Bobby Davison
| Bobby Davison | ||
 Bobby Davison as coach of Ferencváros Budapest
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | Robert Davison | |
| birthday | 17th July 1959 | |
| place of birth | South Shields , England | |
| size | 175 cm | |
| position | striker | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| Seaham Red Stars | ||
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1980-1981 | Huddersfield Town | 2 (0) |
| 1981-1982 | Halifax Town | 63 (29) |
| 1982-1987 | Derby County | 206 (83) |
| 1987-1992 | Leeds United | 91 (31) |
| 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) |
| 1997-2000 | AFC Guiseley | |
| Stations as a trainer | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1998-2000 | AFC Guiseley (player-coach) | |
| 2008-2009 | Ferencváros Budapest | |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Robert "Bobby" Davison (born July 17, 1959 in South Shields ) is a former English football player and current coach. The striker was the crowd favorite and scorer of Derby County in the 1980s before moving to Leeds United , where he later made a small contribution to winning the English championship with two appearances in the 1991/92 season . Between 2008 and 2009 he coached the Hungarian club Ferencváros Budapest after it was taken over by an English entrepreneur.
Professional career
First stations (1980–1982)
Davison was initially active in regional leagues for the Seaham Red Stars , before hiring him in July 1980 with Mick Buxton, the coach who was then active at Huddersfield Town . In his only year for the third division club, the stakes were mostly limited to the reserve team and on only two occasions he was allowed to prove himself in professional league games. On August 30, 1980 he was against Rotherham United as a replacement for Steve Kindon for the first time in the starting line-up; only one substitution followed later in the season. For £ 20,000, Huddersfield finally let him move to fourth division Halifax Town in August 1981 .
With the team coached by Mickey Bullock , he made his debut with a goal in the League Cup first leg against Leicester City (1: 2) and with 20 league goals in the 1981/82 season he developed into the most accurate shooter of his club. He was also in good shape at the beginning of the next season. His first three-pack in the Football League Trophy against Hartlepool United was followed by three more goals in the 4-2 win over Wimbledon FC in November 1982 - Davison's best game for the "Shaymen". This aroused overall desires among higher-class clubs and in early December 1982 the choice fell on Derby County . Despite the disappointing departure of its best player at the time, Halifax was able to console itself with comparatively high transfer proceeds, which allegedly saved the financially tight club from imminent bankruptcy.
Derby County (1982–1987)
When Peter Taylor , who was Brian Clough's co-trainer and companion at Derby County between 1967 and 1973, joined the "Rams" again in 1982 and now as head coach, Davison was his first - and also extremely favorable - commitment. This quickly proved to be a stroke of luck and as a goalscorer he was the most accurate scorer of his team for five consecutive years. After three first substitutions, he developed into a crowd favorite with speed, a combative attitude and, last but not least, many goals. For his ex-club Halifax Town he had previously scored three times in the two league cup games against Derby in the 1982/83 season , which may not have been a decisive factor in the purchase decision. The 26 competitive goals in the season were also the best haul for a Derby County player since the time of Ray Straw 26 years earlier.
In contrast to his personal successes, the team's performance disappointed overall and in 1984 Derby County even rose to the third-rate third division . Under the new coach Arthur Cox one experienced happier times again and between 1985 and 1987, Derby County, supported by a total of 36 Davison league players, began to march straight through to the top English league in two years. His club had resisted the advances from first division clubs in the second division championship season 1986/87 - especially from Watford FC - but in November 1987 he moved to second division Leeds United for a transfer fee of 350,000 pounds . The beginning of the season 1987/88 was a bit disappointing with only one goal in 13 league games for Davison in Derby, but the transfer decision left their own appendix very disappointed. When he returned briefly on loan in the 1991/92 season, he confirmed his status as a "legend" of the club with eight goals in ten league / competitive games - including his 100th goal for Derby. Another sign of this was his consistency in the mid-1980s, the fact that he had played in 105 league games without interruption.
Leeds United (1987-1992)
At Leeds United, Davison was part of the squad restructuring initiated by coach Billy Bremner , and when Howard Wilkinson succeeded Bremner in September 1988 at the latest , he was a key player in the "Whites". In the 1988/89 season he was the most accurate shooter with 14 league goals and the following year he contributed ten more goals for promotion to the top English division. As in Derby, Davison's time there was again not marked by success and he lost his regular place to the newcomer Lee Chapman in the 1990/91 season . Placed in the ranking behind Chapman and Rod Wallace , he played five league games in the season and thus had only a marginal part in the fact that his club reached a good fifth place . This did not change in the championship season 1991/92 - here he recorded only two statistically insignificant "Joker" bets. Instead, he helped out in his last year of contract in Leeds as a loan player, which in addition to the aforementioned short return to Derby also included a commitment to league rivals Sheffield United from March 1992.
Career conclusion (1992–1996)
In August 1992 he moved for a transfer fee of 50,000 pounds to the second-rate club Leicester City , where he could no longer call up his former scoring qualities. After only six league goals in just under 15 months, he went to Sheffield United one more time in November 1993, which was in a relegation battle in the Premier League and ultimately lost it. Davison had disappointed and remained without a goal of his own. After a few weeks in the following season 1994/95 it went in October 1994 a further division lower to the third division club Rotherham United . There he was once again an integral part of a team with 21 league games after a long dry spell, which he was able to help briefly with his experience and four goals. The now 36-year-old Davison completed a league game for Rotherham in the 1995/96 season. There was also a loan deal with Hull City , who was also active in the third division , before he left the professional football area of the Football League after eleven more appearances there .
Davison hired in July 1996 at ex-club Halifax Town, which had meanwhile arrived in the semi-professional Football Conference . In John Carroll's team , however, he could not claim a permanent place for himself, only scored one goal and switched to coaching at AFC Guiseley , while he played for the new club as a player until the 1999/2000 season.
Coaching activities
Originally only working in the coaching staff of the AFC Guiseley from 1997, Davison took over in February 1998 the chief role in the team that kicked in the Northern Premier League Premier Division . Shortly after relegation in the 1999/2000 season, he resigned from this post in October 2000. His next duties included from June 2004 that of Colin Todd's assistant coach at Bradford City and in February 2008 as part of the coaching staff at Sheffield United .
After the takeover of the football department of the Hungarian club Ferencváros Budapest by the owner of Sheffield United, Davison came as a surprise to his first position as head coach in professional football in April 2008. Together, the traditional club, which had meanwhile been relegated to the second division, managed to return to the first division, but that was not the beginning of a long-term working relationship. Davison's engagement in Hungary ended in October 2009; instead he started a new job as a youth coach at Leeds United in November 2010 . To do this, he began to assist the English U-19 national coach Noel Blake .
literature
- Johnny Meynell: Halifax Town - The Complete Record . Breedon Books, 2011, ISBN 978-1-85983-974-4 , pp. 272 f .
- Gerald Mortimer: Derby County - The Complete Record . Breedon Books, 2006, ISBN 1-85983-517-1 , pp. 72 .
Web links
- Bobby Davison in the soccerbase.com database
- Statistical data from the Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database
- Data of the individual seasons
Individual evidence
- ↑ The information on the transfer fee varies. While Derby County gives 80,000 pounds, the Chronicle of Halifax Town gives an amount of 98,000 pounds.
- ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1995-96 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1995, ISBN 0-09-180854-5 , pp. 59 .
- ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1996-97 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1996, ISBN 1-85291-571-4 , pp. 69 .
- ↑ "FORMER FAVORITE BOBBY COMES HOME" (leedsunited.com)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Davison, Bobby |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Davison, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English soccer player and coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th July 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | South Shields , England |