Steve Davis (footballer born 1968)
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| Steve Davis | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen Mark Davis | |
| Date of birth | October 30, 1968 (age 38) | |
| Place of birth | Hexham, England | |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |
| Playing position | Centre back | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1986-1987 | Southampton | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1987-1991 1989 1990 1991-1995 1995-1998 1998-2003 2003-2004 2004-2006 |
Southampton → Burnley (loan) → Notts County (loan) Burnley Luton Town Burnley Blackpool York City |
6 (0) 9 (0) 2 (0) 162 (22) 138 (21) 156 (20) 29 (1) 15 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Steve Davis (born October 30, 1968 in Hexham) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender.
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[edit] Playing career
[edit] Southampton
Davis started his career as a trainee with Southampton in August 1986, turning professional in July 1987. Despite being a virtual ever-present in the reserve team (making 35 appearances in both 1987-88 and 1988-89 seasons) he failed to break through into the first team.
In November 1989 he went on loan to Burnley 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.
[edit] Burnley
At Burnley he began to shine and he helped the club to the Division Four championship in 1992 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.
[edit] Luton Town
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-mananger Lennie Lawrence.
Davis was the captain at Luton before his return to Burnley.
[edit] Burnley again
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 1999-2000 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, before finishing his career at York City.
