Scott Myles Edward Davies (born 10 March 1988) is an

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professional

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and player who played as a

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. He is currently manager of

Slough Town Slough Town Football Club is a semi-professional English football club based in Slough, Berkshire. Nicknamed "The Rebels", the team competes in the National League South, at the sixth tier of English football, following promotion from the Sou ...

Career

Early career

Born in

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, Buckinghamshire, and attending

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, Davies started his career with

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after being spotted whilst playing for the

senior team. In 2001, he moved to

Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They play their home ...

before moving to

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in 2002. In September 2006, Davies joined

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side

Yeading Yeading ( ) is a settlement in west London, forming part of the London Borough of Hillingdon, having been developed after the Second World War. Etymology Yeading is very early Saxon and was originally ''Geddingas'' or ''Geddinges'', meaning "the ...

on loan, scoring the winning goal away at Ramsgate which saw Yeading go on to face Nottingham Forest.

Aldershot Town (loan)

Davies joined

Aldershot Town Aldershot Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Aldershot Aldershot () is a town in Hampshire, England. It lies on heathland in the extreme northeast corner of the county, southwest of London. The area i ...

on loan in summer 2007. He was given the number 16 shirt. He made his professional debut in the 2–1 win over

Kidderminster Harriers Kidderminster Harriers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. The team compete in the National League North, at the sixth tier of the English football league system. Formed in ...

on 11 August 2007, he also scored his first goal in the game. He then scored both goals in a 2–1 win over

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. At the end of 2007–08 season, Aldershot were promoted. He also won the

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goal of the season, with his injury time goal against

Torquay United Torquay United Football Club is a professional football club based in Torquay, Devon, England. The team currently compete in the , the fifth tier of English football. They have played their home matches at Plainmoor since 1921 and are nicknamed ...

. Davies joined Aldershot for the second time on 23 July 2009. He made his first

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appearance in a 3–2 win over

Bradford City Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system and are currently managed by Mark Hughes. Th ...

on 30 August 2009, he also scored his first goal of the season.

Reading

He made his debut for Reading against

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on 8 August 2009. He made four more appearances before leaving on loan.

Wycombe Wanderers (loan)

On 16 October 2009, Davies signed a one-month loan deal with

, making his debut in the 1–1 home draw with

Colchester United Colchester United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Colchester, Essex, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1937, the club spent its earl ...

on 17 October. In his third appearance, he scored two goals in their 3–2 home defeat against

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. On 4 January 2010 his loan was extended until 16 January. On 16 March he joined

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on a one-month loan deal, playing four games for the club before returning to Reading. On 9 September 2010 Davies returned to Wycombe on a three-month loan deal.

Crawley Town

Davies was released by

at the end of the

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season and on 31 May 2011, he signed for

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side

Crawley Town Crawley Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Crawley, West Sussex, England. The club was founded as Crawley Football Club in 1896, changed its name to Crawley Town Football Club in 1958. The team co ...

on a free transfer. He made his debut against

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in a 2–0 win but after failing to get regular first team football he joined

on loan on 27 October 2011. He scored his first and only goal for Aldershot in a 2–1 loss to Gillingham on 19 November 2011. After playing just one game during the

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season Davies had his contract at Crawley terminated by mutual consent on 31 December 2012.

Oxford United

Davies was signed on non-contract terms by

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on 1 March 2013. Manager

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said of him "He's a player we think is definitely worth a look at. He has a very good pedigree and is someone we have kept an eye on for a while now so we are delighted that he has signed for us." He scored his first goal for the club in a 3–2 defeat at former club

on 1 April 2013. On 17 May 2013, Davies confirmed via his Twitter account that he had agreed a new one-year deal with the club, keeping him at Oxford until the end of the 2013–14 season. Davies was later released at the end of the contract and signed for Dunstable Town.

Non-League

During the summer of 2016, Davies joined

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where he was named as captain. On 30 May 2017, Davies signed for fellow

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club

Chelmsford City Chelmsford City Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Chelmsford, Essex, England. Currently members of they play at the Melbourne Stadium. History Chelmsford Chelmsford Football Club was established in 1878 by members o ...

. On 19 March 2018, Davies left the club. In the same month, Davies joined

. During his time at Slough, Davies helped the club to win promotion to the National League South via the Southern League play-off's. In February 2019, Davies left the club to sign for

Kingstonian Kingstonian Football Club is an English semi-professional football club based in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, southwest London which currently plays in the Isthmian League Premier Division. The club was founded in 1885 by YMC ...

. In March 2019, after five games with Kingstonian, Davies joined

Harlow Town Harlow Town Football Club is an English association football, football club based in Harlow, Essex. The club is a former member of the and plays at The Harlow Arena. The club is best known for its exploits in the 1979–80 FA Cup, in which it ...

owing to a managerial change at Kingstonian. On 9 March 2019, Davies made his debut for Harlow in a 3–1 home win against Kingstonian. Davies re-joined Slough in July 2019. On 4 February 2020, Davies along with his teammate Louis Soares joined Southern League Premier Division Central side

Biggleswade Town Biggleswade Town Football Club is a football club based in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England. The club are currently members of the and play at Langford Road. History The club were established in 1874 as Biggleswade, later becoming known as ...

on loan. The following week he joined

Staines Town Staines Town Football Club was a semi-professional Association football, football club based in Staines-upon-Thames, Middlesex. History Early days Staines Town FC was founded in 1892 and was known under various names including ''Staines F.C ...

on dual registration.

Coaching and management career

On 23 November 2022, Davies was appointed manager of Slough Town having taken on the role of caretaker manager the previous week.

International career

Davies was called up to the Republic of Ireland under-21 squad to face

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on 10 February 2009. However, he was an unused substitute in the 1–1 draw.

Personal life

Davies has studied for a degree in Professional Sports Writing and Broadcasting, and has written for

The Non-League Paper ''The Non-League Paper'' is a weekly English sports paper based on non-League football. It is published every Sunday. For a short while a midweek edition was also published. The publication features match reports from the previous day's top fo ...

. He has written about his long term

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from early in his career to 2015 where he estimates he lost over £200,000 whilst gambling, and his subsequent work educating other footballers around this subject.

Career statistics

Honours

;Aldershot Town: *

: 2008

References

External links

Scott Davies profile
at Oxford United F.C. * *Scott Davies writes about hi
Gambling Addiction
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