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MITCHLEY MOVES TO THE MTA

MITCHLEY MOVES TO THE MTA

Dave McMillan5 Oct 2015 - 20:02
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Striker joins on contract until end of 2016-17 season...

Marine AFC are pleased to announce the signing of striker Danny Mitchley on contract terms.

Liverpool born Danny, 26 on Wednesday, was previously with neighbours Skelmersdale United and is near the top of the Evo-Stik Premier Division goalscoring charts, having bagged 9 goals already so far this season.

He boasts a prolific record in recent seasons, having scored 65 times in 102 games for Skelmersdale and his previous club Kendal Town.

Starting his youth career at Skelmersdale he moved in to the senior ranks with Blackpool, making his professional debut in October 2008 as a late substitute against Crystal Palace.

Danny had loan spells at Southport, Burscough and Wrexham before moving to Mansfield Town in November 2010. A further move to Altrincham in the summer of 2012 led to a loan spell at Marine, where he scored twice in four appearances.

A second loan took him to Kendal Town, 10 goals in 11 games led to a permanent move to the Mintcakes before he joined Skelmersdale United in 2014.

Marine Chairman Paul Leary said:

“I’m absolutely delighted that Danny has agreed to join us on a contract until the end of next season. Since becoming Chairman in 2004 I think that he is the most high profile signing we have made, and hopefully will provide the goals to push us towards the play off positions.
I congratulate Sean in being able to persuade a player of Danny’s calibre to come to the Marine Travel Arena and look forward to him scoring plenty of goals for the Mariners.”

Manager Sean Hessey said:

“ I really am over the moon to have brought Danny on board. We’ve not scored as many goals as we’d like and when quality players become available you have to try to get them, Danny will give us that firepower as his record speaks for itself and I know from playing against him that he’s a real handful.
It’s a statement of our intent too, the Club have backed us to bring him in and hopefully we can start to score more goals and move up the table.”

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