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William McIntosh "Billy" Davies (born
31 May 1964 in
Glasgow) is a
Scottish football manager and former player.
Playing career
He started his playing career at the Scottish club Glasgow Rangers where he spent six years before a brief spell with Swedish team IF Elsborg. He later played for
St Mirren,
Leicester City and
Dunfermline Athletic before finishing his playing career with
Motherwell.
Management career
Motherwell
Davies went on to manage Motherwell and he took them to the brink of European Football but was subsequently sacked after poor form saw Motherwell gain just 3 points from 7 matches at the start of the 2001/2 season.
Preston North End
Following his dismissal as Motherwell boss, Davies moved south to
England and took on the role of assistant manager to
Craig Brown at . Following Brown's departure in 2004 he was installed as caretaker manager 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 an unbeaten run, from September until February, which saw them go 22 games unbeaten - equalling the record set in the 1888 season by the double-winning 'Invincibles' side, leading some sections of the media to dub them 'The New Invincibles'. This helped the club qualify for the play-offs for a second successive season although Davies and Preston again failed to win promotion when they were knocked out by
Leeds United after losing the semi-final second leg.
Davies' success at
Deepdale saw him linked with a number of other jobs. He was interviewed for the position at but was unsuccessful and, instead, joined fellow Championship club in June 2006.
Derby County
In Davies' first season as Derby manager he led them to third place in the league and then won the play-offs after defeating and then, ending Derby's five year absence from the top flight. Despite signing 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 in November 2007, with the club bottom of the league.
Recent times
Following the resignation of
Alex McLeish as
Scotland manager, Davies was installed amongst the front runners to take over the job, but withdrew his interest in the position two months later.
He has since stated that he'd be interested in the vacant managerial post at Hearts. In a few newspapers it has been suggested that Davies was being lined up for the
Leicester City job since the departure of
Ian Holloway.
Davies has been closely linked with the vacant Assistant Manager's role at Everton, although Everton manager David Moyes stated he'd wait until the close season to appoint a number 2.
Managerial honours
Preston North End F.C. 2004-2006
Derby County F.C. 2006-2007
Football League Championship Playoffs
Manager awards
SPL Manager of the Month (1): November 2000
Managerial stats
» As of 17 November 2007.
Further Information
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