Jimmy Davis (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Roger William Davis | ||
| Date of birth | 6 February 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Bromsgrove, England | ||
| Date of death | 9 August 2003 (aged 21) | ||
| Place of death | Oxfordshire, England | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–1999 | Manchester United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2003 | Manchester United | 0 | (0) |
| 2001 | → Royal Antwerp (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2002 | → Swindon Town (loan) | 13 | (2) |
| 2003 | → Watford (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 20 | (2) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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James Roger William Davis (6 February 1982 – 9 August 2003) was a footballer who played for Manchester United, Royal Antwerp, Swindon Town and Watford, as well as the England youth teams, who was killed in a car crash on the M40 in Oxfordshire on 9 August 2003, aged 21, when twice over the drink-drive limit.
Davis was born in Bromsgrove and started playing football at a young age. He was educated at Arrow Vale High School from 1995 to 1998. He joined Manchester United as a trainee in July 1999 and turned professional at the end of the following month. In January 2001, he was sent on loan to Royal Antwerp for four months where he only played in four games, all as a substitute. He made his only first-team appearance for United in the Worthington Cup Third Round defeat against Arsenal at Highbury on 5 November 2001. United lost this game 4–0.
Davis was loaned to Swindon for three months in the 2002–03 season, making 15 appearances for the Division Two side, scoring three goals, although it was not enough to bring anything better than a mid-table finish for Andy King's side. Davis was keen on accepting an offer to extend his deal, but United manager Alex Ferguson recalled him. His last game for Swindon Town was on 9 November 2002. After returning to Old Trafford, he was on the bench for United's UEFA Champions League tie away to Deportivo La Coruna just before the end of 2001–02. He then joined Watford on a season's loan in August 2003.
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