Andrew Davidson (footballer)

Andrew Davidson
Personal information
Full name	Andrew Crawford Davidson
Date of birth	24 February 1878
Place of birth	Auchinleck, Scotland
Date of death	1949 (aged 70–71)
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s)	Half-back
Senior career*
Years	Team
18??–1900	Ayr United
1900–1906	Middlesbrough
1906–1908	Bury
1908–1909	Grimsby Town
1909	Southampton
1909–1910	Grimsby Town
1910–19??	Grimsby Rovers
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrew Crawford Davidson (24 February 1878 – 1949) was a Scottish footballer who played at half-back for various clubs in the 1900s, spending most of his career with Middlesbrough.

Football career

Davidson was born in Auchinleck^[1] in East Ayrshire and started his professional football career with Ayr United before moving to England to join Middlesbrough in May 1900.

At Middlesbrough, he soon became a permanent fixture at left-half, making 32 league appearances in the 1900–01 season as Middlesbrough finished sixth in the Second Division table. The following season, he was ever-present as Middlesbrough finished as runners-up, thus gaining promotion to the First Division.

Davidson rarely missed a match over the next two years, but in 1904–05 he missed most of the season through injury, with Joe Cassidy dropping back to replace him. He was back to full fitness for the following season as Middlesbrough narrowly avoided relegation.

In the summer of 1906, he moved to fellow First Division side, Bury, having made over 200 appearances for Middlesbrough in the League and FA Cup.

Davidson spent two seasons with Bury, before moving on to join Grimsby Town in May 1908. At Grimsby, he gained a reputation as a quick centre-half and was appointed the team captain.^[1] In July 1909, he moved to Southampton of the Southern League, where he failed to reproduce the form he had shown at Blundell Park and, after only five appearances,^[2] he returned to Grimsby, where he played for the rest of the 1909–10 season before dropping down to non-league football.

Honours

Middlesbrough

Football League Second Division runners-up: 1901–02

References

^ ^a ^b Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. p. 92. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.
^ Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan (1987). Saints – A complete record. Breedon Books. pp. 46–47. ISBN 0-907969-22-4.

[ABC-1] Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. p. 92. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.

[2] Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan (1987). Saints – A complete record. Breedon Books. pp. 46–47. ISBN 0-907969-22-4.

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