Joseph Davies (born 1870; date of death unknown) was a

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who played as an

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Career

Early career

Born in

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in Wales, Davies worked as a miner whilst playing for his hometown club of

Everton & league debut

Joe Davies made his League Debut on 1 December 1888 at Anfield, Liverpool against

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. Davies was at outside-right. The first half was pretty much one-way traffic and although Everton had some attacks West Bromwich Albion dominated putting three past Everton goalkeeper

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before half-time. Half-time: Everton 0–3 West Bromwich Albion. Everton hoped to lead a revival in the second half but suffered two major setbacks.

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went off with an injured right foot and then James Costley had to withdraw leaving Everton with just nine men.

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gave Everton some hope with an early goal. Everton tried to get a second goal but were not successful and towards the end with only nine men West Brom scored a fourth through a goalmouth scrimmage. Full-time: Everton 1–4 West Bromwich Albion.

1888–1889 season

Joe Davies debuted at outside-right and played that game and the week after. After the draw at

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on 15 December 1888 Davies was left out until 12 January 1889 when he returned at outside-right for the home game against Stoke. In the second half, Joe Davies got a headed goal which was the winner in a 2-1 victory. Joe Davies played out the season at outside-right playing six games in a row and scoring two goals. Davies played eight matches for Everton and when he played his team scored 7 goals (out of 35) (including 2 of his own). The 35 goals scored was the second lowest tally by any League club that season. Everton finished eighth. (registration & fee required)

1889 onwards

His spell on

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was a brief one, and he returned to

in 1889, remaining there for two further years. A three-year spell at

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followed before he was transferred to

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in January 1894. The Blades were playing in the

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by this stage and Davies never cemented himself as a first team player, making only 18 appearances despite seven goals during them. He was suspended by United in September 1895 for "lodging in a public house" (the club was run on strict

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lines at the time), before being transferred back to Ardwick, now renamed

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, in the following November along with Hugh Morris and

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. Davies subsequently became a much travelled player with spells at Millwall Athletic (1896–98),

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(1898–1900), a third spell at Manchester City (1900–1901),

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(1901–1902) where he made the majority of his career

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appearances, before finally returning to Chirk for a third time in 1902 where he played until retiring in 1905.

International career

Davies made his international debut for

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on 15 April 1889, playing in a 0–0 draw with

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. He went on to play eleven times in total for his country without scoring a goal.

References

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