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Billy Davies is the brother of [[John Davies (footballer born 1966)|John Davies]] and the brother-in-law of [[John Spencer (footballer)|John Spencer]].<ref name = "brother"/> Davies signed both his brother and Spencer when he was [[manager (association football)|manager]] of [[Motherwell F.C.|Motherwell]].<ref name="brother">{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_19991128/ai_n13943678|work=[[Sunday Herald]]|title=Support from the sidelines|date=28 November 1999|accessdate=20 February 2010|author=[[Andy Walker (footballer born 1965)|Walker, Andy]]}}</ref>
Billy Davies is the brother of [[John Davies (footballer born 1966)|John Davies]] and the brother-in-law of [[John Spencer (footballer)|John Spencer]].<ref name = "brother"/> Davies signed both his brother and Spencer when he was [[manager (association football)|manager]] of [[Motherwell F.C.|Motherwell]].<ref name="brother">{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_19991128/ai_n13943678|work=[[Sunday Herald]]|title=Support from the sidelines|date=28 November 1999|accessdate=20 February 2010|author=[[Andy Walker (footballer born 1965)|Walker, Andy]]}}</ref>


In the aftermath of the perjury conviction of his childhood friend, [[Tommy Sheridan]] – [[HM Advocate v Sheridan and Sheridan]] – Davies was alleged to have taken part in group sex alongside Sheridan, journalist [[Anvar Khan]] and Laura Smith. Davies denied the allegations and his wife, Martha, publicly asserted that she believes her husband "100%".<ref>{{cite news|date=24 December 2010|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2010/12/24/nottingham-forest-boss-billy-davies-joined-tommy-sheridan-in-swingers-orgies-claim-two-women-86908-22804398|title=Nottingham Forest boss Billy Davies joined Tommy Sheridan in swingers orgies, claim two women|accessdate=24 December 2010}}</ref> He strenuously denied the allegation.<ref>{{cite news|date=24 December 2010|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2010/12/24/tommy-sheridan-perjury-trial-this-is-a-smear-on-my-name-says-nottingham-forest-boss-billy-davies-86908-22804400|title=Tommy Sheridan perjury trial: "This is a smear on my name" says Nottingham Forest boss Billy Davies|accessdate=24 December 2010}}</ref>
In the aftermath of the perjury conviction of his childhood friend, [[Tommy Sheridan]] – [[HM Advocate v Sheridan and Sheridan]] – Davies was alleged to have taken part in group sex alongside Sheridan, journalist [[Anvar Khan]] and Laura Smith or having a sexual relationship of any sort with Sheridan and the two women. Davies denied the allegations and his wife, Martha, publicly asserted that she believes her husband "100%".<ref>{{cite news|date=24 December 2010|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2010/12/24/nottingham-forest-boss-billy-davies-joined-tommy-sheridan-in-swingers-orgies-claim-two-women-86908-22804398|title=Nottingham Forest boss Billy Davies joined Tommy Sheridan in swingers orgies, claim two women|accessdate=24 December 2010}}</ref> He strenuously denied the allegation.<ref>{{cite news|date=24 December 2010|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2010/12/24/tommy-sheridan-perjury-trial-this-is-a-smear-on-my-name-says-nottingham-forest-boss-billy-davies-86908-22804400|title=Tommy Sheridan perjury trial: "This is a smear on my name" says Nottingham Forest boss Billy Davies|accessdate=24 December 2010}}</ref>


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For other people named William Davies (disambiguation), see William Davies (disambiguation) (disambiguation).
Billy Davies
Personal information
Full name William McIntosh Davies
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1980–1981 Manchester United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1984 Rangers 13 (1)
1986–1987 Elfsborg 18 (1)
1987–1990 St. Mirren 74 (5)
1990 Leicester City 0 (0)
1990–1993 Dunfermline Athletic 104 (10)
1993–1998 Motherwell 116 (9)
Total 331 (26)
Managerial career
1998–2001 Motherwell
2004–2006 Preston North End
2006–2007 Derby County
2009–2011 Nottingham Forest
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William McIntosh "Billy" Davies (born 31 May 1964) is a Scottish football manager, former professional player and the former manager of Nottingham Forest. He was born in Glasgow.

