Graham Daniels

Graham Daniels is the General Director of Christians in Sport and Director of Football at Cambridge United Football Club.

Graham Daniels
Personal information
Full name David Graham Daniels
Date of birth (1962-04-09) 9 April 1962
Place of birth Farnborough, England
Position(s) Left midfield/Left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1982 Cardiff City
1983–1985 Cambridge United[1]
1985–1990 Cambridge City
Teams managed
1991–1994 Sudbury Town
1994–1996 Histon
1996–1999 Cambridge City
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Daniels played for Cardiff City whilst studying for a degree in Philosophy at Cardiff University. He left Wales and moved to Cambridge United and stayed in his adopted city when he made the move to neighbours Cambridge City.

He entered management as player-assistant to Richie Powling at Sudbury Town whilst completing theological training at the University of London, before moving to the number one role at Histon and then Cambridge City. He resigned from his position as Cambridge City manager on 2 January 1999 and immediately joined BBC Radio Cambridgeshire as a broadcaster.[2]

From 2000-2012, Daniels was involved with the Cambridgeshire Football Association, firstly in coaching a number of its youth representative squads and latterly through involvement with local teams Hardwick F.C. and Cambridge University Press F.C. He returned to Cambridge United in May 2013 as a director and in September 2013 became a member of the Cambridgeshire F.A. Council.[3] He was appointed Director of Football at Cambridge United in February 2018.

Daniels has been on the staff of the Round Church at St. Andrew the Great (StAG), Cambridge since October 2000 and General Director of Christians In Sport since April 2002.[4][5]

References
  1. "Cambridge United players". neilbrown.newcastlefans.com. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. "Cambridge City boss Daniels stands down". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 8 January 1999.
  3. Mason, Aaron (5 May 2013). "Graham Daniels is thrilled to become a Cambridge United director". Cambridge News. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  4. "Graham Daniels". Archived from the original on 2014-07-25.
  5. "How David Moyes and 'the god squad' infuriated a former team-mate with their Christian faith".
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