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