Danny Simpson

Manchester United

Simpson was born in Eccles, Greater Manchester, to a Jamaican father and English mother. Simpson played for Parkwyddn JFC in Eccles as a youth before being picked up by Manchester United. He is a product of the Manchester United youth system, having come up through the ranks into the reserve squad in 2005. In early January 2006, he was sent on loan, along with three other United youths, to the Belgian Second Division club Royal Antwerp for the remainder of the season, to gain match experience. Simpson also spent the first half of the 2006–07 season at Antwerp before returning to United in January 2007. On 25 January 2007, he joined Sunderland on loan for the rest of the season. The loan move saw him link up with fellow Manchester United player Jonny Evans. He won the Championship title with Sunderland that season. Simpson returned to United at the start of the 2007–08 season and signed a new contract in September 2007 that would keep him at the club until 2010. He made his first competitive appearance for United on 26 September 2007 in the 2–0 League Cup loss to Coventry City, and soon after made his Premier League debut on 6 October 2007 against Wigan Athletic at Old Trafford, coming on as a 30th-minute substitute for the injured John O'Shea. He set up the fourth goal with a well flighted cross for Wayne Rooney. The match ended with a 4–0 win to United. His European debut came on 23 October 2007, when he came on as an 80th-minute substitute for…

Simpson vs Aarons

On 7 August 2024, it was announced that Simpson would partake in an exhibition boxing match headlining MF & DAZN: X Series 17 at the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland against English YouTuber and streamer Danny Aarons. During the leadup to the bout, Simpson and Aarons agreed that the winner will receive either Simpson's 2015–16 Premier League title winner's medal or Aarons' YouTube Creator Award. The bout ended in a split draw, with one judge scoring it 39–37 to Simpson, 39–37 to Aarons and 38–38. Both men indicated they were interested in a rematch following the announcement of the result.

As of match played 23 October 2021

Simpson has two daughters; one was born prematurely in mid-2011. The other is from his second relationship. On 20 May 2015, Simpson was found guilty of assaulting his then-girlfriend and mother of his child on 28 December 2014. He was sentenced to 300 hours of community service. On 12 May 2016, his sentence was reviewed in light of press intrusion into his community service, and replaced with a 22:00 to 06:00 curfew for 21 days. In September 2025 he graduated in the inaugural cohort of students from the PFA Business School, with a Diploma in Football Psychology