Scott Davies (footballer, born 1988)

Scott Myles Edward Davies (born 10 March 1988) is an Irish professional football manager and player who plays as a midfielder. He is currently manager of Slough Town.

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
Position(s) Defender, midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Slough Town (player-manager)
Number 14
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 34 (1)
2014–2015 Dunstable Town 30 (3)
2015–2016 Wealdstone 53 (4)
2016–2017 Oxford City 42 (3)
2017–2018 Chelmsford City 30 (3)
2018–2019 Slough Town 38 (0)
2019 Kingstonian 5 (1)
2019 Harlow Town 9 (1)
2019– Slough Town 96 (5)
2020 → Biggleswade Town (loan) 1 (0)
2020 → Staines Town (loan) 1 (0)
2020 → Biggleswade Town (loan) 8 (0)
2021 → Beaconsfield Town (loan) 1 (0)
2023 → Bracknell Town (loan) 0 (0)
International career
Republic of Ireland U19
2009–2010 Republic of Ireland U21 3 (0)
Managerial career
2022– Slough Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:05, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

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 the 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 Harriers 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 mutual 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]

Non-League

During the summer of 2016, Davies joined Oxford City where he was named as captain.[20]

On 30 May 2017, Davies signed for fellow National League South club Chelmsford City.[21] On 19 March 2018, Davies left the club.[22]

In the same month, Davies joined Slough Town. During his time at Slough, Davies helped the club to win promotion to the National League South via the Southern League play-off's. In February 2019, Davies left the club to sign for Kingstonian.[23] In March 2019, after five games with Kingstonian, Davies joined Harlow Town owing to a managerial change at Kingstonian. On 9 March 2019, Davies made his debut for Harlow in a 3–1 home win against Kingstonian.[24] Davies re-joined Slough in July 2019.[25]

On 4 February 2020, Davies along with his teammate Louis Soares joined Southern League Premier Division Central side Biggleswade Town on loan.[26][27]

The following week he joined Staines Town on dual registration.[28][29]

Davies also joined Bracknell Town on dual registration in March 2023 but did not make any appearances.[30]

Coaching and management career

On 23 November 2022, Davies was appointed manager of Slough Town having taken on the role of caretaker manager the previous week.[31]

International career

Davies was called up to the Republic of Ireland under-21 squad to face Germany on 10 February 2009.[32] However, he was an unused substitute in the 1–1 draw.[33]

Personal life

Davies has studied for a degree in Professional Sports Writing and Broadcasting,[34] and has written for The Non-League Paper.[35] He has written about his long term gambling addiction from early in his career to 2015 where he estimates he lost over £200,000 whilst gambling, and his subsequent work educating other footballers around this subject.[36]

Career statistics
As of match played 15 March 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Reading 2006–07[37] Premier League 000000—00
2007–08[38] Premier League 000000—00
2008–09[39] Championship 0000000000
2009–10[40] Championship 400010—50
2010–11[41] Championship 0000000000
Total 4000100050
Yeading (loan) 2006–07[42] Conference South 1011—0021
Aldershot Town (loan) 2007–08[38] Conference Premier 28910—3[lower-alpha 1]0329
2008–09[39] League Two 411330001[lower-alpha 2]14514
Total 69224000417723
Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 2009–10[40] League One 15321—00174
Yeovil Town (loan) 2009–10[43][20] League One 40——0040
Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 2010–11[41] League Two 8110—1[lower-alpha 2]1102
Bristol Rovers (loan) 2010–11[41] League One 70———70
Crawley Town 2011–12[44] League Two 202001000212
2012–13[45] League One 0000001[lower-alpha 2]010
Total 202001010222
Aldershot Town (loan) 2011–12[44] League Two 8130—00111
Oxford United 2012–13[45] League Two 1210000—131
2013–14[46] League Two 22051001[lower-alpha 2]0281
Total 341510010402
Dunstable Town 2014–15[42] Southern League
Premier Division		 30331—4[lower-alpha 3]2376
Wealdstone 2014–15[20][42] Conference South 111———111
2015–16[20][42] National League South 42341—4[lower-alpha 4]0504
Total 53441—40615
Oxford City 2016–17[20][42] National League South 42320—3[lower-alpha 5]0473
Chelmsford City 2017–18[20][42] National League South 30340—5[lower-alpha 6]0393
Slough Town 2017–18[47] Southern League
Premier Division		 13000—2[lower-alpha 7]0150
2018–19[20][47] National League South 25070—3[lower-alpha 8]0350
Total 38070—50500
Kingstonian 2018–19[48] Isthmian League
Premier Division		 51———51
Harlow Town 2018–19[49] Isthmian League
Premier Division		 91———91
Slough Town 2019–20[20][47] National League South 26120—3[lower-alpha 9]1312
2020–21[20][47] National League South 0000—0000
2021–22[20][47] National League South 26100—3[lower-alpha 10]0291
Total 52220—61603
Biggleswade Town (loan) 2019–20[42] Southern League
Premier Division Central		 10———10
Staines Town (loan) 2019–20[29] Isthmian League
South Central Division		 10———10
Biggleswade Town (loan) 2020–21[42] Southern League
Premier Division Central		 8020—1[lower-alpha 10]0110
Beaconsfield Town (loan) 2021–22[42] Southern League
Premier Division South		 1000—1[lower-alpha 11]020
Career total 440474052036551857
  1. One appearance in FA Trophy, two appearances in Conference League Cup
  2. Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
  3. One appearance and a goal in the FA Trophy, two appearances in the Southern League Cup, one appearance and a goal in the Bedfordshire Senior Cup
  4. Two appearances in FA Trophy, one appearance in Middlesex Senior Cup, one appearance in Middlesex Senior Charity Cup
  5. One appearance in FA Trophy, two appearances in Oxfordshire Senior Cup
  6. Two appearances in FA Trophy, three appearances in Essex Senior Cup
  7. Appearances in Southern League Premier Division play-offs
  8. Appearances in Berks & Bucks Senior Cup
  9. One appearance in FA Trophy, one appearance and one goal in Berks & Bucks Senior Cup, one appearance in National League South play-offs
  10. Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  11. Appearance in Southern League Cup

Honours
Aldershot Town

References
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  6. Wycombe 1 – 1 Colchester
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