Mark Janney

Mark Janney (born 2 December 1977) is an English former semi-professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Janney began his career in the youth system at Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and is best remembered for his eight-year spell with Dagenham & Redbridge. He made two Football League appearances during a loan spell at Brentford. Janney won a cap for England C at international level.

Playing career

Tottenham Hotspur Growing up in Romford, Though he signed a professional contract in 1996, he failed to make an appearance for the first team and joined Second Division club Brentford in March 1997. Janney started the following game against Shrewsbury Town, but was replaced after 49 minutes by Brian Statham during a 0–0 draw. In 2001, he remarked that he was devastated after his release from Tottenham Hotspur, saying "when you've got your heart set on something and you're told you're not good enough then obviously it hits you. If I'm honest, I knew I was never going to make it at Tottenham. I was in the youth team with Stephen Carr, Luke Young and Stephen Clemence, but it was very hard to get a game with all the pros there". Janney signed for Isthmian League Premier Division club Dagenham & Redbridge in September 1997. A hamstring injury wiped out most of his 1998–99 season. Janney won the first silverware of his career during the 1999–00 season, when the Daggers were promoted to the Conference as Isthmian League Premier Division champions. He made 39 appearances and scored three goals during the 2000–01 season, as the Daggers finished third in their first season in the Conference. Janney was a virtual ever-present during the 2001–02 season, making 41 appearances and scoring two goals.

A fifth-place finish saw the Dagenham qualify for the Conference playoffs in the 2002–03 season, but the club's season ended with a 3–2 extra time golden goal defeat to Doncaster Rovers in the final. Janney made 35 appearances during the 2002–03 season and scored four goals. Dagenham stumbled to a mid-table finish during the 2003–04 season and Janney still made 42 appearances and scored two goals. The 2004–05 season proved to be the last of Janney's Dagenham career, in which he made 28 appearances and scored three goals. He departed the club at the end of the season, having failed to agree a new contract. Janney made nearly 300 appearances during his eight-year Daggers career. He departed the club in July 2006, having made 25 league appearances and scored two goals. He also won the 2006–07 FA Cup Golden Boot Award, for scoring eight goals during Hornchurch's run to the third qualifying round. He made 40 appearances and scored 10 goals during the 2006–07 season. In his first season back in the Isthmian League Premier Division, Janney made 36 appearances and scored six goals. He had a consistent 2008–09 season, making 37 league appearances and scoring 9 goals. A ruptured hamstring suffered in February 2010 ended Janney's career. Janney was awarded a testimonial by Hornchurch in September 2012, in which a Hornchurch Legends XI took on a Daggers Legends XI to celebrate Janney's career and long associations with A.F.C. Hornchurch and Dagenham & Redbridge. 0 39 3 2001–02 0 41 2 2002–03 1 35 4 2003–04 0 42 2 2004–05 Conference South 25 2

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Honours Dagenham & Redbridge Isthmian League Premier Division: 1999–00 A.F.C. Hornchurch Isthmian League First Division North: 2006–07 Essex Senior Cup: 2006–07

Individual

FA Cup Golden Boot Award: 2006–07