Fred Davies

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Fred Davies
Personal information
Date of birth	August 22, 1939 (1939-08-22) (age 68)
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth clubs
1957–1961	Llandudno Wolverhampton Wanderers
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1961–1968 1967 1968–1970 1970–1974	Wolverhampton Wanderers → Los Angeles Wolves (guest) Cardiff City Bournemouth	156 0(0) 005 0(0) 099 0(0) 134 0(0)
Teams managed
1993–1997 1997–1999	Shrewsbury Town Weymouth
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Fred Davies (born August 22, 1939 in Liverpool) is an English former football goalkeeper, who later became a manager.

Davies joined Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1957 but had to wait five years before making his debut on 27 January 1962 in an FA Cup tie against rivals West Brom. He managed 12 appearances during this season, and made the position his own in the 1962–63 campaign, replacing Malcolm Finlayson.

He faced competition throughout his time at Molineux, but was the club's main goalkeeper during the mid 1960s as they suffered relegation from the top flight, only to win promotion back in 1966–67.

In 1968, the goalkeeper left Wolves for Second Division Cardiff City where he played over 100 games in total before moving onto Bournemouth (then Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic) two years later. He won another promotion here as the club went up to the (old) Third Division in 1970–71.

Upon retiring from playing, he joined his former Bournemouth manager John Bond as a coach at Norwich City and later had two spells on the coaching staff at Swansea City during the 1980s. He joined up again with John Bond in the early 1990s at Shrewsbury Town and stepped in as caretaker manager after Bond's resignation in May 1993.

Davies' first season in management was a success as Shrewsbury won the Third Division championship, and he was officially appointed on a full-time basis in January 1994. He took the club to Wembley for the first time in their history in April 1996 when they reached the final of the Auto Windscreens Shield, only to lose 2–1 to Rotherham United. Davies steered the club clear of the drop in the third tier for two seasons before relegation struck in 1996–97, which cost him his job. He later managed Weymouth from 1997 to 1999.

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