Andrew Crawford Davidson (24 February 1878 – 1949) was a Scottish
footballer who played at
half-back for various clubs in the 1900s, spending most of his career with
Middlesbrough.
Football career
Davidson was born in
Auchinleck in
East Ayrshire and started his professional football career with
Ayr United before moving to England to join
Middlesbrough in May 1900.
At Middlesbrough, he soon became a permanent fixture at
left-half, making 32 league appearances in
the 1900–01 season as Middlesbrough finished sixth in the
Second Division table.
The following season, he was ever-present as Middlesbrough finished as runners-up, thus gaining promotion to the
First Division.
Davidson rarely missed a match over the next two years, but in
1904–05
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he missed most of the season through injury, with
Joe Cassidy dropping back to replace him. He was back to full fitness for
the following season as Middlesbrough narrowly avoided relegation.
In the summer of 1906, he moved to fellow First Division side,
Bury, having made over 200 appearances for Middlesbrough in the League and
FA Cup.
Davidson spent two seasons with Bury, before moving on to join
Grimsby Town in May 1908. At Grimsby, he gained a reputation as a quick
centre-half
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and was appointed the team captain.
In July 1909, he moved to
Southampton of the
Southern League, where he failed to reproduce the form he had shown at
Blundell Park
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and, after only five appearances,
he returned to Grimsby, where he played for the rest of
the 1909–10 season before dropping down to
non-league football
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.
Honours
;
Middlesbrough
*
Football League Second Division runners-up:
1901–02
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Davidson, Andrew
1878 births
1949 deaths
Footballers from East Ayrshire
Scottish footballers
Association football defenders
Ayr United F.C. players
Middlesbrough F.C. players
Bury F.C. players
Grimsby Town F.C. players
Southampton F.C. players
Scottish Football League players
English Football League players
Southern Football League players