David Anthony Bayliss (born 8 June 1976) is an English

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scout. He previously played in

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, and was manager at Barrow.

Career

Born in

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, Bayliss joined

Rochdale Rochdale ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, at the foothills of the South Pennines in the dale on the River Roch, northwest of Oldham and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough ...

and progressed through the ranks, making his Football League debut in the 1994–95 season. He went on to make 186 league appearances for them, scoring nine times, before joining

Luton Town Luton Town Football Club () is a professional association football club based in the town of Luton, Bedfordshire, England, that competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1885, it is nicknam ...

during 2001–02. He spent four seasons at

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, making 37 league appearances and also had nine games on loan to Chester City before being released in the summer of 2005. He spent the next season with

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making 22 league appearances and he also had a four-game loan spell back at

. In the summer of 2006, he joined

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but then left at the start of November to join Barrow. He later become joint-manager of Barrow. Along with

Darren Sheridan Darren Stephen Sheridan (born 8 December 1967) is an English former footballer and manager. As a player, Sheridan played as a centre midfielder. He had one spell as a player-manager, with Barrow, before managing Salford City. After a career i ...

he oversaw a major turnaround in Barrow's season. The Bluebirds were 19th in the

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when Bayliss and Sheridan took over before an excellent second half to the season saw them finish 5th and qualify for the end of season play-offs. A 4–0 aggregate win over Telford United in the semi-finals was followed by a 1–0 win against

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in the final at

Burton Albion Burton Albion Football Club is a professional association football club in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The club moved its home groun ...

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and thus a place in the

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for the 2008–09 season. Bayliss and Sheridan successfully kept Barrow in the Conference National the following season, finishing twentieth. With Sheridan he led Barrow to Wembley and the 2010 FA Trophy final where they played Conference National champions Stevenage Borough, who they defeated 2–1 after extra time to lift the trophy. Bayliss remained registered as a player until the end of the 2010–2011 season, though his appearances were largely restricted to low-profile cup matches or filling up the substitutes bench. Following allegations made against him, Darren Sheridan was first suspended and then left Barrow in February 2012, leaving Bayliss as the sole manager of the club. Barrow were relegated under Bayliss at the end of the 2012–13 season and, following an unsuccessful start to the new season in the Conference North, Bayliss left the club in November 2013. As of May 2020, Bayliss was working as a scout for

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, alongside a part-time job with the

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in ex-offender rehabilitation. He indicated that despite receiving offers, he has no desire to get back into coaching or managing due to the stress of the job.

Honours

;Barrow *

play-offs: 2007–08 *

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: 2009–10

External links

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David Bayliss career stats
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LutonFC.comDavid Bayliss career stats
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BarrowAFC.com

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bayliss, David 1976 births Living people Footballers from Liverpool English men's footballers Men's association football defenders Rochdale A.F.C. players Luton Town F.C. players Chester City F.C. players Wrexham A.F.C. players Lancaster City F.C. players Barrow A.F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players English football managers Barrow A.F.C. managers National League (English football) managers