Southampton
Ted Bates had spent a then club record £55,000 for Davies as the club prepared to face their inaugural season in the top division. Already an established Welsh international, Davies scored 12 goals in 10 consecutive League games and ended that season having scored 37 goals in 41 games, more than any other player in the division. The club retained their place in the division. The first of his 134 League goals for Southampton was on 27 August 1966 at Bloomfield Road as his club beat hosts Blackpool 3–2. In front of a crowd of 15,258, he lobbed Tony Waiters. "The 'keeper came off his line — way out of the box. I was 35 yards out and I couldn't believe it. I just knocked it over his head."
He was joint top goal-scorer in the division in the following season, 1967–68, along with George Best. On 16 August 1969 he scored four goals, all headed, in a match against Manchester United at Old Trafford, Matt Busby said that Davies had no peer in Europe.
By the 1970s many clubs had learned how to cope with Davies' aerial power and he was often neutralised by defenders playing the man rather than the ball. A series of injuries reduced his effectiveness and his scoring was reduced. By 1973 he was unable to retain a regular place in the first team.
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