Alexander Grimmond Davie (born 10 June 1945) is a Scottish former

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, who played as

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. Davie spent most of his career with

Dundee United Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the city of Dundee. The club name is usually abbreviated to Dundee United. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, the club changed to the present name in 1 ...

and represented Scotland at under-23 level and

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at senior level. In 1967, Ted Bates tried to sign Davie for £15,000 but the offer was rejected. He eventually joined

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in May 1970 (for a fee of £12,500) as cover for Eric Martin, but only made one appearance for the Saints on 20 February 1971 in a 5–1 defeat at

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. Four of Manchester United's goals were scored by Alan Gowling. He returned to his home town club in May 1972 where he enjoyed several good seasons before emigrating to

. Davie played for the

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, making his debut in a 3–0 win over

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on 1 July 1979 and ended his international playing career with 11 A-international caps to his credit. He was involved at various levels with the New Zealand ladies' football team – the Football Ferns – until April 2003. Davie was also manager at

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shortly after emigrating.

Honours

Dundee United *

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