Bobby Davison

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Bobby Davison
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Personal information
Full name Robert Davison [1]
Date of birth (1959-07-17) 17 July 1959 (age 65) [1]
Place of birth South Shields, [1] England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) [2]
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1979–1980 Seaham Colliery Welfare Red Star
1980–1981 Huddersfield Town 2 (0)
1981–1982 Halifax Town 63 (29)
1982–1987 Derby County 206 (83)
1987–1992 Leeds United 91 (30)
1991 → Derby County (loan) 10 (8)
1992 → Sheffield United (loan) 11 (4)
1992–1993 Leicester City 25 (6)
1993–1994 Sheffield United 12 (1)
1994–1996 Rotherham United 22 (4)
1995 → Hull City (loan) 11 (4)
1996–1997 Halifax Town 25 (1)
1996 → Guiseley (loan) 4 (7)
1997–2000 Guiseley 71 (22)
Total553(199)
Managerial career
1998–2000 Guiseley
2008–2009 Ferencváros
2012–2013 Eccleshill United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Davison (born 17 July 1959) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. He began his professional career with Huddersfield Town before spending time at Halifax Town, Derby County (twice), Leeds United, Sheffield United (twice), Leicester City, Rotherham United and Hull City. After he retired from playing he spent time on the coaching staff of a number of clubs, including brief spells as manager of Guiseley and Ferencváros, and is currently youth team coach at Crystal Palace and assistant manager to Noel Blake's England national under-19 football team.

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Playing career

Davison was born in South Shields. started his career at Seaham Colliery Welfare Red Star, [3] before making two appearances for Huddersfield Town between 1980 and 1981. He moved on to Halifax Town on 1 August 1981 and holds a good record 29 goals in 63 appearances. This caught the eye of Derby County and between 1982 and 1987 he made 206 appearances scoring 83 goals, contributing towards their promotion to the Second Division in 1986 and the First Division a year later. He played a total of 206 league games for the Rams, scoring 83 goals and became a Derby legend. [4]

Much to Derby fans' disappointment he was sold for £350,000 to a rebuilding Leeds United squad, managed by Billy Bremner, in November 1987.

Howard Wilkinson succeeded Bremner as Leeds managed in September 1988 and in the subsequent push for promotion Bobby became a cult hero for Leeds due to a high work rate and general rapport with the crowd. His scoring record of 35 times in 110 games is a good one for Leeds at that time. He helped them seal a return to the top flight as they sealed the Second Division title on the last day of the 1989–90 season by beating AFC Bournemouth 1–0 at Dean Court.

However, Davison lost his first team place for the 1990–91 season following the arrival of Lee Chapman, who was established as a top goalscorer. He played just five times in the 1990–91 First Division campaign and scored once as Leeds finished fourth. He managed just two league appearances in the 1991–92 campaign, which Leeds ended as champions. [5] He was loaned back to Derby County (who suffered Second Division playoff disappointment in 1991–92) that season, scoring an impressive eight goals in just 10 league games, but the permanent return to the Baseball Ground never happened.

In 1992, he was released to Leicester City. After helping Leicester come close to achieving promotion to the Premier League, he found himself out of favour with the club, so joined Sheffield United in 1993. Again, after coming close to achieving promotion, he found himself out of favour before joining Rotherham United. After a loan spell at Hull City, Davison returned to Halifax Town, where he made 30 appearances in all competitions, [6] scoring once. [7]

Coaching career

In February 1998, Davison was appointed player-manager at Guiseley. [8] He offered his resignation in October 2000 after a string of poor results left them dicing with relegation. Davison was Assistant Manager to Colin Todd at Bradford City for three years, he left the club in June 2007 when Stuart McCall brought in Wayne Jacobs. He also had short a short spell coaching Sheffield United.