Playing career

As a schoolboy, Davies was associated with Manchester United and he was offered a contract by then manager Dave Sexton, but ended up leaving without ever playing a first-team game.

Davies started his professional playing career at the Scottish club Rangers F.C., where he spent six years. He made his debut aged 17 years, 115 days against Brechin City on 23 September 1981. He had a brief spell with Swedish team IF Elfsborg. Davies went on to play for St Mirren, Leicester City and Dunfermline Athletic before he finished his playing career with Motherwell in his native Scotland.

Management career

Motherwell

Davies went on to player-coach and then manage Motherwell, helping them first avoid relegation with few games remaining in his first season in charge, In the next season he took them to the brink of European Football. The subsequent season was less successful, due mainly to the clubs financial situation, the club sold nine first-team players in the off-season, and Davies was sacked after poor form saw Motherwell gain just 3 points from seven matches at the start of the 2001–02 season.[1]

Preston North End

Following his dismissal as Motherwell boss, Davies moved south to England and took on the role of assistant manager to former Scotland national coach Craig Brown at Preston North End. Following Brown's departure in 2004 Davies was installed as caretaker manager [2] before being given the job on a permanent basis.

Davies took Preston to the brink of the Premier League via the play-offs in May 2005 but lost in the final. Despite a difficult start to the 2005–06 season, Preston went on to qualify for the play-offs for a second successive season although the side again failed to win promotion as they were knocked out by Leeds United after losing the semi-final second leg, where he famously left Elland Road (the 1st leg) issuing the quote "Job Done" to the media, just to be beaten at home and knocked out of the play-offs.

Davies's success at Deepdale saw him linked with a number of other jobs. He was interviewed for the position at Charlton Athletic when it was announced that Alan Curbishley would be stepping down after 15 years as manager, but Davies was unsuccessful and the job went to Iain Dowie instead.[3] Davies then accepted an offer to manage Preston's Championship rivals Derby County in June 2006.[4]

Derby County

In Davies's first season as Derby manager he led them to third place in the league and then won the play-offs after defeating Southampton in the semi-finals and then West Bromwich Albion at Wembley Stadium, ending Derby's five year absence from the top flight. Davies signed a one year extension to his contract. Derby struggled in the Premier League, gaining only six points from fourteen games. After criticising Derby's board for lack of investment, Davies left Pride Park by mutual consent in November 2007 with the club bottom of the league. While some critics believed that Davies was a victim of his own success after overachieving in his first season at Pride Park,[5] while others cited his apparent tactical inefficiences at top flight level[citation needed], poor big money signings (including £3m Claude Davis[6]) and suggested Davies had engineered his own departure, in the form of an outspoken rant against the board[7] so as to avoid having a relegation on his CV.

Davies was later linked with the managerial positions of the Scottish national team after Alex McLeish stepped down to take charge of Birmingham City[8] (Davies would eventually withdraw interest from the post),[9] Leicester City (after Gary Megson defected to Bolton Wanderers), as well as Dundee and Hibernian. Davies was also considered a candidate to become assistant manager to Everton boss David Moyes, a role which came vacant when Alan Irvine left to take charge of Davies's old club Preston.[10][11]

Nottingham Forest

On 31 December 2008, it was announced on the official Nottingham Forest website that the club was in negotiations with Davies to succeed the recently-sacked Colin Calderwood.[12] Davies was confirmed as their manager on 1 January 2009.[13].

