Being A Pro Is A Challenge But It Beats A Day With The Bins!

Danny is finally on the radar.

- Matt Badcock

THE day after Danny Lloyd signed for Peterborough United he was back selling bins. The 26-year-old winger still had to work two weeks’ notice at waste giant Biffa, where he was a business and development manager.

Just six months later, he’s showing he can bridge the gap between NonLeague’s National League North and League One.

He’s had to be patient for his chance, but his goal on New Year’s Day in the 1-1 draw against Doncaster Rovers took his goal tally to ten in 12 starts in all competitions, with four assists thrown in for good measure.

But Lloyd could have been sat at home watching the goals flash up on TV, rather than scoring them himself, had he decided to walk away from the game 18 months ago.

Disillusioned after finding regular action hard to come by at AFC Fylde, he was seriously contemplating packing it in.

Likeable

But a phone call from Stockport County manager Jim Gannon persuaded him to carry on and a scintillating season in the National League North re-energised his whole career.

He hit 29 goals and laid on another 19 to have Football League clubs falling over themselves to check out what the fuss was about.

And the likeable Scouser admits he sometimes has to take stock of how far he’s come in a short space of time since arriving at Grant McCann’s Posh in the summer.

“If it wasn’t for Stockport County and Jim Gannon convincing me to go and play there last season, I would literally not be playing football right now,” Lloyd told The FLP.

“So I’m just thankful I’m playing in League One. Sometimes, I have to pinch myself because of what I’m doing right now.

“I’ve made eight (league) starts in my first season at this level – though I feel I could have made more.”