies at the confluence of the River Brent and the River Thames, Thames, west of Charing Cross. Its economy has dive ...

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and Crystal Palace. After two seasons in

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with Dublin City, he returned to

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in 2006 to play

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and retired in 2008.

Club career

, 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

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and spent most of 1997–98 on loan at Second Division club

. Having been hampered by an

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suffered during his time at

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, Boxall was released by Crystal Palace in June 1998 and joined newly-relegated Third Division club

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

. After putting off a decision to retire, Boxall played his subsequent career in the

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and English

, before retiring due to injury in 2008.

International career

Owing to an Irish grandmother from

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, Boxall qualified to represent the

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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

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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

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's legs in close-up dribbling sequences in the 2005 film '' Goal!''.

Career statistics

Honours

Brentford *

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: 1998–99

References

External links

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Daniel James Boxall
at the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Boxall, Danny 1977 births Living people Footballers from the London Borough of Croydon People from Croydon English men's footballers Republic of Ireland men's under-21 international footballers Crystal Palace F.C. players Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players Brentford F.C. players Bristol Rovers F.C. players Whyteleafe F.C. players Croydon Athletic F.C. players English Football League players Premier League players English male models Men's association football fullbacks Hampton & Richmond Borough F.C. players Models from the London Borough of Croydon