Club Career
Davies, a forward, played club football for a number of English clubs, including Fulham, Manchester City and Chelsea.
He joined Fulham in 1978 from Merthyr Tydfil F.C., and spent six years with the London club. After a season with Chelsea he was signed by Manchester City for a fee of £100,000. He made his City debut on 12 October 1985 against Watford, and his first goal came two days later in a 6–1 victory over Leeds United in the Full Members Cup; Davies scored a hat-trick that day. Once Billy McNeill departed as City manager Davies' days at the club were numbered and his final City match was against Southend United in the Football League Cup, and he returned to Fulham in October 1986.
His second spell at Fulham lasted five years, at the end of which he had become Fulham's record goalscorer, with 159 league goals in 394 appearances. At the end of his Fulham career, the club granted him a testimonial which was played against a Wales XI. He then had short spells at Wrexham and Northwich Victoria, and retired from the game in 1993.
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