Steve Davis (footballer, born 1968)

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Steve Davis
Personal information
Full name Stephen Mark Davis
Date of birth (1968-10-30) 30 October 1968 (age 55)
Place of birth Hexham, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) [1]
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
1986–1987 Southampton
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1987–1991 Southampton 6 (0)
1989Burnley (loan) 9 (0)
1990Notts County (loan) 2 (0)
1991–1995 Burnley 162 (22)
1995–1998 Luton Town 138 (21)
1998–2003 Burnley 156 (21)
2003–2004 Blackpool 29 (1)
2004–2006 York City 15 (0)
Total517(65)
Managerial career
2007 Burnley (caretaker)
2010 Burnley (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stephen Mark Davis (born 30 October 1968 ) is an English former footballer who played as a defender. He had three spells with Burnley, and has subsequently coached for them. He was the first team coach for EFL Championship side Bolton Wanderers but was sacked along with Owen Coyle on 9 October.

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Playing career

Davis was born in Hexham, but started his career as a trainee with Southampton in August 1986, turning professional in July 1987. He was a virtual ever-present in the reserve team in both the 1987–88 and 1988–89 seasons, making 35 appearances each time. Despite this, he failed to break through into the first team.

In November 1989 he went on loan to Burnley (who already had a player called Steve Davis) and returned to The Dell in February 1990. He made his Southampton debut in a 4–1 victory over Norwich City on 27 February 1990 (in which game Matthew Le Tissier scored a hat-trick). After a run of four games, Davis lost his place to Micky Adams, who was returning from injury. Davis only made two further appearances for Southampton, and then, after a short loan spell at Notts County, in August 1991 he returned to Burnley on a permanent basis for a fee of £60,000. [1]

At Burnley he helped the club to the Division Four championship in 1991–92 and to promotion via the play-offs in 1993–94. Burnley were relegated the following season, and Davis was sold to Luton Town for £750,000 in July 1995.

In 1996, despite his performing admirably for the Hatters, the club were relegated to the Division Two for the first time in over 25 years. He was then part of the side that finished third in the league in the 1996–97 season, before losing in the play-offs to Crewe. Due to his aerial ability, Davis was often used as an emergency striker by then-manager Lennie Lawrence. During part of his spell at Luton, he was captain.

After over three years with Luton, Davis returned to Burnley in December 1998 for a fee of £800,000. He became club captain, and in 1999–00 he helped them back to the First Division, thus completing Stan Ternent's two-year rebuilding project.

He remained at Burnley until July 2003, when he moved on to Lancashire rivals Blackpool on a two-year deal. [2] At Blackpool he scored once; in a 3–0 win at Wycombe Wanderers. [3] He was an unused substitute in the final as Blackpool won the 2003–04 Football League Trophy. [4] He joined York City in June 2004 on a two-year deal, [5] however he retired from the game in 2005 and is now Head Scout for Fleetwood Town.

Management career

Davis returned to Burnley in a scouting role in October 2005, as manager Steve Cotterill hoped to prepare him for a coaching role at the club at some level.

In January 2006 Burnley first team coach Mark Yates was offered the managers job at Conference side Kidderminster Harriers. This meant a step up for Steve Davis, who came in as a direct replacement for Yates, taking up the roles of first team coach and reserve team manager. The move was greeted with great support from Burnley fans, as Davis was still held in very high regard at Turf Moor. Davis shared the supporters' sentiment, quoting "This has to be top of my list for football memories. Burnley is my club and everyone knows what it means to me." Davis' quick rise would continue in November 2007 when he was moved up a rank once again by Cotterill, replacing the outgoing Dave Kevan (who had moved to a similar role at Notts County) as assistant manager. [6] This role lasted just a matter of days, before he was promoted up to caretaker-manager upon the sacking of Cotterill. His first job was to take the team to Leicester City for a Football League Championship match. An early Andy Gray goal gave him a 1–0 win, in what he described as one of the proudest moments of his career. [7] He was a candidate to replace Cotterill full-time as Burnley manager [8] but in the end the board went for Scottish rookie Owen Coyle, however Davis would remain on the staff in his former role as first-team coach. [9] Under Coyle's stewardship Burnley won promotion to the Premier League.

In January 2010, Davis was made caretaker manager of Burnley for a matter of days [10] before joining the backroom staff at Coyle's new club, Bolton Wanderers. [11] During this spell he never took charge of a first team game. He was sacked by the EFL Championship side on 9 October.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition [12] [13] [14] [15]
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Southampton
1989–90 First Division 40000040
1990–91 First Division20000020
Total6000000060
Burnley (loan) 1989–90 Fourth Division 90000090
Notts County (loan) 1990–91 Second Division 20000020
Burnley
1991–92 Fourth Division40651216 [lower-alpha 1] 0538
1992–93 Third Division 37250002 [lower-alpha 1] 0442
1993–94 Third Division42740415 [lower-alpha 2] 0558
1994–95 Second Division4374040517
Total1622218110213020325
Luton Town
1995–96 First Division36210514 [lower-alpha 3] 0463
1996–97 Second Division44840602 [lower-alpha 4] 1569
1997–98 Second Division38500412 [lower-alpha 1] 0446
1998–99 Second Division2062262002810
Total13821722148117428
Burnley
1998–99 Second Division1940000194
1999–2000 Second Division42740101 [lower-alpha 1] 0487
2000–01 First Division4452041506
2001–02 First Division2310010241
2002–03 First Division2841031325
Total1562170921017323
Blackpool 2003–04 Second Division29130302 [lower-alpha 1] 0371
York City 2004–05 Conference 1500000150
Career total5176535343824161977
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearances in EFL Trophy
  2. Appearances in EFL Trophy and play-offs
  3. Appearances in Anglo-Italian Cup
  4. Appearances in play-offs

Honours

Blackpool

Individual

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