Daniel "Danny" Swailes is an English

English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

 football defender.

Swailes moved to MK Dons from Macclesfield Town F.C.

Macclesfield Town F.C.

Macclesfield Town Football Club is an English football team. The club was formed in 1874 and is based in the town of Macclesfield in Cheshire. The team play its home games at the 6,355 capacity Moss Rose stadium...

 for an undisclosed fee of around £50,000 at the beginning of the 2007/08 season to join up with former Macclesfield manager, Paul Ince

Paul Ince

Paul Emerson Carlyle Ince is an English football manager and a former professional player. He has managed Blackburn Rovers, Milton Keynes Dons and Macclesfield Town...

. He enjoyed an exceptional year as the Dons won promotion from League Two and the Football League Trophy

Football League Trophy

The Football League Trophy, currently known as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is an annual English association football knock-out competition open to the 48 clubs in Football League One and Football League Two, the bottom two divisions in the four fully professional top...

, and was voted in the League Two Team of the Year at the end of the season.

On 18 January 2010 MK Dons announced that Partridge had been released and was to join Stockport County

Stockport County F.C.

Stockport County Football Club is an English football club based in Stockport, Greater Manchester. The club formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers, shortly afterwards merging with Heaton Norris F.C., and adopted the current name on 24 May 1890 on the creation of the County Borough of Stockport...

 for the remaining six months of the season alongside fellow released player Ritchie Partridge. All four MK Dons players who had joined on the 18 January, plus David Perkins

David Perkins (footballer)

David Philip Perkins is an English footballer, who currently plays for Barnsley.-Career:Perkins started his career with Morecambe, for whom he played 170 league games.-Rochdale:...

 who had joined from Colchester United

Colchester United F.C.

Colchester United Football Club is an English football club based in Colchester. The club was formed in 1937, and briefly shared their old Layer Road home with now defunct side Colchester Town who had previously used the ground from 1910....

 on loan started the match on the 19 January against Swindon Town

Swindon Town F.C.

Swindon Town Football Club are a team based in Swindon, Wiltshire. Currently in League Two, Swindon have been managed by Paolo Di Canio since 23 May 2011...

.

At the end of the season, he signed a new deal with the club and was made club captain for the 2010/11 season. After a run of 34 matches for the club, he was injured in a game against Lincoln City

Lincoln City F.C.

Lincoln City Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. The club are currently members of the Conference National in 2011–12 following relegation from the Football League....

 on 23 October 2010 and may face the rest of the season out with injury.

In May 2011 he was informed that he would not be offered a contract by the club for the 2011/12 season.

External links

• Danny Swailes player profile at mkdons.com