Darren Michael BRADLEY is a former professional footballer. Darren first came to notice to Aston Villa F.C.

Aston Villa F.C.

Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...

 scouts while at secondary school in Kings Norton, before signing for the Villains in 1983. He represented England at Youth level, and went on to play for the Villa first team, marking the likes of Ian Rush

Ian Rush

Ian James Rush, MBE, is a retired football player from Flint, Wales. He is best remembered as a player for Liverpool, where he was among the top strikers in the English game in the 1980s and 1990s. He also had spells playing at Chester City, Juventus, Leeds United, Newcastle United, Sheffield...

, Liverpool F.C.

Liverpool F.C.

Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...

.

Darren moved to The Hawthorns

The Hawthorns

The Hawthorns is an all-seater football stadium in West Bromwich, Sandwell, England, with a capacity of 26,484. It has been the home of West Bromwich Albion F.C. since 1900, when it became the sixth ground to be used by the club. The ground was the last Football League ground to be built in the...

 on March 14, 1986, in a deal that saw Stephen Hunt (footballer born 1956)

Stephen Hunt (footballer born 1956)

Stephen Kenneth Hunt is an English former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a winger.-Playing career:...

 move in the opposite direction. He went on to spend the majority of his career at West Bromwich Albion F.C.

West Bromwich Albion F.C.

West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands...

, captaining the club. Though not a prolific goalscorer, Darren is fondly remembered amongst West Brom fans for a spectacular goal against arch rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.

Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.

Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...

, helping them to a 3-2 victory in the Black Country derby on 5.9.1993.

After leaving the Hawthorns, Darren spent some time at Walsall F.C.

Walsall F.C.

Walsall Football Club are an English association football club based in Walsall, West Midlands. They currently play in League One. The club was founded in 1888 as Walsall Town Swifts, an amalgamation of Walsall Town F.C. and Walsall Swifts F.C. The club was one of the founder members of the Second...

 before retiring in 1997.

Has been seen since retirement playing for Aston Villa Old Stars, a charity fund-raising football team.

After leaving professional football, Bradley became involved in launching Intergarage in 2000, a business designing and manufacturing underground garages, where he is currently Sales Director.

Darren has two daughters, Kacie and Rosie Bradley.

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