Sol Davis

Football player infobox
playername = Sol Davis


fullname = Solomon Sebastian Davis
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1979|9|4|df=y
cityofbirth = Bath
countryofbirth = England
height = height|ft=5|in=8
currentclub = Luton Town
position = Left back
clubnumber = 3
clubs = Swindon Town
Luton Town
→ Peterborough United (loan)
years = 1997–2002
2002–
2007
caps(goals) = 114 (0)
180 (2)
000 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 17:00 6 September 2008 (UTC)
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Solomon Sebastian "Sol" Davis (born 4 September 1979 in Bath, Somerset) is an English footballer currently playing for Luton Town.

Career

Davis is a tough tackling left back who played over 130 times for Swindon Town before being transferred to Luton Town in August 2002 and bought by then manager Joe Kinnear.

A much loved player at Kenilworth Road by the players and supporters, he was named Players' Player of the Year following the club's League One championship campaign in 2004–05 in which Davis scored twice - his first ever goals in professional football (against Wrexham and Bristol City).

Luton supporters sing "We've got Sol" to the tune of "Gold" by Spandau Ballet.

Davis joined League Two side Peterborough United on a two-month loan on 24 September, 2007,cite news
title = Davis agrees two-month Posh move
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/peterborough_united/7011099.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2007-09-24
accessdate = 2007-10-28] but returned to Luton in October, due to injury.cite news
title = Davis Returns To Hatters
url = http://www.theposh.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10427~1130435,00.html
publisher = Peterborough United FC
date = 2007-10-08
accessdate = 2007-10-28]

Davis found himself out of favour with new boss Kevin Blackwell, and was transfer listed in the summer of 2007, and subsequently listed as injured. After Blackwell's departure, Davis was immediately recalled to the side by Mick Harford.

troke

On Saturday, October 28, 2006, it was revealed that Davis had suffered a stroke whilst traveling to his team's match at Ipswich Town on the next day. He was taken into the specialist unit at Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/luton_town/6096954.stm] The squad had been on their way to the Belstead Brook hotel in Ipswich on Saturday when Davis lost feeling in his left side and this was affecting his speech. Davis however returned to action and started in the game against Cardiff City on New Years Day, 2007.

Notes

External links

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/luton_town/6096954.stm BBC report on Sol Davis' stroke]
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