Danny Handling

Daniel Handling (born 6 February 1994) is a Scottish footballer who plays for Tranent Juniors. Handling has previously played for Hibernian and Dumbarton as well as Berwick Rangers and Raith Rovers on loan.

Danny Handling

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Handling
Date of birth	(1994-02-06) 6 February 1994 (age 31)
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Tranent Juniors
Youth career
	Civil Service Strollers
	Hibernian
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2017	Hibernian	55	(3)
2012	→ Berwick Rangers (loan)	7	(7)
2017	→ Raith Rovers (loan)	5	(0)
2017–2018	Dumbarton	16	(2)
2018–2023	Edinburgh City	80	(19)
2023–2024	Brechin City
2024–	Tranent Juniors	0	(0)
International career
2010–2011	Scotland U17	2	(0)
2014–2015	Scotland U21	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:15, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

Early life

Handling grew up in Haddington, East Lothian, and attended Knox Academy . His brother, Darren, plays as an attacking midfield player for Dunbar United.^[1]

Career

He made his first-team debut for Hibs as a substitute against Aberdeen on 14 May 2011,^[2] becoming the fourth-youngest person to play for Hibs.^[3] Handling agreed a new contract with Hibs later that year.^[4]

Handling was loaned to Third Division club Berwick Rangers in March 2012. He scored two goals on his Berwick debut, a 2–1 win at Peterhead on 24 March.^[5] He scored six goals in his first four games for the club, which gave Berwick a chance of qualifying for the end of season playoffs.^[6]

Handling made 24 appearances for the Hibs first team in the 2014–15 season, scoring three goals.^[7] He then missed all of the 2015–16 season due to suffering a knee injury in a pre-season game.^[7] Handling was an unused substitute in a 2016–17 UEFA Europa League tie with Brondby, but then suffered another injury.^[8] This prevented him from playing until late January, when he appeared in a development squad match.^[9] On 31 March, Handling moved to Raith Rovers on an emergency loan deal.^[10]

Having negotiated his release from Hibernian, Handling joined Scottish Championship side Dumbarton in July 2017.^[11] He scored his first goal for the club (and first since December 2014) in the semi-final of the Scottish Challenge Cup against Welsh Champions The New Saints in February 2018.^[12] After 23 appearances and three goals he turned down a new deal to join Scottish League Two side Edinburgh City.^[13] Handling signed a new two-year contract with Edinburgh City in June 2020.^[14]

In June 2024, Handling joined Tranent Juniors after a short spell with Brechin City.^[15]

Career statistics

As of match played 13 May 2022^[16]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hibernian	2010–11[17]	Scottish Premier League	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2011–12[18]		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2012–13[19]		15	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	18	1
	2013–14[20]	Scottish Premiership	19	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	22	1
	2014–15[21]	Scottish Championship	20	2	1	0	2	0	1	1	24	3
	2015–16[22]		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2016–17[23]		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2017–18[24]	Scottish Premiership	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		55	3	5	1	2	0	3	1	65	5
Berwick Rangers (loan)	2011–12[18]	Scottish Third Division	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	7
Raith Rovers (loan)	2016–17[23]	Scottish Championship	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	0
Dumbarton	2017–18[24]	Scottish Championship	16	2	1	0	1	0	5	1	23	3
Edinburgh City	2018–19[25]	Scottish League Two	9	0	0	0	4	0	3	0	16	0
	2019–20[26]		25	10	3	2	4	1	1	0	33	13
	2020–21[27]		16	2	1	0	4	1	4	1	25	4
	2021–22[28]		30	7	3	1	3	0	4	0	41	8
	Total		80	19	7	3	15	2	12	1	114	25
Career total			163	31	13	4	18	2	22	3	216	40

Honours

Player

Hibernian

• Scottish Cup winners: 2015–16^[29]
• Scottish League Cup runners-up: 2015–16^[30]

References

1. Schweitzer-Thompson, Alex (12 October 2011). "As he cleans Sodje's boots, apprentice Handling waits for big break in the Hibs first team". Edinburgh Evening News. Johnston Press. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
2. "Hibernian v Aberdeen". BBC Sport. BBC. 14 May 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
3. Hardie, David (17 May 2011). "Hibs: Danny gets a handle on his historic debut". Edinburgh Evening News. Johnston Press. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
4. "Handling Agrees New Contract". Hibernianfc.co.uk. Hibernian FC. 2 December 2011. Archived from the original on 6 December 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
5. "Peterhead 1–2 Berwick". BBC Sport. BBC. 24 March 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
6. "Handling just can't stop scoring for Rangers". Berwick Advertiser. Johnston Press. 20 April 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
7. Wales, Peter (16 July 2015). "Six month injury lay-off for Hibs' Danny Handling". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
8. Brown, Anthony (7 September 2016). "Injury to keep Hibs' Liam Fontaine out of Dumbarton trip". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
9. "DANNY HANDLING ON HIS RETURN TO ACTION". Hibernian FC. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
10. "Yogi Drafts In Handling while Lennox Departs". Raith Rovers FC. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
11. Galloway, Andy. "DEAL DONE: HANDLING ARRIVES". Dumbarton Football Club. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
12. Southwick, Andrew (17 February 2018). "The New Saints 1-2 Dumbarton". BBC Sport.
13. "Welcoming Danny Handling". Edinburgh City FC. 19 June 2018.
14. "Danny Handling: Edinburgh City agree new contract with former Hibs kid as top scorer admits deal was 'no-brainer'". edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
15. "Former Hibs midfielder completes Lowland Football League move". edinburghnews.scotsman.com. 17 June 2024.
16. Danny Handling at Soccerbase
17. "Games played by Danny Handling in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
18. "Games played by Danny Handling in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
19. "Games played by Danny Handling in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
20. "Games played by Danny Handling in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
21. "Games played by Danny Handling in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
22. "Games played by Danny Handling in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
23. "Games played by Danny Handling in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
24. "Games played by Danny Handling in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
25. "Games played by Danny Handling in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
26. "Games played by Danny Handling in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
27. "Games played by Danny Handling in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
28. "Games played by Danny Handling in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
29. Wilson, Richard (21 May 2016). "Scottish Cup final: Rangers 2-3 Hibernian". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
30. Wilson, Richard (13 March 2016). "Scottish League Cup Final: Hibernian 1-2 Ross County". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 March 2016.

External links

• Danny Handling at Soccerbase
• Danny Handling at the Scottish Football Association