Liam Davis (footballer, born 1986)

Liam Lloyd Davis (born 23 November 1986) is an English professional footballer who plays for National League club Torquay United.

Liam Davis
Personal information
Full name Liam Lloyd Davis[1]
Date of birth (1986-11-23) 23 November 1986[1]
Place of birth Wandsworth, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder / Defender
Club information
Current team
 Torquay United
Number 3
Youth career
2001–2002 Fulham
2002–2005 Coventry City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 Coventry City 11 (0)
2006 → Peterborough United (loan) 7 (0)
2008–2011 Northampton Town 79 (8)
2011–2013 Oxford United 67 (3)
2013–2015 Yeovil Town 35 (1)
2016–2017 GAIS 18 (2)
2017 Cheltenham Town 16 (0)
2017– Torquay United 91 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:53, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

Career

Coventry City

Davis joined Coventry City as a 16-year-old trainee from Fulham's Academy.[2] He made his Coventry debut on 24 September 2005, aged 18, in a Football League Championship clash against Hull City at the Ricoh Arena.[3] In March 2006, Davis was offered a new contract and eventually signed a new deal two months later.[4][5]

Davis then spent the start of the 2006–07 campaign on loan at Football League Two outfit Peterborough United on 14 September 2006.[6] Two days after signing for the club, Davis made his Peterborough United debut, where he set up a goal for Trevor Benjamin to score the winning goal against Swindon Town.[7] His playing time at Peterborough United earned him a loan extension for another month.[8] After playing 7 games, Davis was dropped from the first team[9] and ended his loan spell with Peterborough United and was sidelined with injuries for a long time.[10]

After returning to his parent club, Davis then made his first appearance of the 2006–07 season, starting the whole game, in a 4–1 win over Barnsley on 17 March 2007.[11] He returned to feature in three first-team matches for Coventry under Iain Dowie at the tail-end of the season[12] and signed a new one-year deal at the club in May 2007.[13]

He had made rapid progress since arriving in the Midlands, but injuries restricted his progress in the first half of 2007–08 season.[14] However, an impressive substitute appearance in a 2–1 in over Ipswich Town in December prompted an extended run in the side, both on the left wing and in an unaccustomed role at left-back.[15][16]

At the end of the 2007/08 season, Davis was told his contract would not be renewed and he was free to find a new club as then manager Chris Coleman did not think he would feature regularly in his plans.[17]

Northampton Town

Davis then signed for Football League One side Northampton Town on a two-year contract on 6 June 2008.[18]

Davis made his Northampton Town debut, where he started and played for 78 minutes, in a 4–2 win over Cheltenham Town in the opening game of the season.[19] After missing out one match,[20] he scored his first Northampton Town goal, just 25 minutes after coming on as a substitute, in a 3–2 loss against Huddersfield Town on 20 September 2008.[21] By the end of 2008, Davis added two more goals, which were against Leeds United[22] and Leyton Orient.[23] His fourth goal of the season came on 24 January 2009, in a 5–1 win over Crewe Alexandra.[24] Despite suffering from injuries later in the 2008–09 season,[25][26][27] he finished his first season, making thirty–three appearances and scored four times in all competitions.

Ahead of the 2009–10 season, Davis suffered a metatarsal injury during the pre–season tour.[28] He remained sidelined until he made his return to action from injury in a reserve match in mid–October.[29] He returned to the first team on 31 October 2009, coming on as a second–half substitute, in a 1–0 loss against Torquay United.[30] However, his return was short–lived when he, once again, suffered "a recurrence of the stress fracture in his foot".[31] It wasn't until on 9 February 2010 when he returned to the first team from injury, coming on as a second–half substitute, in a 4–0 win over Accrington Stanley.[32] As a result, Davis's second season restricted him to only 46 appearances in the two seasons but he showed glimpses of his talent through his goals against Grimsby Town[33] and Morecambe[34] during the 2009/10 season.

Despite missing out most of the season with injuries during the 2009–10 season, Davis signed a one-year contract extension in June 2010.[35] In the 2010–11 season, Davis played his first match from injury, in the opening game of the season, in a 3–0 win over Torquay United.[36] However, he was dropped from the squad following his public bust-up with the manager in a match against Yeovil Town and his own injury concern.[37][38] The season brought a good cup run which saw Northampton Town beat Premier League giants Liverpool at Anfield,[39] where Davis put in a performance that gained recognition from clubs in higher leagues.[40] Davis then scored his first goal of the season on 26 October 2010, in a 3–1 loss against Ipswich Town in the third round of the League Cup.[41] However, Davis was sent–off just nine minutes to the game, in a 4–1 loss against Barnet on 20 November 2010.[42] Following this, Davis began playing in a defensive positions and helped the club with three clean–sheets between 30 October 2010 and 13 November 2010.[43] He plays the most of the season in the left–back position.[44] Despite setback of injuries later in the season,[45][46][47] Davis scored two goals later in the season against Rotherham United[48] and Stevenage.[49]

