Scott Davies (footballer, born 1988)

Scott Davies
Personal information
Full name Scott Myles Edward Davies[1]
Date of birth (1988-03-10) 10 March 1988
Place of birth Aylesbury, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position Defender, midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Oxford City
Youth career
000?–2001 Watford
2001–2002 Wycombe Wanderers
2002–2006 Reading
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2011 Reading 4 (0)
2006 → Yeading (loan) 1 (0)
2007–2008 → Aldershot Town (loan) 28 (9)
2008–2009 → Aldershot Town (loan) 41 (13)
2009–2010 → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 15 (3)
2010 → Yeovil Town (loan) 4 (0)
2010 → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 8 (1)
2011 → Bristol Rovers (loan) 7 (0)
2011–2012 Crawley Town 20 (2)
2011–2012 → Aldershot Town (loan) 8 (1)
2013–2014 Oxford United 20 (1)
2014–201? Dunstable Town ? (?)
2015–2016 Wealdstone ? (?)
2016– Oxford City ? (?)
National team
Republic of Ireland U19
2009–2010 Republic of Ireland U21 3 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:56, 14 October 2016 (UTC).


Scott Myles Edward Davies (born 10 March 1988) is a footballer who plays for Oxford City.

Career

Early career

Born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire and attending Aylesbury Grammar School, Davies started his career with Watford's youth system after being spotted whilst playing for Aylesbury senior team.

In 2001, he moved to Wycombe Wanderers before moving to Reading in 2002. In September 2006, Davies joined Conference South side Yeading on loan,[2] scoring the winning goal away at Ramsgate which saw Yeading go on to face Nottingham Forest.

Aldershot Town (loan)

Davies joined Aldershot Town on loan in summer 2007. He was given the number 16 shirt. He made his professional debut in the 2–1 win over Kidderminster Harries on 11 August 2007, he also scored his first goal in the game. He then scored both goals in a 2–1 win over Histon.

At the end of 2007–08 season, Aldershot were promoted. He also won the Conference National goal of the season, with his injury time goal against Torquay United.[3] Davies joined Aldershot for the second time on 23 July 2009.

He made his first Football League appearance in a 3–2 win over Bradford City on 30 August 2009,[4] he also scored his first goal of the season.

Reading

He made his debut for Reading against Nottingham Forest on 8 August 2009. He made four more appearances before leaving on loan.

Wycombe Wanderers (loan)

On 16 October 2009, Davies signed a one-month loan deal with Wycombe Wanderers,[5] making his debut in the 1–1 home draw with Colchester United on 17 October.[6] In his third appearance, he scored two goals in their 3–2 home defeat against Walsall.[7] On 4 January 2010 his loan was extended until 16 January.[8] On 16 March he joined Yeovil Town on a one-month loan deal,[9] playing four games for the club before returning to Reading.

On 9 September 2010 Davies returned to Wycombe on a three-month loan deal.[10]

Crawley Town

Davies was released by Reading at the end of the 2010–11 season and on 31 May 2011, he signed for League Two side Crawley Town on a free transfer.[11] He made his debut against Macclesfield Town in a 2–0 win but after failing to get regular first team football he joined Aldershot Town on loan on 27 October 2011.[12][13] He scored his first and only goal for Aldershot in a 2-1 loss to Gillingham on 19 November 2011.[14] After playing just one game during the 2012–13 season Davies had his contract at Crawley terminated by mututal consent on 31 December 2012.[15]

Oxford United

Davies was signed on non-contract terms by Oxford United on 1 March 2013. Manager Chris Wilder said of him "He's a player we think is definitely worth a look at. He has a very good pedigree and is someone we have kept an eye on for a while now so we are delighted that he has signed for us."[16] He scored his first goal for the club in a 3–2 defeat at former club Aldershot Town on 1 April 2013.[17] On 17 May 2013, Davies confirmed via his Twitter account that he had agreed a new one-year deal with the club, keeping him at Oxford until the end of the 2013–14 season.[18] Davies was later released at the end of the contract and signed for Dunstable Town.[19]

Oxford City

During the summer of 2016, Davies joined Oxford City where he was named as captain.

International career

Davies was called up to the Republic of Ireland under-21 squad to face Germany on 10 February 2009.[20] However, he was an unused substitute in the 1–1 draw.[21]

Career statistics

As of match played 5 December 2013.[22]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Reading 2007–08 Premier League 000000— 00
2008–09 Championship 00000000 00
2009–10 400010— 50
2010–11 00000000 00
Total 40001000 50
Yeading (loan) 2006–07 Conference South 1011—00 21
Aldershot Town (loan) 2007–08 Conference Premier 28910—3[lower-alpha 1]0 329
2008–09 League Two 411330001[lower-alpha 2]1 4514
Total 6922400041 7723
Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 2009–10 League One 153210000 174
2010–11 League Two 8110001[lower-alpha 2]1 102
Total 234310011 276
Yeovil Town (loan) 2009–10 League One 40000000 40
Bristol Rovers (loan) 2010–11 70000000 70
Crawley Town 2011–12 League Two 202001000 212
2012–13 League One 0000001[lower-alpha 2]0 10
Total 202001010 222
Aldershot Town (loan) 2011–12 League Two 81300000 111
Oxford United 2012–13 League Two 121000000 121
2013–14 12020001[lower-alpha 2]0 150
Total 241200010 271
Career total 160301322072 18234
  1. ↑ Two appearances in the Conference League Cup, one appearances in the FA Trophy
  2. 1 2 3 4 Appearance in the Football League Trophy

Honours

Aldershot Town

References

  1. ↑ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Mainstream Publishing. p. 108. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
  2. ↑ "Royals Midfielder joins Ding on loan". Yeading F.C. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  3. ↑ "Player Profile: Scott Davies (on loan from Reading)". TheShots.co.uk. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
  4. ↑ "Aldershot 3–2 Bradford". BBC Sport. 30 August 2008. Retrieved 30 August 2008.
  5. ↑ "Wycombe snap up Davies". Sky Sports. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
  6. ↑ Wycombe 1 – 1 Colchester
  7. ↑ "Wycombe 2–3 Walsall". BBC Sport. 31 October 2009. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
  8. ↑ "Wycombe extend Davies loan". Sky Sports. 4 January 2010.
  9. ↑ "Yeovil Town sign Reading midfielder Scott Davies". BBC Sport. 16 March 2010. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
  10. ↑ "Reading's Scott Davies makes Wycombe loan return". BBC Sport. 9 September 2010. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
  11. ↑ "Crawley win Davies chase". Sky Sports. 31 May 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  12. ↑ "Scott Davies". Soccerbase. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  13. ↑ "Crawley's Scott Davies rejoins Aldershot Town on loan". BBC. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  14. ↑ "Aldershot 1-2 Gillingham". BBC. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  15. ↑ "Scott Davies departs". Crawley Town FC. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  16. ↑ "Midfielder in for the U's". Oxford United FC. 1 March 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  17. ↑ "Aldershot 3 Oxford Utd 2". BBC Sport. 1 April 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  18. ↑ "Delighted to have signed a one year contract today with OUFC.". Twitter. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  19. ↑ "Scott Davies". Dunstable Town F.C. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  20. ↑ "Davies receives Ireland U21 call". TeamTalk.com. 10 February 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
  21. ↑ "Michael Spillane equaliser claims U21s a deserved draw against Germany". FAI.ie. 10 February 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
  22. ↑ "Scott Davies". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
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