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Aidan Davison

A journeyman goalkeeper called into Bryan Hamilton's Northern Ireland squad as cover for the injured Tommy Wright and Alan Fettis...

Name: Aidan John Davison
Born: 11 May 1968, Sedgefield, England
Height: 6.02 ft
Weight: 14.00 st
Position: Goalkeeper

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 3 Full Caps (1996-1997), 1 B Cap (1996).
Club Honours: (with Grimsby) Football League Trophy Winner 1997/98; Football League Division Two Play-Off Winner (promoted) 1997/98; (with Colchester) Football League One Runner-Up (promoted) 2005/06.

Club Career:
Teams
Seasons
Signed
Fee
League
FA Cup
FL Cup
Other
Spennymoor United
-
-
-
-
-
-
Billingham Synthonia
-
-
-
-
-
-
Notts County
88/89-89/90
Mar-88
-
1(0)/0
-
-
-
Leyton Orient
89/90
Sep-89
Loan
0(0)/0
-
-
-
Bury
89/90-90/91
Oct-89
£6,000
0(0)/0
-
-
-
Chester City
89/90
Mar-90
Loan
0(0)/0
-
-
-
Blackpool
90/91
Mar-91
Loan
0(0)/0
-
-
-
Millwall
91/92-92/93
Aug-91
Free
34(0)/0
2(0)/0
3(0)/0
2(0)/0
Bolton Wanderers
93/94-96/97
Jul-93
£25,000
35(2)/0
8(0)/0
-
4(0)/0
Ipswich Town
96/97
Oct-96
Loan
0(0)/0
-
-
-
Hull City
96/97
Nov-96
Loan
9(0)/0
-
-
1(0)/0
Bradford City
96/97
Mar-97
Free
10(0)/0
-
-
-
Grimsby Town
97/98-98/99
Jul-97
Free
77(0)/0
7(0)/0
10(0)/0
13(0)/0
Sheffield United
99/00
Aug-99
Free
1(1)/0
-
-
-
Bradford City
99/00
Dec-99
Loan
4(1)/0
-
-
-
Bradford City
99/00-02/03
Mar-00
Nominal
45(1)/0
1(0)/0
6(0)/0
2(1)/0
Grimsby Town
03/04
Jul-03
Free
32(0)/0
2(0)/0
1(0)/0
1(0)/0
Colchester United
04/05-07/08
Jul-04
Free
99(0)/0
7(0)/0
2(0)/0
1(0)/0
Hull City
09/10
Feb-10
Free
0(0)/0
-
-
-
TOTALS
-
£31,000
347(5)/0
27(0)/0
22(0)/0
24(1)/0

Summary:
Premier League......... 9(1)/0
Football League...... 338(4)/0
Play-Offs.............. 3(0)/0
FA Cup................ 27(0)/0
Football League Cup... 22(0)/0
Full Members Cup....... 1(0)/0
Football League Trophy 10(0)/0
Anglo-Italian Cup...... 5(0)/0
UEFA Intertoto Cup..... 2(1)/0
Totals............... 417(6)/0


Biography:
After a long career, Aidan Davison hung up his gloves in 2008, immediately taking up an appointment as Colchester's goalkeeping coach. He later became manger of Hull City Reserves were he briefly re-registered as a player to act as cover. There then followed a period coaching in the USA with FC Jax Destoyers, FC Arizona and Sporting Arizona followed by a spell with Indian Super League sides Pune FC and Hyderabad FC. In 2022 he returned to the UK to become goalkeeping coach at Wexham.



Colchester United Official Website Profile
Wikipedia

Northern Ireland Cap Details:24-04-1996 Sweden.. H L 1-2 FR
21-05-1997 Thailand A D 0-0 FR
20-08-1997 Germany. H L 1-3 WCQ

Summary: 3/0. Won 0, Drew 1, Lost 2.

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