Harry Davis (footballer, born 1991)

Harry Davis

Davis in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Harry Spencer Davis[1]
Date of birth	24 September 1991[1]
Place of birth	Burnley, England
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1]
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current team	Crewe Alexandra
Number	4
Youth career
0000–2009	Crewe Alexandra
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–	Crewe Alexandra	174	(12)
2010	→ Nantwich Town (loan)
2010	→ Stafford Rangers (loan)	6	(0)
2011	→ Curzon Ashton (loan)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:12, 13 November 2016 (UTC).

Harry Spencer Davis (born 24 September 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for League Two club Crewe Alexandra.

Career

Davis was born in Burnley, Lancashire.^[1] After progressing through the club's academy, he made his first-team debut for Crewe Alexandra on 8 May 2010, in a 1–0 defeat to Bradford City on the final day of the 2009–10 season.^[2] Before making his Crewe debut he enjoyed a short loan spell at Northern Premier League Premier Division team Nantwich Town.^[3] He was given his first professional contract in May 2010.^[4] In August 2010 he joined Stafford Rangers of the Conference North on a one-month loan,^[5] along with teammate Kelvin Mellor.^[6] His second game for the club came on the final day of the following season, also against Bradford. Crewe won the game 5–1 at Valley Parade.^[7]

He started in the first game of the following season, a 3–0 defeat away to Swindon Town.^[8] He began to feature regular under manager Dario Gradi and scored his first goal for the club in a 3–1 defeat to Southend United on 8 October 2011.^[9] A few games later he scored in a 1–0 away win to Cheltenham Town.^[10] On 10 November 2011, Gradi stepped down as manager of Crewe, with Harry's father Steve Davis taking over as manager.^[11] After scoring penalties in a 1–0 win against Bradford,^[12] a 3–0 win against Bristol Rovers^[13] and in a 1–1 draw against Rotherham United,^[14] Davis helped Crewe to reach the 2012 League Two play-off Final at Wembley Stadium, which Crewe won 2–0 against Cheltenham and were promoted to League One.^[15]

In January 2015, Davis signed a two-and-a-half year contract to remain at Crewe.^[16]

Personal life

His father, Steve, was assistant manager of Crewe as Harry made his debut at the club and is now the manager.^[17] His younger brother, Joe, is a defender at Leicester City, having previously been at Port Vale.^[18] On 22 February 2014, for 33 minutes of a match at Port Vale, the two brothers played on opposite sides against each other.^[19][20]

Career statistics

As of match played 12 November 2016

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Crewe Alexandra	2009–10[21]	League Two	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2010–11[22]	League Two	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2011–12[23]	League Two	41	5	0	0	1	0	5[lower-alpha 1]	0	47	5
	2012–13[24]	League One	42	1	2	0	2	0	4[lower-alpha 2]	0	50	1
	2013–14[25]	League One	32	3	2	0	1	1	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	36	4
	2014–15[26]	League One	31	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	33	1
	2015–16[27]	League One	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	1
	2016–17[28]	League Two	16	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	19	0
	Total		175	12	7	0	5	1	11	0	198	13
Stafford Rangers (loan)	2010–11[29]	Conference North	6	0	—		—		—		6	0
Career total			181	12	7	0	5	1	11	0	204	13

1. Two appearances in Football League Trophy, three in League Two play-offs
2. Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy

Honours

Crewe Alexandra

• League Two play-offs: 2011–12^[23]
• Football League Trophy: 2012–13^[24]

References

1. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 109. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
2. "Crewe 0–1 Bradford" BBC Sport. 8 May 2010. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
3. Morse, Peter (9 June 2010). "Crewe Alex: Harry Davis is hungry for more first team action". Crewe Chronicle. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
4. "Crewe to release Danny O'Donnell and Steven Schumacher". BBC Sport. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
5. "Crewe Alexandra's Luke Murphy eyes midfield improvement". BBC Sport. 13 August 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
6. "Crewe pair in Stafford Rangers loan". nln24.com. 14 August 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
7. "Bradford 1–5 Crewe" BBC Sport. 7 May 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
8. "Swindon 3–0 Crewe" BBC Sport. 6 August 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
9. "Crewe 1–3 Southend" BBC Sport. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
10. "Cheltenham 0–1 Crewe" BBC Sport. 25 October 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
11. "Dario Gradi steps down as Crewe Alexandra manager" BBC Sport. 10 November 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
12. "Crewe 1–0 Bradford" BBC Sport. 20 March 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
13. "Crewe 3–0 Bristol Rovers" BBC Sport. 9 April 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
14. "Rotherham 1–1 Crewe" BBC Sport. 6 March 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
15. "Cheltenham 0–2 Crewe" BBC Sport. 27 May 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
16. "Harry Davis: Crewe defender signs new two-and-a-half contract". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
17. Morse, Peter (12 May 2010). "Crewe Alex: Family ties no issue for debut boy Harry Davis". Crewe Chronicle. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
18. "Port Vale Team Profiles Joe Davis" Port Vale F.C. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
19. "Port Vale v Crewe: Steve Davis plays down family pride". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
20. "Port Vale 1 Crewe Alexandra 3". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
21. "Games played by Harry Davis in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
22. "Games played by Harry Davis in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
23. "Games played by Harry Davis in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
24. "Games played by Harry Davis in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
25. "Games played by Harry Davis in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
26. "Games played by Harry Davis in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
27. "Games played by Harry Davis in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
28. "Games played by Harry Davis in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
29. "H. Davis". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 8 June 2016.

External links

• Harry Davis profile at the official Crewe Alexandra F.C. website
• Harry Davis career statistics at Soccerbase