OPPOSITION PREVIEW
BARROW FOOTBALL CLUB
SCOUTING REPORT
THE MANAGER - DAVE BAYLISS
David joined Rochdale as a trainee footballer and progressed through the ranks making his first Football League appearance in the 1994-95 season. He went on to make 186 League appearances for the Spotland side, scoring nine times before joining Luton Town during the 2001-02 season. Dave spent four seasons at Kenilworth Road making 37 league appearances without scoring and also had a nine game spell on loan to Chester City before being released in the summer of 2005. He spent the 2005-06 season with Wrexham in League Two making 22 League appearances and he also had a four game loan spell back at his first club Rochdale. In the summer of 2006 he joined Lancaster City but left the Giant Axe at the start of November to join Barrow, making his debut in the home win over Leigh RMI. He became part of the caretaker management team in November 2007 and was appointed as permanent joint manager with Darren Sheridan a month later. He was the joint winner of the Blue Square North "Manager of the Month" award in March 2008 and in 2009/10 the pair led the Bluebirds to Wembley Victory in the FA Trohpy.
THE KEY MEN
DANNY O’DONNELL
DEFENDER
Previous Clubs: Liverpool, Crewe Alex’, Shrewsbury Town, Stockport County
Danny began his career with the Liverpool Academy and graduated through to senior football in 2005. He joined Crewe Alexandra on loan at the start of the 2006-07 playing twenty five times and scoring once. He joined Crewe in the summer of 2007 on a permanent basis for an undisclosed fee. He went on to make a further seventy eight further first team appearances for them scoring twice before being released in the summer of 2010. He had a brief spell with Shrewsbury Town making five appearances before joining Stockport County, then in League Two in January 2011. He played fifty one times for County, scoring three times before being released in January 2013 and joining Barrow. He made his debut in the win against Luton Town at the start of February but damaged a shoulder in the process.
RICHARD DAVIES
MIDFIELD
Previous Clubs: Walsall, Solihull Moors (loan) AFC Telford, Chasetown (Loan) Born in Willenhall, Richard began his career as a youngster with Walsall. He had a spell on loan with Solihull Moors in December 2009 before being released in the summer of 2010 when he joined AFC Telford United. He spent the following season on loan with Chasetown in the Evo-stik Northern Premier League before setting in to playing for the Telford first team in the 2011-12 season. After missing the latter part of last season through injury he was released and joined Barrow in June 2013. He is the brother of Mark Davies of Bolton Wanderers. He made his debut on the opening day of the season against Brackley Town.
SAM SHERIDAN
MIDFIELD
Previous Clubs: Bolton Wanderers, Stockport County, Southport (loan) Born in Trafford Sam came up through the ranks at Bolton Wanderers and had a short spell on loan with Altrincham in September 2009. He was released by Wanderers in the summer of 2011 and joined Stockport County. He was a regular for the Hatters in his first season although he did have a spell on loan at then League rivals Southport. He was released by County in the summer of 2013 and joined Barrow in August 2013. He made his debut as a substitute in the second game of the season at Altrincham.
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