Liam Daish
Daish in 2010
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Liam Sean Daish | ||
| Date of birth | 23 September 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Portsmouth, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1984–1986 | Portsmouth | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1988 | Portsmouth | 1 | (0) |
| 1988–1994 | Cambridge United | 138 | (1) |
| 1988 | → Barnet (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 1994–1996 | Birmingham City | 72 | (1) |
| 1996–1999 | Coventry City | 31 | (2) |
| 1999–2003 | Havant & Waterlooville | 120 | (10) |
| Total | 374 | (12) | |
| National team | |||
| 1992–1996 | Republic of Ireland | 5 | (0) |
| 1994 | Republic of Ireland B | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2000–2004 | Havant & Waterlooville (joint) | ||
| 2004–2005 | Welling United (caretaker) | ||
| 2005–2013 | Ebbsfleet United | ||
| 2014–2015 | Nuneaton Town | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Liam Sean Daish (born 23 September 1968) is a former football player who played as a centre-half. Despite being born in England, Daish played internationally for the Republic of Ireland due to his Irish ancestry. He earned a total of five caps for his adopted country.
Although Daish's playing career was shortened by a knee injury in 2002, he continued his football career as a manager and coach. He was appointed Nuneaton Town manager on 22 September 2014, replacing Brian Reid.
Daish was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, and began his career with his hometown club Portsmouth F.C. However, he only made one appearance for the club's first team before he was released in 1988. He went in search of first-team football, which he found at Cambridge United. While at Cambridge, Daish helped the club to successive promotions from the Fourth to the Second Division. He also made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland, on 19 February 1992 at home to Wales, while Cambridge were pushing for a third successive promotion. However, they fell in the playoffs and were relegated a year later.
The quality of his performances for Cambridge United inspired Barry Fry to sign him for Birmingham City for a fee of £50,000 in January 1994.
Daish spent just over two years at St Andrew's, making nearly 100 appearances in all competitions. He captained the side to the Division Two championship in 1994–95 and to victory in the Football League Trophy final at Wembley. Fry, who managed him throughout his spell at Birmingham, once said of Daish that if a squadron of F-111s attacked the Birmingham penalty area he would attempt to head them away.
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