On 20 February 2008, when Sheffield United announced their takeover of Ferencváros, they also announced the appointment of Davison as an advisory coach to the Hungarian side. On 16 April 2008, after the removal of János Csank, Davison became Ferencváros's new head coach. [9] His first game in charge was a 1–0 victory against Bõcs KSC, and the team went on to win promotion the next season by 17 points. On 30 October 2009, Ferencváros replaced the dismissed Davison with Craig Short. [10]

In November 2010, Davison joined his former club Leeds United as youth team coach. [11]

In December 2012, Davison was appointed head coach at Eccleshill United. [12]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition [13]
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Huddersfield Town 1980–81 Third Division 200000—20
Halifax Town 1981–82 Fourth Division 46201021—4921
1982–83 Fourth Division17910233 [lower-alpha 1] 42316
Total63292044347237
Derby County 1982–83 Second Division 268———268
1983–84 Second Division40145420—4718
1984–85 Third Division462410402 [lower-alpha 2] 25326
1985–86 Third Division41174353005023
1986–87 Second Division401910632 [lower-alpha 3] 04922
1987–88 First Division 131—10—141
Total206831171864223998
Leeds United 1987–88 Second Division16511—2 [lower-alpha 3] 0196
1988–89 Second Division391420212 [lower-alpha 3] 24517
1989–90 Second Division291000202 [lower-alpha 3] 13311
1990–91 First Division5120—3 [lower-alpha 3] 0101
1991–92 First Division201000—30
Total913061419311035
Derby County (loan) 1991–92 Second Division108—0000108
Sheffield United (loan) 1991–92 First Division114———114
Leicester City 1992–93 Division One 25600312 [lower-alpha 4] 2309
1993–94 Division One00—001 [lower-alpha 4] 010
Total256003132319
Sheffield United 1993–94 Premier League 900011—101
1994–95 Division One31—102 [lower-alpha 4] 061
Total121002120162
Rotherham United 1994–95 Division Two 21423—2 [lower-alpha 2] 0257
1995–96 Division Two1000100020
Total224231020277
Hull City (loan) 1995–96 Division Two114——1 [lower-alpha 2] 0124
Halifax Town 1996–97 [6] [7] [14] Football Conference 25120—3 [lower-alpha 5] 0301
Guiseley (loan) 1996–97 [15] [16] Northern Premier League Premier Division47——2 [lower-alpha 6] 067
Guiseley 1997–98 [17] Northern Premier League Premier Division331523—14 [lower-alpha 7] 34921
1998–99 [18] Northern Premier League Premier Division21620—7 [lower-alpha 8] 3309
1999–00 [19] Northern Premier League Premier Division16100—2 [lower-alpha 9] 1182
2000–01 [20] Northern Premier League Division One1000——10
Total752943—25710439
Career total553199271432135218664244
  1. ↑ Appearances in Football League Group Cup
  2. 1 2 3 Appearances in Football League Trophy
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearances in Full Members' Cup
  4. 1 2 3 Appearances in Anglo-Italian Cup
  5. ↑ Two appearances in FA Trophy, one appearance in West Riding Senior Cup
  6. ↑ One appearance in Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, one appearance in Northern Premier League President's Cup
  7. ↑ Seven appearances two goals in Northern Premier League President's Cup, four appearances one goal in West Riding County Cup, two appearances in FA Trophy, one appearance in Northern Premier League Challenge Cup
  8. ↑ Three appearances one goal in FA Trophy, two appearances two goals in Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, one appearance in Northern Premier League President's Cup, one appearance in West Riding County Cup
  9. ↑ Appearances in Northern Premier League Challenge Cup

Honours

Individual

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  6. 1 2 "Halifax Town » Players » All-Time Stats » Appearances". 21 February 2007. Archived from the original on 21 February 2007. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  7. 1 2 "Halifax Town » Competitions » Football Conference » Players Used". 17 May 2006. Archived from the original on 17 May 2006. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
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  11. ↑ "Leeds United | News | News | News | FORMER FAVOURITE BOBBY COMES HOME". Archived from the original on 14 November 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  12. ↑ "Davison is head coach at Eccleshill United". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  13. ↑ Bobby Davison at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  14. ↑ "Stats & Fax". Halifax Town Matchday Magazine. vs Macclesfield Town. 30 April 1997.
  15. ↑ "How they lined up; Results - Attendances - Scorers". Guiseley AFC Matchday Programme. vs Marine. 15 April 1997.
  16. ↑ "1996-97 Appearances & Goals". HOME. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  17. ↑ "1997-98 Appearances & Goals". HOME. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  18. ↑ "1998-99 Appearances & Goals". HOME. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Derby County Player of the Year
1984–85		Succeeded by
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