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David Lowell Davis (born 20 February 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Forest Green Rovers. Having trained with Walsall's Centre of Excellence as a boy, and then played local football for Tividale, Davis began a scholarship in Wolverhampton Wanderers' youth academy in 2007. He turned professional in 2009, and made his senior debut the same year while on loan to Darlington of League Two. He spent time on loan at three other clubs in the lower leagues – Walsall and Chesterfield of League One and League Two Shrewsbury Town – as well as at Scottish Premier League side Inverness Caledonian Thistle, before making seven appearances for Wolves in the Premier League at the end of the 2011–12 season during their unsuccessful fight against relegation. Although playing fairly regularly in the Championship, he never established himself as a consistent member of the starting eleven as Wolves were again relegated. He fell out of favour the following season, and left for West Midlands neighbours Birmingham City in August 2014. He spent six-and-a-half years with the club, during which he made nearly 200 appearances in all competitions and was voted Birmingham's Player of the Year for 2016–17 before falling out of favour and spending time on loan at Charlton Athletic. He was released by mutual consent in January 2021 and joined Shrewsbury Town. After 18 months, he was released and signed for Forest Green Rovers. Early life and career Davis was born in Smethwick, Sandwell. His older brother, Dion Scott, played as a defender in the Football League for Walsall and Kidderminster Harriers. Davis spent time in Walsall's Centre of Excellence as a boy, and then played local youth football for Tividale. Spotted by Wolverhampton Wanderers as a 15-year-old, he had trials with the club and was given "a year to try and impress" before beginning a two-year scholarship in 2007. According to his first-year academy profile, he was a midfielder who "shows good versatility and all round game" and was "adept in possession." In 2009, Davis was one of seven academy players to sign professional contracts.

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“Project managers who believe that closing down a project will wreck their careers are tempted to carry on in the hope they will have a slight chance of saving their reputations. Both courses carry the risk of disaster for those responsible for a project, but one—abandonment—is often far better for the company.”
— "New Projects: Beware of False Economies", published in (March 1985)
“If a democracy cannot change its mind, it ceases to be a democracy.”
— David Davis MP speech "Europe: It's Time To Decide" (19 November 2012)
“There will be no downside to Brexit, only a considerable upside.”
— David Davis brushes off Brexit retaliation fears (10 October 2016)
“Nobody has ever pretended that this will be easy. I have always said that this negotiation will be tough, complex and, at times, confrontational.”
— During his statement on the progress of EU exit negotiations made in the House of Commons (5 September 2017).
“[On concerns over reputed rising authoritarianism in the UK] We're never going to leave the European Convention on Human Rights, despite all the waffling on about it. It's not going to happen. So there’s always that backstop.”
— From an interview, as quoted in "David Davis: 'The right to demonstrate includes the right to disrupt'" New Statesman (27 May 2023)

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Overview

David Lowell Davis (born 20 February 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Forest Green Rovers. Having trained with Walsall's Centre of Excellence as a boy, and then played local football for Tividale, Davis began a scholarship in Wolverhampton Wanderers' youth academy in 2007. He turned professional in 2009, and made his senior debut the same year while on loan to Darlington of League Two. He spent time on loan at three other clubs in the lower leagues – Walsall and Chesterfield of League One and League Two Shrewsbury Town – as well as at Scottish Premier League side Inverness Caledonian Thistle, before making seven appearances for Wolves in the Premier League at the end of the 2011–12 season during their unsuccessful fight against relegation. Although playing fairly regularly in the Championship, he never established himself as a consistent member of the starting eleven as Wolves were again relegated. He fell out of favour the following season, and left for West Midlands neighbours Birmingham City in August 2014. He spent six-and-a-half years with the club, during which he made nearly 200 appearances in all competitions and was voted Birmingham's Player of the Year for 2016–17 before falling out of favour and spending time on loan at Charlton Athletic. He was released by mutual consent in January 2021 and joined Shrewsbury Town. After 18 months, he was released and signed for Forest Green Rovers. Early life and career Davis was born in Smethwick, Sandwell. His older brother, Dion Scott, played as a defender in the Football League for Walsall and Kidderminster Harriers. Davis spent time in Walsall's Centre of Excellence as a boy, and then played local youth football for Tividale. Spotted by Wolverhampton Wanderers as a 15-year-old, he had trials with the club and was given "a year to try and impress" before beginning a two-year scholarship in 2007. According to his first-year academy profile, he was a midfielder who "shows good versatility and all round game" and was "adept in possession." In 2009, Davis was one of seven academy players to sign professional contracts.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“Project managers who believe that closing down a project will wreck their careers are tempted to carry on in the hope they will have a slight chance of saving their reputations. Both courses carry the risk of disaster for those responsible for a project, but one—abandonment—is often far better for the company.”
— "New Projects: Beware of False Economies", published in (March 1985)
“If a democracy cannot change its mind, it ceases to be a democracy.”
— David Davis MP speech "Europe: It's Time To Decide" (19 November 2012)
“There will be no downside to Brexit, only a considerable upside.”
— David Davis brushes off Brexit retaliation fears (10 October 2016)
“Nobody has ever pretended that this will be easy. I have always said that this negotiation will be tough, complex and, at times, confrontational.”
— During his statement on the progress of EU exit negotiations made in the House of Commons (5 September 2017).
“[On concerns over reputed rising authoritarianism in the UK] We're never going to leave the European Convention on Human Rights, despite all the waffling on about it. It's not going to happen. So there’s always that backstop.”
— From an interview, as quoted in "David Davis: 'The right to demonstrate includes the right to disrupt'" New Statesman (27 May 2023)

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

David Lowell Davis (born 20 February 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Forest Green Rovers.

Not who you're looking for? Others named David Davis: cricketer (1902-1995) · British Conservative Party politician (born 1948) · American politician · Television producer, television writer

David Davis across IJR

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David DavisThe Television producer, cornered at a party and loving it.David DavisThe late-night sketch version — live in your chat.David DavisRumors confirmed: surprisingly easy to talk to.

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