In the summer of 2009 Davies made several additions to his squad and spent around £4m. Despite having six first-team strikers, the season did not get off to the best start, with Forest playing well but failing to get the results many thought their performances deserved. However Forest embarked upon a 18-match unbeaten run starting at the end of September and including 10 wins, 5 of which came successively, to rapidly climb the table into a playoff position at the end of November.[14]

Davies was nominated for the manager of the month award for October after guiding Forest to three successive wins and a draw, but he missed out to Dave Jones of Cardiff City.[15] Following failure in the play-offs for the second season running, on 12th June 2011 Davies was sacked as manager of Nottingham Forest.

Managerial honours

Club

Preston North End
Derby County

Individual

  • SPL Manager of the Month (1): November 2000
  • Football League Championship Manager of the Month (6): January 2006 (Preston North End), April 2006 (Preston North End), November 2006 (Derby County), January 2007 (Derby County), December 2009 (Nottingham Forest), January 2011 (Nottingham Forest).

Managerial statistics

As of 16 May 2011
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Motherwell Scotland 14 October 1998 18 September 2001 123 41 31 51 33.33
Preston North End England 29 August 2004 2 June 2006 101 45 35 21 44.55
Derby County England 2 June 2006 26 November 2007 69 31 14 24 43.63
Nottingham Forest England 31 December 2008 12 June 2011 126 53 36 37 42.06
Total 419 170 116 133 40.57

Personal life

Billy Davies is the brother of John Davies and the brother-in-law of John Spencer.[16] Davies signed both his brother and Spencer when he was manager of Motherwell.[16]

In the aftermath of the perjury conviction of his childhood friend, Tommy Sheridan – HM Advocate v Sheridan and Sheridan – Davies was alleged to have taken part in group sex alongside Sheridan, journalist Anvar Khan and Laura Smith or having a sexual relationship of any sort with Sheridan and the two women. Davies denied the allegations and his wife, Martha, publicly asserted that she believes her husband "100%".[17] He strenuously denied the allegation.[18]

References

  1. ^ "Motherwell part with Davies" BBC Sport. 18 September 2001.
  2. ^ "Brown leaves Preston post". BBC Sport. 29 August 2004. Retrieved 9 September 2007.
  3. ^ "Charlton opt against Davies moves". BBC Sport. 25 May 2006. Retrieved 9 September 2007.
  4. ^ "Davies unveiled as new Derby boss". BBC Sport. 2 June 2006. Retrieved 9 September 2007.
  5. ^ "Billy Davies leaves Derby County". BBC Sport. 27 November 2007. Retrieved 2 December 2007.
  6. ^ "Gerald Mortimer: No sad farewell to Davis". therams.co.uk. 2 September 2009. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
  7. ^ Jackson, Jamie (25 November 2007). "Davies rages at Derby dilemma". London: Guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
  8. ^ "McAllister rules out Scotland job". BBC Sport. 27 November 2007. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
  9. ^ "Davies out of race for Scots job". BBC Sport. 15 January 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2008.
  10. ^ Bernstein, Joe (8 March 2008). "I beat myself up, so I need help, says Moyes". London: Daily Mail. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
  11. ^ "Ex-Derby boss Davies in line for Everton job". 8 March 2008. Archived from the original on 12 March 2008. Retrieved 8 March 2008.
  12. ^ "Official Statement". 31 December 2008. Retrieved 31 December 2008.
  13. ^ "Forest confirm Davies as boss". Sky Sports. 1 January 2009. Retrieved 1 January 2009.
  14. ^ "Remaining Focused". 4 December 2009. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
  15. ^ "Manager of the Month Nominations". 4 November 2009. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
  16. ^ a b Walker, Andy (28 November 1999). "Support from the sidelines". Sunday Herald. Retrieved 20 February 2010.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  17. ^ "Nottingham Forest boss Billy Davies joined Tommy Sheridan in swingers orgies, claim two women". 24 December 2010. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
  18. ^ "Tommy Sheridan perjury trial: "This is a smear on my name" says Nottingham Forest boss Billy Davies". 24 December 2010. Retrieved 24 December 2010.

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