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Gordon Davies (footballer, born 1955)

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His second spell at Fulham lasted five years, eventually becoming Fulham's all-time top scorer, with 178 goals in 450 appearances. At the end of his Fulham career, the club granted him a
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in one of the competition's biggest ever shocks. He left the Welsh club in February 1992 to take up an offer of management in Norway with
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where he spent one season and retired from the game the following close season. He is still a popular and frequent guest at
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departed as City manager, Davies' days at the club were numbered and his final City match was against
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for a fee of Β£100,000. He made his City debut on 12 October 1985 against
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Davies left Fulham in 1991 and went back to Wales to join
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Merthyr Tydfil
Forward
Manchester City
Merthyr Tydfil
Fulham
Chelsea
Manchester City
Fulham
Wrexham
Tornado FK
Northwich Victoria
Wales
footballer
forward
Fulham
Wales
Fulham
Merthyr Tydfil
Chelsea
Manchester City
Watford
Leeds United
Full Members Cup
Billy McNeill
Southend United
Football League Cup
testimonial
Wrexham
FA Cup

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