David Foy

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David Foy
Personal information
Full name David Lee Foy[1]
Date of birth (1972-10-20) 20 October 1972 (age 51)[1]
Place of birth Coventry,[1] England
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1898–1991 Birmingham City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1993 Birmingham City 3 (0)
1992 → Cobh Ramblers (loan)
1993 Scunthorpe United 3 (0)
1993–1994 Stafford Rangers 35 (2)
1994–2002 Tamworth
2002–2004 Worcester City
2004 → Halesowen Town (loan)
2004–2005 Moor Green
2004–200? → Stratford Town (loan)
2005–2006 Bedworth United
2006–2008 Stratford Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Lee Foy (born 20 October 1972) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League for Birmingham City and Scunthorpe United.[2] After playing in the Football League he had a long career in non-League football.

Football career[edit]

Foy was born in Coventry. He joined Birmingham City as a trainee in 1979, and turned professional two years later.[3] He made his first-team debut as a substitute in the League Cup in November 1991,[4] and the following year spent time on loan at League of Ireland club Cobh Ramblers.[3] Foy made his Football League debut in the First Division (second tier) on 13 February 1993 in a 3–2 home defeat to Portsmouth. He started the next two games,[5] but soon afterwards was allowed to leave for Scunthorpe United on a free transfer.[6] In his debut game he made a late goalline clearance which earned his club a 0–0 draw against Wrexham, but Scunthorpe released him at the end of the season and he joined Stafford Rangers.[7]

After something over a season in the Conference with Stafford,[8] Foy joined Tamworth, where he spent seven years. In his final season the club narrowly failed to win the Southern League league title, and Foy, not selected for the last few games of the campaign, was frustrated by his inability to contribute. In May 2002 he left Tamworth for Worcester City.[9] Foy damaged a cruciate ligament only ten games into his Worcester career, and his two years at the club was disrupted by injury. He spent the last few months of the 2003–04 season on loan to Halesowen Town before being released by Worcester.[10] He joined Conference North club Moor Green, but by December 2004 was being loaned out to Stratford Town of the Midland Alliance,[11] and moved on to Southern League Division One West club Bedworth United at the end of the season.[12] However, Foy's domestic circumstances meant that in March 2006 he chose to make a permanent move to Stratford Town to reduce the amount of travelling required.[13] After rejoining Stratford Town in 2008,[14] Foy made a total of 51 appearances (39 in the league) across all three spells, scoring twice (both in the league).[15]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "David Foy". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  2. ^ "David Foy". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  3. ^ a b Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 87. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
  4. ^ Matthews, p. 227.
  5. ^ Matthews, p. 228.
  6. ^ "Sporting Digest: Football". The Independent. London. 20 March 1993. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  7. ^ "The Iron Alphabet". Scunthorpe United F.C. Archived from the original on 13 October 2008. Retrieved 29 May 2009.
  8. ^ Harman, John, ed. (2005). Alliance to Conference 1979–2004: The first 25 years. Tony Williams. pp. 615, 623. ISBN 978-1-869833-52-7.
  9. ^ "Foy gears up to join fast lane for City". Worcester News. 18 May 2002. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  10. ^ "Barton targets summer changes". Worcester News. 18 May 2002. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  11. ^ "Altrincham FC Archived News 23 to 29 December 2004". Altrincham F.C. 25 December 2004. Retrieved 2 June 2009.
  12. ^ "Foy boost for Greenbacks". NonLeague Daily. 11 July 2005. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2009.
  13. ^ "Hallam turns attention to next season". NonLeague Daily. 13 March 2006. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2009.
  14. ^ Live, Birmingham (22 August 2008). "David Foy joins Stratford Town". birminghammail. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  15. ^ "Town Appearances/Goalscorers". Stratford Town FC Official Programme. vs Oldbury United. 31 January 2009.

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