David May (footballer)
May in 2013
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | David May | ||
| Date of birth | 24 June 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Oldham, Lancashire, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position |
Centre-back Right-back |
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| Youth career | |||
| Blackburn Rovers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1994 | Blackburn Rovers | 123 | (3) |
| 1994–2003 | Manchester United | 85 | (6) |
| 1999–2000 | → Huddersfield Town (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Burnley | 35 | (4) |
| 2005–2006 | Bacup Borough | ||
| Total | 244 | (13) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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David May (born 24 June 1970) is an English former footballer who played as a centre-back, and right-back from 1988 to 2006.
He played Premier League football for Blackburn Rovers and Manchester United where he collected numerous trophies in a nine-year spell at Old Trafford. He went on to play in the Football League for Huddersfield Town and Burnley before finishing his career with non-League club Bacup Borough.
Born in Oldham, Lancashire, May started his career with Blackburn Rovers as a trainee before graduating to the first team in the 1988-89 season, mostly playing as a right-back but sometimes playing in the centre of defence. He made over 100 appearances for the club and was a regular player in the Blackburn team which was promoted to the new Premier League in 1992 and finished as runners-up to Manchester United in the 1993–94 season, having finished fourth a year earlier. May retained his regular place in the Blackburn team after they reached the Premier League, despite the many millions that manager Kenny Dalglish spend on rebuilding the squad ready for an assault on the title.
In July 1994, Manchester United bought May for £1.2 million, as he was apparently unhappy at Blackburn in his final months due to the breakdown in contract negotiations. Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson had been searching for a defender to add to the squad, and specifically needed an Englishman who would not be affected by the restrictions on foreign players in European competition that were in place at the time. He was also thinking about the future, as central defender and captain Steve Bruce was in his 34th year and Gary Pallister was approaching 30.
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