Sandy Davie

Alexander Grimmond Davie (born 10 June 1945) is a Scottish former footballer, who played as goalkeeper. Davie spent most of his career with Dundee United and represented Scotland at under-23 level and New Zealand at senior level.

Sandy Davie
Personal information
Full name Alexander Grimmond Davie[1]
Date of birth (1945-06-10) 10 June 1945
Place of birth Dundee, Scotland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1960–1961 Butterburn YC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1961–1968 Dundee United 118 (0)
1967 → Dallas Tornado (guest) 7 (0)
1968–1970 Luton Town 58 (0)
1970–1972 Southampton 1 (0)
1972–1974 Dundee United 25 (0)
1975–1977 North Shore United
1978–1982 Mount Wellington
1983 Napier City Rovers 8 (0)
National team
1964 Scotland under-23[2] 1 (0)
1979–1981 New Zealand 11 (0)
Teams managed
North Shore United
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

In 1967, Ted Bates tried to sign Davie for £15,000 but the offer was rejected. He eventually joined Southampton in May 1970 (for a fee of £12,500) as cover for Eric Martin, but only made one appearance for the Saints on 20 February 1971 in a 5–1 defeat at Manchester United. Four of Manchester United's goals were scored by Alan Gowling.[3] He returned to his home town club in May 1972 where he enjoyed several good seasons before emigrating to New Zealand.

Davie played for the All Whites, making his debut in a 3–0 win over Fiji on 1 July 1979[4] and ended his international playing career with 11 A-international caps to his credit.[5] He was involved at various levels with the New Zealand ladies' football team — the Football Ferns — until April 2003. Davie was also manager at North Shore United shortly after emigrating.

Honours

Dundee United

References
  1. "Sandy Davie". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  2. "Scotland U23 Player Sandy Davie Details". www.fitbastats.com.
  3. Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (2003). In That Number - A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC. Hagiology Publishing. ISBN 0-9534474-3-X.
  4. "A-International Lineups". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
  5. "A-International Appearances - Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 12 February 2009.


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