Daniel Mahaffy
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 15 December 2005[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England[2] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AFC Liverpool | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Preston North End | |||
| Marine | |||
| Port Vale | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023–2024 | Port Vale | 0 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Newcastle Town (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2024 | → AFC Liverpool (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2024– | AFC Liverpool | 59 | (21) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:50, 29 April 2026 (UTC) | |||
Daniel Mahaffy (born 15 December 2005) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for North West Counties League Premier Division club AFC Liverpool.
Career
[edit]Mahaffy joined the Port Vale youth system from Marine, having previously been with Preston North End.[3][2] He captained the youth team.[2] He made his first-team debut on 7 November 2023, coming on as an 87th-minute substitute for Ryan Loft in a 2–1 defeat at Wrexham in the EFL Trophy.[4] On 23 December, he joined Northern Premier League Division One West club Newcastle Town on a work experience loan, alongside youth-team teammates Andrew Buah and Eli Fisher.[5] He did not play a game for Newcastle, however, as the club underwent a change in management.[2] On 4 April 2014, it was confirmed that he had joined North West Counties League Premier Division side AFC Liverpool on a work experience loan.[6] By the end of the 2023–24 season, he had played 16 games for AFC Liverpool, during which the club kept two clean sheets. He was once named as man of the match.[7] He left Vale Park after not being offered a professional contract when his two-year youth scholarship ended.[8] He subsequently joined AFC Liverpool on a permanent basis and scored 16 goals in 30 league games during the 2024–25 season.[7] He made 36 appearances in the 2025–26 season, scoring six goals.[7] This included an appearance in the League Challenge Cup final victory over West Didsbury & Chorlton.[9]
Style of play
[edit]Mahaffy is a hard-working midfielder with excellent leadership skills.[2]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 4 May 2026
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Port Vale | 2023–24[10] | EFL League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Newcastle Town (loan) | 2023–24 | Northern Premier League Division One West | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| AFC Liverpool (loan) | 2023–24[7] | North West Counties League Premier Division | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| AFC Liverpool | 2024–25[7] | North West Counties League Premier Division | 30 | 16 | 0 | 0 | — | 4[b] | 0 | 34 | 16 | |
| 2025–26[7] | North West Counties League Premier Division | 29 | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | 4[c] | 1 | 36 | 6 | ||
| Total | 75 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 86 | 22 | ||
| Career total | 75 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 87 | 22 | ||
- ↑ Appearances in the EFL Trophy
- ↑ 1 appearance in the FA Vase, 2 appearances in the Macron Cup and 1 appearance in the Liverpool Senior Cup
- ↑ Appearances in the Macron Cup
Honours
[edit]AFC Liverpool
- North West Counties Football League League Challenge Cup: 2026[9]
References
[edit]- ↑ Daniel Mahaffy at Soccerway
- 1 2 3 4 5 Baggaley, Mike (8 January 2024). "Vale planning for stars of the future". Valiant's Substack. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ↑ Baggaley, Mike (8 November 2023). "Port Vale take consolations from Wrexham defeat". Valiant's Substack. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
- ↑ Swindells, Adam (7 November 2023). "Match Report | Wrexham 2-1 Port Vale". Port Vale F.C. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ↑ "Several Scholars Head Out on Work Experience Loans". Port Vale F.C. 23 December 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
- ↑ "Five Second Year Scholars Head Out on Work Experience Loans". Port Vale F.C. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "NWCFL | Daniel Mahaffy". www.nwcfl.com. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ↑ Baggaley, Mike (24 June 2024). "Vale youngsters making the grade". Valiant's Substack. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- 1 2 "NWCFL | AFC Liverpool v West Didsbury & Chorlton Lineup". www.nwcfl.com. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
- ↑ "Games played by Daniel Mahaffy in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- 2005 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Liverpool
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Preston North End F.C. players
- Marine A.F.C. players
- Port Vale F.C. players
- Newcastle Town F.C. players
- A.F.C. Liverpool players
- North West Counties Football League players
- 21st-century English sportsmen