Ted Davis (footballer)
Appearance
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Edwin Davis | ||
Date of birth | 1892 | ||
Place of birth | Bedminster, Bristol, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Clapton Orient | ? | (?) | |
1914–1922 | Huddersfield Town | 50 | (0) |
1922–1925 | Blackburn Rovers | 24 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1927-1937 | Bath City | ||
1937-1939 | Colchester United | ||
1939-1947 | Bath City | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Edwin "Ted" Davis (born 1892 in Bedminster, Bristol) was a professional footballer, who played for Clapton Orient, Huddersfield Town & Blackburn Rovers, he is most notably Bath City's longest serving manager of all time.
Management career
Bath City
Davis was appointed at Bath City in 1927.
Ted Davis rejoined Bath City in 1939, Upon the Outbreak of the Second World War, Bath were accepted to join the temporary
Though he then left the club in 1947. In total, Davis spent 17 years as Bath's first team coach, their longest serving manager.References
- ^ Woolwinder (22 August 1921). "First Division prospects. Huddersfield Town". Athletic News. Manchester. p. 5.
- ^ "Bright Prospects". British Newspaper Archive. Bath Chronicle. 16 July 1927. p. 21. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ "Bath City FC dance a great success". British Newspaper Archive. Bath Chronicle. 2 April 1927. p. 5. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ "Bath City football club, successful season from playing point of view". British Newspaper Archive. Bath Chronicle. 10 August 1929. p. 9. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ "Bath City Football Club: Most successful season in its history". British Newspaper Archive. Bath Chronicle. 2 August 1930. p. 9. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ "From four-day reigns to fairytale cup runs – the U's managers of the past". Gazette. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "Ted Davis Goes to Colchester". British Newspaper Archive. Bath Chronicle. 10 July 1937. p. 4. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ "How English football responded to the second world war". the Guardian. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ "Football honours come to Bath: City win League Championship". British Newspaper Archive. Bath Chronicle. 13 May 1944. p. 11. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- Ian Thomas; Owen Thomas; Alan Hodgson; John Ward (2007). 99 Years and Counting: Stats and Stories. Huddersfield Town A.F.C. ISBN 978-0955728105.