13 Facts About Bobby Davison

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Robert Davison was born on 17 July 1959 and is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker.

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Bobby Davison began his professional career with Huddersfield Town before spending time at Halifax Town, Derby County, Leeds United, Sheffield United, Leicester City, Rotherham United and Hull City.

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Bobby Davison moved on to Halifax Town on 1 August 1981 and holds a good record 29 goals in 63 appearances.

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Bobby Davison played a total of 206 league games for the Rams, scoring 83 goals and became a Derby legend.

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Howard Wilkinson succeeded Bremner as Leeds managed in September 1988 and in the subsequent push for promotion Bobby Davison became a cult hero for Leeds due to a high work rate and general rapport with the crowd.

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Bobby Davison's scoring record of 35 times in 110 games is a good one for Leeds at that time.

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Bobby Davison was loaned back to Derby County that season, scoring an impressive eight goals in just 10 league games, but the permanent return to the Baseball Ground never happened.

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Bobby Davison offered his resignation in October 2000 after a string of poor results left them dicing with relegation.

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Bobby Davison was Assistant Manager to Colin Todd at Bradford City for three years, he left the club in June 2007 when Stuart McCall brought in Wayne Jacobs.

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Bobby Davison had short a short spell coaching Sheffield United.

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On 16 April 2008, after the removal of Janos Csank, Bobby Davison became Ferencvaros's new head coach.

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In November 2010, Bobby Davison joined his former club Leeds United as youth team coach.

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In December 2012, Bobby Davison was appointed head coach at Eccleshill United.