Aidan Davison

Football player infobox


playername= Aidan Davison
fullname = Aidan John Davison
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1968|5|11|df=y
cityofbirth = Sedgefield
countryofbirth = England
height = height|ft=6|in=1
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position = Goalkeeper
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1987–1988
1988–1989
1989
1989
1989–1991
1990
1991
1991–1993
1993–1997
1996
1996–1997
1997
1997–1999
1999–2000
1999–2000
2000–2003
2003–2004
2004–2008
clubs = Billingham Synthonia
Notts County
→ Leyton Orient (loan)
→ Bury (loan)
Bury
→ Chester City (loan)
→ Blackpool (loan)
Millwall
Bolton Wanderers
→ Ipswich Town (loan)
→ Hull City (loan)
Hull City
Grimsby Town
Sheffield United
→ Bradford City (loan)
Bradford City
Grimsby Town
Colchester United
caps(goals) =
001 (0)
000 (0)
000 (0)
000 (0)
000 (0)
000 (0)
034 (0)
037 (0)
000 (0)
009 (0)
010 (0)
076 (0)
002 (0)
005 (0)
046 (0)
032 (0)
099 (0)
351 (0)
nationalyears = 1996–1997
1996
nationalteam = Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland B
nationalcaps(goals) = 003 (0)
001 (0)
pcupdate = 15:21, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate = 10:21, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Aidan John Davison (born 11 May 1968 in Sedgefield, County Durham) is an English-born Northern Irish ex-professional footballer. His previous clubs include Grimsby Town, Bradford City, Notts County and Millwall. Davison has been capped three times by Northern Ireland.

Domestic career

Davison is a well traveled keeper, who played for a selection of clubs before earning himself a break by signing for Bolton Wanderers, where he played for the club in the Premiership but was second choice to Keith Branagan. Davison then secured a move to Bradford City briefly before making his mark by signing for Grimsby Town in the summer of 1997.

Davison earned promotion with Grimsby in his first season, appearing at Wembley twice that season, and was the back bone of the strongest defence in the Second division that season. The following season, Aidan played a big part in the clubs reasonably positive season, after earning an 11th place spot. The following season Davison made a move too Sheffield United and Grimsby signed Danny Coyne to replace him. Aidan's time at Sheffield was short lived and he played second fiddle to Simon Tracey.

Following a loan spell, Davison made the move back too Bradford who were now a Premiership club. Despite not being the natural number 1 at the club, he got his fair share of Premiership football, but the club also used veteran Gary Walsh and Matt Clarke in rotation. Davison remained with The Bantams until the end of the 2002–03 season and after being released he made another return, this time with former club Grimsby Town.

Davison's season with Grimsby was dogged with injury and he missed the majority of the second half of the season and was replaced by Alan Fettis and Andy Pettinger. Davison left Blundell Park at the end of the season, and joined Colchester United where he played out the remaining four seasons of his career, earning a promotion with the club in 2006. He was replaced in the number one shirt at Colchester by Dean Gerken.

Northern Ireland

Davison made his debut against Sweden on 24 April 1996 and also played against Thailand and Germany. [ [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesn/nil-intres90.html Davison's] International appearances (Erroneously credited as "Davidson")]

After football

After being released by Colchester United at the end of the 2007–08 season, he and his wife have acted upon his dream to live in the United States. [cite news
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/colchester_united/7427581.stm
title=Bankole lands Colchester position
date=2008-05-30
accessdate=2008-05-30
publisher=BBC Sport]

Honours

Bolton Wanderers

*Football League Cup runner-up: 1995

Grimsby Town

*Auto Windscreens Shield winner: 1998
*Second Division playoff winner: 1998

Colchester United

*Football League One runner up: 2005-06

References

External links

* [http://www.cu-fc.com/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10424~5528,00.html Aidan Davison player profile] at cu-fc.com
* [http://www.gtfc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10417~5528,00.html Aidan Davison player profile] at grimsby-townfc.co.uk
* [http://www.BRADFORDCITYFC.CO.UK/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10266~5528,00.html Aidan Davison player profile] at bradfordcityfc.co.uk
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* [http://nifootball.blogspot.com/2006/10/aidan-davison_20.html Aidan Davison] at [http://nifootball.blogspot.com NIFG]