Harry Davis (footballer, born 1991)

Harry Davis

Davis in 2010
Personal information
Full nameHarry Spencer Davis[1]
Date of birth24 September 1991[1]
Place of birthBurnley, England
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1]
Playing positionDefender
Club information
Current team
Crewe Alexandra
Number4
Youth career
–2010Crewe Alexandra
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2010–Crewe Alexandra129(10)
2010→ Nantwich Town (loan)
2010→ Stafford Rangers (loan)6(0)
2011→ Curzon Ashton (loan)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:02, 13 January 2015 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Harry Spencer Davis (born 24 September 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays for Crewe Alexandra as a defender.

Career

Davis was born in Burnley, Lancashire.[1] After progressing through the club's academy, he made his debut for Crewe Alexandra on 8 May 2010, in a 1–0 defeat to Bradford City on the final day of the 2009–10 season.[2] Before making his Crewe debut he enjoyed a short loan spell at Northern Premier League Premier Division team Nantwich Town.[3] He was given his first professional contract in May 2010.[4] In August 2010 he joined Stafford Rangers of the Conference North on a one-month loan,[5] along with teammate Kelvin Mellor.[6] His second game for the club came on the final day of the following season, also against Bradford. Crewe won the game 5–1 at Valley Parade.[7]

He started in the first game of the following season, a 3–0 defeat away to Swindon Town.[8] He began to feature regular under manager Dario Gradi and scored his first goal for the club in a 3–1 defeat to Southend United on 8 October 2011.[9] A few games later he scored in a 1–0 away win to Cheltenham Town.[10] On 10 November 2011, Gradi stepped down as manager of Crewe, with Harry's father Steve Davis taking over as manager.[11] After scoring penalties in a 1–0 win against Bradford,[12] a 3–0 win against Bristol Rovers[13] and in a 1–1 draw against Rotherham United,[14] Davis helped Crewe to reach the 2012 League Two play-off Final at Wembley Stadium, which Crewe won 2–0 against Cheltenham and were promoted to League One.[15]

In January 2015, Davis signed a two-and-a-half year contract to remain at Crewe.[16]

Personal life

His father, Steve, was assistant manager of Crewe as Harry made his debut at the club and is now the manager.[17] His younger brother, Joe, is a defender at Leicester City, having previously been at Port Vale.[18] On 22 February 2014, for 33 minutes of a match at Port Vale, the two brothers played on opposite sides against each other.[19][20]

Career statistics

As of match played 31 January 2015.
Club statistics
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Crewe Alexandra 2009–10[21] League Two 1000000010
2010–11[22] League Two 1000000010
2011–12[23] League Two 41500105[lower-alpha 1]0475
2012–13[24] League One 42120204[lower-alpha 2]0501
2013–14[25] League One 32320111[lower-alpha 2]0364
2014–15[26] League One 121200000141
Total 12910604110014911
Stafford Rangers (loan) 2010–11[27] Conference North 60———60
Career total 13510604110015511
  1. ↑ Two appearances in Football League Trophy, three in League Two play-offs
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy

Honours

Crewe Alexandra

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Mainstream Publishing. p. 109. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
  2. ↑ "Crewe 0–1 Bradford" BBC Sport. 8 May 2010. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  3. ↑ Morse, Peter (9 June 2010). "Crewe Alex: Harry Davis is hungry for more first team action". Crewe Chronicle. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
  4. ↑ "Crewe to release Danny O'Donnell and Steven Schumacher". BBC Sport. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
  5. ↑ "Crewe Alexandra's Luke Murphy eyes midfield improvement". BBC Sport. 13 August 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
  6. ↑ "Crewe pair in Stafford Rangers loan". nln24.com. 14 August 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
  7. ↑ "Bradford 1–5 Crewe" BBC Sport. 7 May 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  8. ↑ "Swindon 3–0 Crewe" BBC Sport. 6 August 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  9. ↑ "Crewe 1–3 Southend" BBC Sport. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  10. ↑ "Cheltenham 0–1 Crewe" BBC Sport. 25 October 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  11. ↑ "Dario Gradi steps down as Crewe Alexandra manager" BBC Sport. 10 November 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  12. ↑ "Crewe 1–0 Bradford" BBC Sport. 20 March 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  13. ↑ "Crewe 3–0 Bristol Rovers" BBC Sport. 9 April 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  14. ↑ "Rotherham 1–1 Crewe" BBC Sport. 6 March 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  15. ↑ "Cheltenham 0–2 Crewe" BBC Sport. 27 May 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  16. ↑ "Harry Davis: Crewe defender signs new two-and-a-half contract". BBC Sport (BBC). 27 January 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  17. ↑ Morse, Peter (12 May 2010). "Crewe Alex: Family ties no issue for debut boy Harry Davis". Crewe Chronicle. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
  18. ↑ "Port Vale Team Profiles Joe Davis" Port Vale F.C. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  19. ↑ "Port Vale v Crewe: Steve Davis plays down family pride". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  20. ↑ "Port Vale 1 Crewe Alexandra 3". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  21. ↑ "Games played by Harry Davis in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  22. ↑ "Games played by Harry Davis in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 "Games played by Harry Davis in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 "Games played by Harry Davis in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  25. ↑ "Games played by Harry Davis in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  26. ↑ "Games played by Harry Davis in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  27. ↑ "H. Davis". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 June 2014.

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