Mark Janney (born 2 December 1977) is an English former football midfielder. He began his career in the youth system at Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and is best remembered for his eight-year spell with Dagenham & Redbridge. He made two Football League appearances during a loan spell at Brentford. He won a cap for England C at international level. Playing career Tottenham Hotspur Growing up in Romford, Janney was signed by Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur as a schoolboy and worked his way through the club's youth system to the reserve team. Though he signed a professional contract in 1996, he failed to make an appearance for the first team and joined Second Division club Brentford in March 1997. His first involvement with the first team came when he was named as a substitute for a match away to Gillingham on 31 March. With the Bees 1–0 down, captain Jamie Bates suffered an injury after 36 minutes and Janney replaced him to make the first professional appearance of his career. He scored an equaliser with his first touch of the ball in League football and Brentford won the match through a 50th-minute winner from Carl Asaba. Janney started the following game against Shrewsbury Town, but was replaced after 49 minutes by Brian Statham during a 0–0 draw. It proved to be his final appearance for the club. Janney departed White Hart Lane at the end of the 1996–97 season. In 2001, he remarked that he was devastated after his release from Tottenham Hotspur, saying "when you've got your heart set on something and you're told you're not good enough then obviously it hits you. If I'm honest, I knew I was never going to make it at Tottenham. I was in the youth team with Stephen Carr, Luke Young and Stephen Clemence, but it was very hard to get a game with all the pros there". Dagenham & Redbridge After unsuccessful trials at Football League clubs Colchester United and Southend United, Janney signed for Isthmian League Premier Division club Dagenham & Redbridge in September 1997. A hamstring injury wiped out most of his 1998–99 season. Janney won the first silverware of his career during the 1999–00 season, when the Daggers were promoted to the Conference as Isthmian League Premier Division champions. He made 39 appearances and scored three goals during the 2000–01 season, as the Daggers finished third in