Simon Davey

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Simon Davey
Personal information
Full name Simon Archibald Davey
Date of birth October 1, 1970 (1970-10-01) (age 37)
Place of birth    Swansea, Wales
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Midfielder (retired)
Club information
Current club Barnsley (Manager)
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1987–1992
1992–1995
1995–1998
1997		 Swansea City
Carlisle United
Preston North End
→ Darlington (loan)
Total		 049 0(4)
105 (18)
106 (21)
011 0(0)
271 (43)   
Teams managed
2006– Barnsley

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Simon Archibald Davey (born 1 October 1970 in Swansea) is a Welsh football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Barnsley.

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[edit] Career

In 1987, Davey was a teenager preparing for O-levels in school in his home town of Swansea when the head teacher came into the classroom and said, 'Terry Yorath has just called. He is asking if Simon can be excused and pop down to the Vetch'. Davey went straight down to Swansea City’s ground, Vetch Field, in school uniform. Yorath informed him that he was short of players and would like to name him as a substitute for Saturday’s game against Torquay United. Davey made his debut during the second half of that game and went on to make 58 appearances, scoring 5 goals in 4 years, as a midfielder with the Swans.

In August 1992, he went from Swansea to Carlisle United on a free transfer. Within a few games, aged 22, he took over as team captain. In the 1993–94 season he played every game and challenged for the title of leading scorer, eventually finishing second to David Reeves with a tally of 13. Carlisle supporters voted one of these goals, a 35-yard free-kick against Shrewsbury Town, as their second best goal of all time. Davey went onto make 132 appearances for the club and scored a total of 23 goals. In February 1995 Davey was sold to Preston North End for £125,000. At the end of that season, Carlisle won the Division Three Championship and although Davey had already left the club he had played the minimum requirement of 26 games to qualify for a Championship medal.

At Preston, Davey played 5 matches in midfield alongside a youngster on loan from Manchester United who arrived to make his league debut, David Beckham. Beckham scored his first league goal when the novice asked Davey if he could have a go at a free-kick Davey was planning to take; Davey stepped aside and let him have it. Davey went onto to score 22 times in 122 games for Preston and was named in the PFA Team of the Season in 1995. While with the club, he also made 11 loan appearances for Darlington.

Davey’s playing career was cut short at the age of 27 following a back injury while training with a medicine ball. However, Preston manager David Moyes gave him a chance at coaching with the club and within a short time Davey was in charge of Preston’s Youth Academy, later moving to the Youth Academy at Barnsley. As part of his coaching education, he gained the UEFA C Licence, the UEFA B Licence, the UEFA A Licence and the UEFA Pro Licence in 2005 as well as the Academy Managers licence and the UEFA Youth Licence.

Davey was appointed caretaker manager of Barnsley in November 2006, following Andy Ritchie's dismissal.[1] After a successful start he was given the job on a permanent basis at the end of the year,[2] and later led the club to a successful fight against relegation at the end of the 2006–07 season. He later signed a four-year contract in December 2007 after an impressive start to the following season.[3] Two months later, he led the club to a shock FA Cup win at Liverpool [4] and 3 weeks after that, led them to victory over Chelsea F.C in the same competition.

[edit] Managerial stats

Team Nat From To Record
G W L D Win %
Barnsley Flag of England November 22, 2006 Present 83 30 37 16 36.14

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Barnsley dismiss manager Ritchie", BBC Sport, 2006-11-21. Retrieved on 2007-08-31. 
  2. ^ "Davey appointed boss of Barnsley", BBC Sport, 2006-12-31. Retrieved on 2007-08-31. 
  3. ^ "Barnsley boss agrees new contract", BBC Sport, 2007-12-07. Retrieved on 2008-01-06. 
  4. ^ "Davey celebrates 'fairytale' win", BBC Sport, 2008-02-16. Retrieved on 2008-02-17. 

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