Bobby Davison

Infobox Football biography
playername = Bobby Davison


fullname = Robert Davison
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1959|7|17|df=yes
cityofbirth = South Shields
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Ferencváros (manager)
position =
years = 1980–1981
1981–1982
1982–1987
1987–1992
1991
1992
1992–1993
1993–1994
1994–1996
1995
clubs = Huddersfield Town
Halifax Town
Derby County
Leeds United
→ Derby County (loan)
→ Sheffield United (loan)
Leicester City
Sheffield United
Rotherham United
→ Hull City (loan)
caps(goals) = 002 0(0)
063 (29)
206 (83)
091 (31)
010 0(8)
011 0(4)
025 0(6)
012 0(1)
022 0(4)
011 0(4)
manageryears = 2000
2008–
managerclubs = Guiseley
Ferencváros

Robert "Bobby" Davison (born 17 July, 1959 in South Shields) is an English former professional footballer and current coach.

Playing career

Davison started his career at Huddersfield Town making only two appearances 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. Much to Derby fans disappointment he was sold for £350,000 to a rebuilding Leeds United squad.

In Howard Wilkinson's 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. However, with the successful pairing of Lee Chapman and Rod Wallace Leeds went on to greater heights and Bobby made few substitute appearances. He was loaned back to Derby County and later Sheffield United.

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 and spent the rest of his career playing bit-part appearances with Rotherham United and Hull City where he retired in the 1995–96 season.

Coaching career

In 2000, Davison had a short spell managing Guiseley before resigning in October 2000. He also had short spells coaching Bradford City and 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. [cite news
url=http://www.thestar.co.uk/blades/Blades-looking-to-tap-into.4100033.jp
title=Blades looking to tap into Hungary talent
date=2008-05-20
accessdate=2008-06-04
publisher=Sheffield Star
first=James
last=Shield] His first game in charge was a 1–0 victory against Bõcs KSC.

References

External links

*soccerbase|1964