Darryl James Flahavan [fla-hay-van] (born 28 November 1978) is an English association football coach and former player who played as a goalkeeper.

He was named as an unused substitute several times in the Premier League, but did not make a first team appearance, being behind Paul Jones, Dave Beasant and Maik Taylor in the pecking order.

Flahavan played for Southend during two spells and in total made 356 appearances for the club helping them from League Two into the Championship in back-to-back seasons.

Flahavan put in a man of the match display against Manchester United in the League Cup on 7 November 2006, making a string of saves from Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney.

Southend were eventually knocked out the competition in the quarter-finals to Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane 1–0 where again Flahavan produced another man of the match display.

Flahavan's only league appearance of that season came against Cardiff City and despite saving a penalty, Palace lost the game 2–1.

Flahavan made his Oldham debut in the FA Cup loss against his former club Leeds United.

His loan was later extended until the end of the season, he picked up the Latics' player of the month in April 2010 and went on to play 20 games for the club.

On 8 August 2010, Flahavan started training with Portsmouth ahead of a possible move to the club his older brother Aaron played for.

[8] Flahavan looked forward to working with Lee Bradbury and goalkeeping coach Neil Moss, and was expected to provide competition for Shwan Jalal.