On 13 May 2011, it was announced that Davis would be leaving Northampton at the end of his contract.[50]

Oxford United

On 29 July 2011, Davis signed a one-year deal with Oxford United.[51]

Davis made his Oxford United debut, making his first start and playing the whole game, in a 1–0 loss against Rotherham United in the opening game of the season.[52] It wasn't until on 3 September 2011 when he scored his first Oxford United goal, in a 3–1 loss against Crewe.[53] Then on 17 September 2011, he scored again, in a 2–0 win over Barnet.[54] From that moment, he quickly established himself in the first team, playing in defence.[55] By the end of 2011, he went on twenty–four appearances in all competitions despite being sent–off against Cheltenham Town on 26 November 2011, in which he served a two match ban,[56][57] and absent for fitness concern.[58] Davis continued to be in a first team regular for the side, leading him to sign a one–year contract extension in February 2012.[59] In his first season at Oxford United, Davis went on to make forty–six appearances and scoring two times in all competitions.

Ahead of the 2012–13 season, Davis, however, suffered groin injury following an operation that failed to clear up the injury initially at the end of the 2011–12 season.[60] It wasn't until on 6 November 2012 when he made his first team return from injury, coming on as a second-half substitute, in a 3–2 loss against Dagenham & Redbridge.[61] This followed up against Torquay United on 10 November 2012 when he made his first start, in a 0–0 draw.[62] However, his return was short–lived, as he was sidelined on four occasions.[63][64][65][66] Nevertheless, Davis continued to be a first team regular for the side, playing in the attacking role.[67] It wasn't until on 12 February 2013 when he scored his first goal of the season, in a 2–1 loss against Fleetwood Town.[68] At the end of the 2012–13 season, Davis went on to make twenty–seven appearances and scoring once in all competitions.

Having being among players that his contract at the end of the 2012–13 season,[69] Davis was among several players to be released by the club.[70]

Yeovil Town

After spending time on trial with Birmingham City,[71] Davis signed for newly promoted Championship side Yeovil Town on a two-year contract.[72] He made his Yeovil Town debut as a second-half substitute in their 1–0 victory over Millwall, on 3 August 2013.[73] He scored his first goal for Yeovil on 5 October 2013, in a 4–1 loss against Middlesbrough.[74] Davis soon suffered a setback of injuries and was absent from the first team for several weeks.[75][76] He made thirty appearances, scoring once, in a 2013–14 season that saw Yeovil relegated.

Shortly after the start of the 2014–15 season Davis suffered a broken wrist that kept him out for a month.[77] Although he returned to the first team in September,[78] he continued to suffer from injuries, leading him to be absent from the first team for most of the season.[79][80][81] He made just nine appearances over the whole of 2014–15 season, and left the club following their relegation to League Two.[82]

GAIS

Ahead of the 2016 season, Davis signed for Swedish Superettan side GAIS.[83] He scored on his GAIS debut, a 2–0 win over IK Frej.[84] He made 18 appearances over the whole of 2016, scoring twice, and was released by the club at the end of the season.[85]

Cheltenham Town

On 30 January 2017, Davis signed a short-term contract with Cheltenham Town.[86] He made his debut the next day, playing the whole of a 3–2 win over Luton Town.[87] Davis went on to make sixteen appearance for the club, but was released at the end of the 2016–17.[88]

Torquay United

Following his release from Cheltenham, Davis signed for National League club Torquay United.[89]

Career statistics
As of match played 9 November 2019[90]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Coventry City 2005–06[91] Championship 200000—20
2006–07[92] Championship 300000—30
2007–08[93] Championship 601000—70
Total 1101000—120
Peterborough United (loan) 2006–07[92] League Two 7000100080
Northampton Town 2008–09[94] League One 29420201[lower-alpha 1]0344
2009–10[95] League Two 17210001[lower-alpha 1]0192
2010–11[96] League Two 33220211[lower-alpha 1]0383
Total 798504130919
Oxford United 2011–12[97] League Two 44200101[lower-alpha 1]0462
2012–13[98] League Two 23120002[lower-alpha 1]0271
Total 673201030733
Yeovil Town 2013–14[99] Championship 2711020—301
2014–15[100] League One 8010000090
Total 351202000391
GAIS 2016[101] Superettan 18200—00182
Cheltenham Town 2016–17[102] League Two 160000000160
Torquay United 2017–18[101] National League 33010—00340
2018–19[101] National League South 42140—2[lower-alpha 2]0481
2019–20[101] National League 16220—00182
2020–21[101] National League 0000—0000
Total 91370—201003
Career totals 32417170818035718
  1. Appearances in Football League Trophy
  2. Appearances in FA Trophy

Personal life

Davis said he resided in Northampton and even still lives there after leaving Northampton Town in 2011.[103]

Davis' cousin is Kieron Cadogan, who played alongside him at GAIS, and was responsible for Davis signing for the club.[104]

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