Simon Davies (footballer born 1974)

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Simon Davies
Personal information
Full name	Simon Ithel Davies
Date of birth	April 23, 1974 (1974-04-23) (age 34)
Place of birth	Winsford, England
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Chester City (Manager)
Youth clubs
	Manchester United
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1992-1997 1993-1994 1996 1997-1998 1998-2000 2000-2001 2001-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005 2006-2007 2007	Manchester United → Exeter City (loan) → Huddersfield Town (loan) Luton Town Macclesfield Town Rochdale Bangor City TNS Bangor City Rhyl Chester City Airbus UK	11 (0) 06 (1) 03 (0) 22 (1) 48 (3) 12 (1) 60 (8) 18 (0) 16 (1) 14 (0) 00 (0) 00 (0)
National team
1996	Wales	01 (0)
Teams managed
2007 2008–	Chester City (Caretaker) Chester City
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Simon Ithel Davies (born 23 April 1974) is a former Welsh footballer who is now manager of Football League Two side Chester City.

During his career he played for a few English clubs in the 1990s, after starting out at Manchester United. He scored the opening goal in a 4-0 Champions League win against Galatasaray. He was part of an acclaimed batch of youngsters to come through the United ranks in this period, after winning the FA Youth Cup in 1992.

Although born in England, Davies was capped for the Welsh national team against Switzerland in 1996. After leaving Manchester United in a six-figure sum to Luton Town, Davies struggled to recapture his early promise and his league career was to end with spells with Macclesfield Town and Rochdale. He then crossed the border, spending several years in the Welsh Premier League.

In 2006, Davies joined the coaching staff at Chester City, predominantly as part of the youth set-up. In April 2007 he was appointed as the club's caretaker-manager after the departure of Mark Wright. He took charge for the final game of the season, as Chester lost 2-0 at Lincoln City.

Despite the loss, Davies was offered an interview for the job on a permanent basis but Bobby Williamson was subsequently appointed, although Davies remained at the club as youth team manager. The following March, Davies was again appointed as Chester's caretaker manager following Williamson's sacking ^[1]. Despite losing his two game in caretaker charge, Davies was named manager until the end of the season on 11 March 2008 ^[2].

v • d • e Chester City F.C. – Managers Hewitt (1930–36) • Mansley (1936) • Raisbeck (1936–38) • Brown (1938–53) • Page (1953–56) • Harris (1956–59) • Pearson (1959–61) • Lambton (1962–63) • Hauser (1963–68) • Roberts (1968–76) • Oakes (1976–82) • Sear (1982) • Sainty (1982–83) • Storton (1983–84) • Sear (1984) • McGrath (1984) • Speight (1984–85) • McNally (1985–92) • Barrow (1992–94) • Pejic (1994–95) • Mann (1995) • Ratcliffe (1995–99) • Smith (1999–2000) • Atkins (2000) • Barrow (2000–01) • Hill (2001) • Mungall (2001) • Spink (2001–02) • Porter (2001–02) • Wright (2002–04) • Mathias (2004) • Rush (2004–05) • Bell (2005) • Curle (2005–06) • Wright (2006–07) • Davies (2007) • Williamson (2007–2008) • Davies (2008–)

v • d • e Chester City F.C. – current squad 4 Dinning • 6 Butler • 7 Partridge • 9 Murphy • 11 Ellison • 12 Danby • 14 Hughes • 17 Wilson • 18 Vaughan • 19 Linwood • 20 Holroyd • 21 Rutherford • 22 Vaughan • 24 Carroll • 25 Roberts • 26 Newton • 27 Kelly • 32 McManus • 33 Rule • 34 Gregory • 36 Mitchell • 37 Feliciello • Manager: Davies

[edit] External links

• Simon Davies English career stats at Soccerbase
• Welsh Premier League profile

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