Joe Davies (footballer, born 1866)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joseph Davies | ||
| Date of birth | 1866[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Chirk, Wales[1] | ||
| Date of death | 1943[1] | ||
| Place of death | Chirk, Wales[1] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6.5 in (1.69 m)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Inside right | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Chirk | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1888–1889 | Everton | 8 | (2) |
| 1889–1891 | Chirk | ||
| 1891–1894 | Ardwick | 16 | (8) |
| 1894–1895 | Sheffield United | 12 | (4) |
| 1895–1896 | Manchester City | 11 | (4) |
| 1896–1898 | Millwall Athletic | ||
| 1898–1900 | Reading | ||
| 1900–1901 | Manchester City | 8 | (1) |
| 1901–1902 | Stockport County | 29 | (7) |
| 1902–1905 | Chirk | ||
| National team | |||
| 1889–1900 | Wales | 11 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Joseph "Joe" Davies (1866 – 7 October 1943) was a Welsh international footballer who played as an inside right.
Career
Club career
Born in Chirk in Wales, Davies worked as a miner whilst playing for his hometown club of Chirk.[1] He moved to Everton in October 1888 where he made his Football League debut against West Bromwich Albion in December of that year.[1] His spell on Merseyside was a brief one, and he returned to Chirk in 1889, remaining there for two further years. A three-year spell at Ardwick followed before he was transferred to Sheffield United in January 1894.[1]
The Blades were playing in the Football League First Division by this stage and Davies never cemented himself as a first team player, making only 18 appearances despite seven goals during them.[1] He was suspended by United in September 1895 for "lodging in a public house" (the club was run on strict Methodist lines at the time),[1] before being transferred back to Ardwick, now renamed Manchester City, in the following November along with Hugh Morris and Bob Hill.[1]
Davies subsequently became a much travelled player with spells at Millwall Athletic (1896–98), Reading (1898–1900), a third spell at Manchester City (1900–1901), Stockport County (1901–1902) where he made the majority of his career Football League appearances, before finally returning to Chirk for a third time in 1902 where he played until retiring in 1905.[1]
International career
Davies made his international debut for Wales on 15 April 1889, playing in a 0–0 draw with Scotland in Wrexham.[2] He went on to play eleven times in total for his country without scoring a goal.[1][2]