Fred Davies
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Frederick Davies | ||
| Date of birth | 22 August 1939 | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Llandudno | |||
| 1957–1961 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1961–1968 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 156 | (0) |
| 1967 | → Los Angeles Wolves (guest) | 5 | (0) |
| 1968–1970 | Cardiff City | 99 | (0) |
| 1970–1974 | Bournemouth | 134 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1993–1997 | Shrewsbury Town | ||
| 1997–1999 | Weymouth | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Frederick Davies (born 22 August 1939) is an English former professional footballer who made nearly 400 appearances in the Football League playing as a goalkeeper for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cardiff City and Bournemouth. He later became a manager, taking charge of Shrewsbury Town and Weymouth.
Davies was born in Liverpool.
Davies joined Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1957 at the age of 17. His first season at the club was spent in the reserves and Davies became disillusioned with the coaching process at the club, claiming "I couldn’t see myself learning anything because I had no one to learn from". However, Davies later met former Wolves goalkeeper Bert Williams in his shop and Williams offered to help train Davies in his spare time, the pair having training sessions at Wolves' Castlecroft training ground. He had to wait five years before making his debut on 27 January 1962 in an FA Cup tie against rivals West Brom. He managed 12 appearances during this season, and made the position his own in the 1962–63 campaign, replacing Malcolm Finlayson.
He faced competition throughout his time at Molineux, but was the club's main goalkeeper during the mid 1960s as they suffered relegation from the top flight, only to win promotion back in 1966–67. He also played for the Wolves team which, playing as the Los Angeles Wolves won the 1967 United Soccer Association championship.
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