Carl Davenport

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Carl Davenport (born 30 May 1944) is an English former footballer who played as a centre forward in the Football League for Stockport County. He played non-league football in England, before enjoying a successful career in the League of Ireland.

Life and career

Born in Farnworth, which was then in Lancashire,[1] Davenport was on the books of Bolton Wanderers and Preston North End, without making a league appearance for either, before joining Stockport. He then played for Cheshire League clubs Wigan Athletic and Macclesfield Town.[2]

He then moved to Ireland, where at the age of 23 he became player-manager of Cork Celtic, was the League of Ireland's joint top scorer in 1967–68, went on to play for Cork Hibernians, Limerick and St Patrick's Athletic,[3][4] and was capped twice for the League of Ireland Representative XI.[1]

Upon returning to England he turned out for Horwich R.M.I. and Radcliffe Borough, before retiring.

In 2003, Bolton Wanderers played a Cork All Stars XI in Davenport's testimonial match.[5]

References

  1. 1.[1.2]"Carl Davenport". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  2. 2."Manager and player profiles: D". The Silkmen Archives. Geoffrey Knights and Macclesfield Town FC. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  3. 3.Ryan, Seán; Burke, Stephen (1987). The Book of Irish Goalscorers. Dundrum: Irish Soccer Co-op. pp. 226–235. Retrieved 2 May 2018 – via Historical Lineups.
  4. 4."Carl Davenport". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  5. 5."Ibrahim Ba's the way for Cork". Bolton Wanderers F.C. 3 September 2003. Archived from the original on 2 May 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2018.