Carl Davenport

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Carl Davenport
Personal information
Full name Carl Davenport [1]
Date of birth(1944-05-30)30 May 1944 [1]
Place of birth Farnworth, England
Position(s) Centre forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Bolton Wanderers 0 (0)
1962–1963 Preston North End 0 (0)
1963 Stockport County 16 (3)
1963–1965 Wigan Athletic
1965–1967 Macclesfield Town 45 (38)
1967–1968 Cork Celtic (24)
1968–1971 Cork Hibernians (18)
1971–1972 Cork Celtic (3)
1972 Limerick (1)
1973 St Patrick's Athletic (4)
1974–197? Cork Celtic (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carl Davenport (born 30 May 1944) is an English former footballer who played as a centre forward in the Football League for Stockport County. He played non-league football in England before enjoying a successful career in the League of Ireland. He also appeared on Love in the countryside.

Life and career

Born in Farnworth, which was then in Lancashire, [1] Davenport was on the books of Bolton Wanderers and Preston North End, without making a league appearance for either, before joining Stockport. He then played for Cheshire League clubs Wigan Athletic and Macclesfield Town. [2]

He then moved to Ireland, where at the age of 23 he became player-manager of Cork Celtic, was the League of Ireland's joint top scorer in 1967–68, went on to play for Cork Hibernians, Limerick and St Patrick's Athletic, [3] [4] and was capped twice for the League of Ireland Representative XI. [1] In 2003, Bolton Wanderers played a Cork All Stars XI in Davenport's testimonial match. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Carl Davenport". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Manager and player profiles: D". The Silkmen Archives. Geoffrey Knights and Macclesfield Town FC. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  3. ↑ Ryan, Seán; Burke, Stephen (1987). The Book of Irish Goalscorers. Dundrum: Irish Soccer Co-op. pp. 226–235. Retrieved 2 May 2018– via Historical Lineups.
  4. ↑ "Carl Davenport". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Ibrahim Ba's the way for Cork". Bolton Wanderers F.C. 3 September 2003. Archived from the original on 2 May 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2018.


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