Danny Butterfield

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Danny Butterfield
Personal information
Full name Daniel Paul Butterfield
Date of birth November 21, 1979 (1979-11-21) (age 28)
Place of birth    Boston, Lincolnshire, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position Defender/Midfielder
Club information
Current club Crystal Palace
Number 20
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1997-2002
2002-		 Grimsby Town
Crystal Palace		 124 (3)
169 (5)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 14:53, 14 May 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Daniel Paul "Danny" Butterfield (born November 21, 1979 in Boston, Lincolnshire) is an English footballer who plays for Crystal Palace in The Championship. He wears the number 20 shirt and is a primarily utilised as a right back for Palace. However, Danny originally started out as a central midfielder for Palace and has been known to play on the right of midfield as well.

Danny Butterfield was educated at Boston Grammar School in Boston, Lincolnshire. He arrived at Crystal Palace in 2002 on a free transfer from Grimsby. He played regularly for the next two seasons however when Palace were promoted he found it hard to maintain his place in the first team for the 2004/5 and 2005/6 seasons due to the form of Emmerson Boyce and injuries.

He has now reestabilished himself in the first team after recovering from a long-term series of injuries.

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[edit] Honours

[edit] Grimsby Town

  • Supporters Young Player of the Year: 1999, 2000

[edit] Crystal Palace

[edit] External links

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