Billy Davies

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Billy Davies
Personal information
Full name	William McIntosh Davies
Date of birth	May 31, 1964 (age 42)
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Derby County (manager)
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1982-1984 ?-1987 1987-1990 1990 1990-1993 1993-1998	Rangers Elfsborg St Mirren Leicester City Dunfermline Athletic Motherwell	013 (1) unknown 074 (5) 006 (0) 104 (10) 116 (9)
Teams managed
1998-2001 2004-2006 2006-present	Motherwell Preston North End Derby County
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

William McIntosh "Billy" Davies (born 31 May 1964 in Glasgow) is a former Scottish professional football player and is currently the team manager of Derby County having been appointed on 2nd June, 2006 after departure from Preston North End.

Contents 1 Playing Career 2 Management Career 3 Managerial stats 4 External links

[edit] Playing Career

He started his playing career at the Scottish club Glasgow Rangers where he spent six years before a brief spell with Swedish team IF Elsborg. He later played for St Mirren, Leicester City and Dunfermline Athletic before finishing his playing career with Motherwell.

[edit] Management Career

Davies went on to manage Motherwell and he took them to the brink of European Football but was subsequently sacked after poor form. He was appointed manager by Preston in 2004 having been assistant to the previous manager Craig Brown.

He took Preston to the brink of the Premiership via the play-offs in May 2005. Despite a difficult start to the 2005/2006 season, Preston went on an unbeaten run, from September until February, which saw them go 22 games unbeaten - equalling the record set in the 1888 season by the double-winning 'Invincibles' side, leading some sections of the media to dub them 'The New Invincibles'. This helped the club qualify for the play-offs for a second successive season although Davies and Preston again failed to win promotion when they were knocked out by Leeds United after losing the semi-final second leg. This after claiming it was "Job Done" after the first leg.

Davies won Manager of the Month for the first time in English football for January 2006, having won all four league games played without conceding a single goal. In April 2006 he won the award for the second time in three months. Davies won three similar awards in Scotland whilst manager of Motherwell.

As his contract allowed him to explore employment opportunities at Premiership clubs Davies applied and was interviewed for the vacant management job at Charlton football club with Preston's blessing. However, despite Davies indicating to local press in Lancashire that the job was his should he want it, his application was unsuccessful. He then expressed a desire to speak with a competitor Championship club, Derby County which was refused on the grounds that Preston were only contractually obliged to allow Davies to speak with Premiership clubs. Davies then took legal advice and, eventually, after a suitable compensation package had been agreed between the two clubs, Davies was allowed to leave Preston North End, followed by most of his coaching staff including first-team coach Julian Darby.

Billy's new club, Derby County, struggled during the 2005/2006 season. However, they have been taken over by local business people, stabilised the finances and hope to improve under Davies' guidance. On the 22nd July, 2006 Billy Davies completed his first signing as manager of Derby, paying Luton Town a fee of £1 million for striker Steve Howard. The transfer is Derby's first £1 million plus transfer since 2001. The 2006/2007 season started well, with Davies winning Manager of the Month in November following 6 consecutive wins. Davies' return to his old club Preston on New Year's Day saw the Rams record a 2-1 victory ended Preston's run of 31 unbeaten games at Deepdale, which incidentally, was started by Davies whilst he was manager.

[edit] Managerial stats

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	L	D	Win %
Motherwell		October 14, 1998	September 18, 2001	123	41	51	31	33.33
Preston North End		August 29, 2004	June 2, 2006	101	45	21	35	44.55
Derby County		June 2, 2006	Present	44	25	11	8	56.81
Overall		October 14, 1998	Present	268	111	83	74	41.41

[edit] External links

• Billy Davies management career stats at Soccerbase

Preceded by Harri Kampman	Motherwell F.C. Manager 1998-2001	Succeeded by John Philliben & Miodrag Krivokapic (Caretakers)
Preceded by Craig Brown	Preston North End F.C. Manager 2004-2006	Succeeded by Paul Simpson
Preceded by Terry Westley	Derby County F.C. Manager 2006-	Succeeded by Incumbent

Derby County F.C. - Current Squad
2 Edworthy | 3 Camara | 4 McEveley | 5 Leacock | 6 M. Johnson | 7 Jones | 8 Bisgaard | 9 Howard | 10 Fagan | 11 Peschisolido | 12 Macken | 13 Grant | 14 Jackson | 16 Lupoli | 18 S. Johnson | 19 Currie | 20 Holmes | 21 Malcolm | 22 Oakley | 23 Moore | 24 Mears | 25 Pearson | 27 Teale | 28 Barnes | 31 Meredith | 32 Cumberworth | 34 Bossekota | 35 Cann | 43 Bywater | Manager: Davies