Dave Regis
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 March 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Paddington, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| – | Dunstable Town | ||
| – | Fisher Athletic | ||
| – | Windsor & Eton | ||
| 1990 | Barnet | ||
| 1990–1991 | Notts County | 46 | (15) |
| 1991–1992 | Plymouth Argyle | 31 | (4) |
| 1992 | → Bournemouth (loan) | 6 | (2) |
| 1992–1994 | Stoke City | 63 | (15) |
| 1994 | Birmingham City | 6 | (2) |
| 1994–1996 | Southend United | 38 | (9) |
| 1996–1997 | Barnsley | 16 | (1) |
| 1996 | → Peterborough United (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 1997 | → Notts County (loan) | 10 | (2) |
| 1997 | → Scunthorpe United (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 1997 | Leyton Orient | 4 | (0) |
| 1997 | Lincoln City | 1 | (0) |
| 1998 | Scunthorpe United | 4 | (2) |
| 1998 | Wivenhoe Town | ||
| Total | 237 | (53) | |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
David Regis (born 3 March 1964) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a striker. He scored 53 goals from 237 appearances in the Football League in the 1990s.
Career
Playing career
Regis was born in Paddington, London. He began his playing career in non-league football with clubs including Dunstable Town, Fisher Athletic, Windsor & Eton and Barnet. Barnet sold him for a fee of £25,000 to Notts County, where he began his professional career at the age of 26.[1] His was relatively prolific during his season with the Nottingham club in 1990–91, scoring 15 league goals and featuring in almost every league game, playing a key role in their successful promotion challenge. He returned to the club on loan from Barnsley in 1997, where he made a small contribution to their championship winning side that season.
He also played professionally for Plymouth Argyle, Bournemouth, Stoke City (two seasons), Birmingham City, Southend United, Barnsley (where he was a member of the squad promoted to the Premier League), Peterborough United, Leyton Orient, Lincoln City and Scunthorpe United, where he finished his professional career in 1998, having made 231 league appearances. He later returned to non-league football with Wivenhoe Town in Essex, and stopped playing altogether in late 1998.
Later career
Regis has been a football consultant and youth coach at Notts County's and Nottingham Forest's academies,[2] education and welfare officer at Charlton Athletic's academy,[3] and a regional manager in the Football League's youth development department.[4]
Personal life
Regis is the younger brother of footballer Cyrille Regis,[5] the cousin of sprinter John Regis,[1] and the uncle of footballer Jason Roberts.[6]
Honours
- Notts County
- Second Division play-off winners: 1990–91[2]
- Stoke City
- Second Division champions: 1992–93[1]
Career statistics
- Sourced from Dave Regis profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other[A] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Notts County | 1990–91 | Second Division | 37 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 17 |
| 1991–92 | First Division | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Plymouth Argyle | 1991–92 | Second Division | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 |
| 1992–93 | Second Division | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | |
| Bournemouth (loan) | 1992–93 | Second Division | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Stoke City | 1992–93 | Second Division | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 6 |
| 1993–94 | First Division | 38 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 48 | 14 | |
| Birmingham City | 1994–95 | Second Division | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Southend United | 1994–95 | First Division | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 1995–96 | First Division | 29 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 9 | |
| Barnsley | 1995–96 | First Division | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| 1996–97 | First Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Peterborough United (loan) | 1996–97 | Second Division | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Notts County (loan) | 1996–97 | Second Division | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| Scunthorpe United (loan) | 1997–98 | Third Division | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Leyton Orient | 1997–98 | Third Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Lincoln City | 1997–98 | Third Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Scunthorpe United | 1997–98 | Third Division | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Career total | 237 | 53 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 5 | 272 | 64 | ||
- A. ^ The "Other" column includes appearances and goals in the Anglo-Italian Cup, Football League play-offs, Football League Trophy and Full Members Cup.
References
- 1 2 3 Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 119. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
- 1 2 Shepherd, Ralph (9 July 2007). "Life after football". BBC Nottingham. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
- ↑ "I was not at Barnsley for long after that – Regis". Barnsley F.C. 13 February 2009. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011.
- ↑ "Charter for Academy Players and Parents: Youth Development Players' and Parents' Guide Season 2015/2016" (PDF). The Football League. 2015. p. 2.
- ↑ Paul Fletcher (17 February 2009). "Football's last-chance saloon". BBC. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
- ↑ Jason Roberts (24 November 2005). "Jason Roberts column". BBC. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
External links
- League stats at Neil Brown's site
- Dave Regis career statistics at Soccerbase