Peter Davenport
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Peter Davenport | ||
| Date of birth | 24 March 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Birkenhead, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1982 | Cammell Laird | ? | (?) |
| 1982–1986 | Nottingham Forest | 118 | (54) |
| 1986–1988 | Manchester United | 92 | (22) |
| 1988–1990 | Middlesbrough | 59 | (7) |
| 1990–1993 | Sunderland | 99 | (15) |
| 1993–1994 | Airdrieonians | 38 | (8) |
| 1994–1995 | St Johnstone | 22 | (4) |
| 1995 | 6 | (1) | |
| 1995–1997 | Southport | 58 | (18) |
| 1997–2000 | Macclesfield Town | 20 | (7) |
| 2001 | Congleton Town | 2 | (0) |
| 2001–2004 | Bangor City | 8 | (0) |
| Total | 497 | (130) | |
| National team | |||
| 1985 | England | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2000 | Macclesfield Town | ||
| 2001–2005 | Bangor City | ||
| 2006–2007 | Colwyn Bay | ||
| 2007–2008 | Southport | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Peter Davenport (born 24 March 1961) is an English former professional footballer and manager who has managed teams in both the Welsh and English leagues. Born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, he won one full cap for England, against the Republic of Ireland in 1985. Most recently, he was assistant manager at Bradford Park Avenue.
Davenport was born in Birkenhead and was spotted by scouts from Nottingham Forest while playing for Cammell Laird in the West Cheshire league. Forest offered Cammell Laird a brand new football kit if they could sign Davenport, to which they reluctantly agreed. In the 1983–84 and 1984–85 seasons, Davenport was Forest's leading goalscorer. Davenport also played in the UEFA Cup semi-final clash with Anderlecht in 1984, which Forest lost 3–2 on aggregate.
While a Forest player, Davenport was capped for England for the only time at senior level, in a 2–1 friendly win over the Republic of Ireland on 26 March 1985.
Davenport completed a transfer to Manchester United on 12 March 1986 for a fee of £750,000. By this stage of the season, United were falling behind Everton and Liverpool in the league title race which they had looked so certain to win after a 10-match winning start to the season. A hectic fixture schedule followed, with 10 games being played between Davenport's arrival on 12 March leading up to his first goal in a 4–0 win over Leicester City on 26 April. By then, however, the impressive win was too late to revive United's title challenge as it had become a three-horse race between Everton, Liverpool and West Ham United, with Liverpool eventually winning.
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