Frederick William Davis (1871 – after 1900) was an English

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who played in the Football League for Woolwich Arsenal. A wing half, he also played for Soho Villa,

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and Nottingham Forest. Davis was born in

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, and played as a wing half for local clubs including Soho Villa and

before in 1893 signing for Woolwich Arsenal, who had just become the first club from the south of England to join the Football League. He made his league debut for the side in their second-ever league match, a 3–2 defeat away to Notts County on 9 September 1893. He was a near ever-present for the 1893–94 season (missing only one more game) and continued to do so for the four seasons after that. With Davis in the side Woolwich Arsenal mainly occupied mid-table of the Second Division, reaching as high as fifth in 1897–98. After the end of the 1898–99 season Davis left Arsenal to join First Division Nottingham Forest. He had played exactly 150 games for Arsenal in six seasons, scoring ten goals. However, at Forest he never played a single match and appears to have left football entirely by the year 1900.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Fred 1871 births Year of death missing Footballers from Smethwick English men's footballers Men's association football wing halves Birmingham St George's F.C. players Arsenal F.C. players Nottingham Forest F.C. players English Football League players