Kenny Davenport
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Kenyon Davenport | ||
| Date of birth | 23 March 1862 | ||
| Place of birth | Bolton, England | ||
| Date of death | 29 September 1908 (aged 46) | ||
| Playing position | Inside right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1883 | Gilnow Rangers | ||
| 1883–1892 | Bolton Wanderers | 56 | (25) |
| 1892–1893 | Southport | ||
| National team | |||
| 1885–1890 | England | 2 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
James Kenyon "Kenny" Davenport (23 March 1862 – 29 September 1908) was an English international footballer who played as an inside right.
Career
Born in Bolton, Davenport played for Bolton Wanderers, after joining them from local side Gilnow Rangers in 1883.[1] He later played for Southport,[2] and was capped twice by England, in 1885 and 1890.[3] He retired from professional football in 1893,[4] and returned to Bolton Wanderers to coach their reserve team.[5]
Davenport is the scorer of the first ever Football League goal, scoring at 3:47pm on 8 September 1888 against Derby County.[6] Until 2013, it had been thought that the first ever goal had been an own goal by Aston Villa full-back Gershom Cox.[1]
On 22 November 2016 a plaque was unveiled in Bolton that commemorates Davenport's achievement in scoring the first League goal.[7]
References
- 1 2 Fletcher, Paul (28 July 2013). "Solving the mystery of the first goal in league football". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
- ↑ "Bolton player credited with first-ever goal in Football League". Sky Sports. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
- ↑ Kenny Davenport England profile at Englandstats. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
- ↑ Brian Simpson (28 August 2013). "Mystery of Football League's first scorer solved". When Saturday Comes. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
- ↑ Iles, Marc (29 July 2013). "Bolton Wanderers scored world's first league goal - Marc Iles' view". The Bolton News. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
- ↑ Winter, Henry (29 July 2013). "Bolton and England inside forward Kenyon Davenport finally credited with scoring Football League's first goal". The Telegraph. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
- ↑ http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/14925014.Plaque_marking_site_of_first_ever_league_football_goal_unveiled/