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{{Short description|Irish international footballer and manager}}
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{{Infobox football biography
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Liam Daish
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| alt =
| alt =
| caption = Daish in 2010
| caption = Daish in 2010
| fullname = Liam Sean Daish
| fullname = Liam Sean Daish<ref>{{Hugman|4604|accessdate=19 December 2019}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|9|23|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|9|23|df=y}}<ref name=Soccerbase/>
| birth_place = [[Portsmouth]], England
| birth_place = [[Portsmouth]],<ref name=Soccerbase/> England
| height = {{height|ft=6|in=2}}<ref name=Soccerbase>{{cite web |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=37972 |title=Liam Daish |website=Soccerbase |publisher=Centurycomm |accessdate=7 September 2022}}</ref>
| height = {{height|ft=6|in=2}}
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| position = [[Centre-half]]
| currentclub = [[Birmingham City F.C. Reserves and Academy|Birmingham City]] (academy manager)
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 = 1984–1986
| youthyears1 = 1984–1986
| youthclubs1 = [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]]
| youthclubs1 = [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]]
| years1 = 1986–1988
| years1 = 1986–1988
| years2 = 1988–1994
| years3 = 1988
| years4 = 1994–1996
| years5 = 1996–1999
| years6 = 1999–2003
| clubs1 = [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]]
| clubs1 = [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]]
| caps1 = 1
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1988–1994
| clubs2 = [[Cambridge United F.C.|Cambridge United]]
| clubs2 = [[Cambridge United F.C.|Cambridge United]]
| caps2 = 139
| goals2 = 4
| years3 = 1988
| clubs3 = → [[Barnet F.C.|Barnet]] (loan)
| clubs3 = → [[Barnet F.C.|Barnet]] (loan)
| caps3 = 12
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1994–1996
| clubs4 = [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]]
| clubs4 = [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]]
| caps4 = 73
| goals4 = 3
| years5 = 1996–1999
| clubs5 = [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]]
| clubs5 = [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]]
| clubs6 = [[Havant & Waterlooville F.C.|Havant & Waterlooville]]
| caps1 = 1
| caps2 = 138
| caps3 = 12
| caps4 = 72
| caps5 = 31
| caps5 = 31
| goals5 = 2
| years6 = 1999–2003
| clubs6 = [[Havant & Waterlooville F.C.|Havant & Waterlooville]]
| caps6 = 120
| caps6 = 120
| goals1 = 0
| goals2 = 1
| goals3 = 0
| goals4 = 1
| goals5 = 2
| goals6 = 10
| goals6 = 10
| totalcaps = 374
| totalcaps = 374
| totalgoals = 12
| totalgoals = 12
| nationalyears1 = 1992–1996
| nationalyears1 = 1992–1996
| nationalteam1 = [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]]
| nationalcaps1 = 5
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1994
| nationalyears2 = 1994
| nationalteam1 = [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]]
| nationalteam2 = [[Republic of Ireland B national football team|Republic of Ireland B]]
| nationalteam2 = [[Republic of Ireland B national football team|Republic of Ireland B]]
| nationalcaps1 = 5
| nationalcaps2 = 1
| nationalcaps2 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| medaltemplates =
| medaltemplates =
| manageryears1 = 2000–2004
| manageryears1 = 2000–2004
| manageryears2 = 2004–2005
| manageryears3 = 2005–2013
| manageryears4 = 2014–2015
| managerclubs1 = [[Havant & Waterlooville F.C.|Havant & Waterlooville]] (joint)
| managerclubs1 = [[Havant & Waterlooville F.C.|Havant & Waterlooville]] (joint)
| manageryears2 = 2004–2005
| managerclubs2 = [[Welling United F.C.|Welling United]] (caretaker)
| managerclubs2 = [[Welling United F.C.|Welling United]] (caretaker)
| manageryears3 = 2005–2013
| managerclubs3 = [[Ebbsfleet United F.C.|Ebbsfleet United]]
| managerclubs3 = [[Ebbsfleet United F.C.|Ebbsfleet United]]
| manageryears4 = 2014–2015
| managerclubs4 = [[Nuneaton Town F.C.|Nuneaton Town]]
| managerclubs4 = [[Nuneaton Borough F.C.|Nuneaton Town]]
}}
}}
'''Liam Sean Daish''' (born 23 September 1968) is a former [[association football|football]] player who played as a [[defender (association football)|centre-half]]. Despite being born in England, Daish played internationally for the [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]] due to his Irish ancestry. He earned a total of five [[cap (sport)|cap]]s for his adopted country.
'''Liam Sean Daish''' (born 23 September 1968) is a [[association football|football]] coach, manager and former professional player who was appointed academy manager at [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]] in 2022.

Daish was a [[centre-half]] who played in the [[Football League]] for [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]], [[Cambridge United F.C.|Cambridge United]] and [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]], in the [[Premier League]] for [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]], and in [[non-league football]] for [[Barnet F.C.|Barnet]] and [[Havant & Waterlooville F.C.|Havant & Waterlooville]]. Born in England, he was [[cap (sport)|capped]] five times at senior level by the [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]], for which he qualified by descent.


Although Daish's playing career was shortened by a knee injury in 2002, he continued his football career as a manager and coach. He was appointed [[Nuneaton Town F.C.|Nuneaton Town]] manager on 22 September 2014, replacing Brian Reid.
After his playing career was shortened by a knee injury in 2002, he continued his football career as a manager and coach. He had spells as manager of Havant & Waterlooville, [[Welling United F.C.|Welling United]] (on a [[caretaker manager|caretaker]] basis), [[Ebbsfleet United F.C.|Ebbsfleet United]] and [[Nuneaton Town F.C.|Nuneaton Town]], and coached for five years in Portsmouth's academy before joining Birmingham City as academy manager.


==Playing career==
==Playing career==
Daish was born in [[Portsmouth]], Hampshire, and began his career with his hometown club [[Portsmouth F.C.]] However, he only made one appearance for the club's first team before he was released in 1988. He went in search of first-team football, which he found at [[Cambridge United F.C.|Cambridge United]]. While at Cambridge, Daish helped the club to successive [[promotion and relegation|promotions]] from the [[Football League Fourth Division|Fourth]] to the [[Football League Second Division|Second Division]]. He also made his international debut for the [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]], on 19 February 1992 at home to [[Wales national football team|Wales]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerscene.ie/ss_gen/player.php?id=493&level=sssenior |title=Liam Daish |work=SoccerScene.ie |accessdate=7 September 2022}}</ref> while Cambridge were pushing for a third successive promotion. However, they fell in the playoffs and were relegated a year later.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A174916280/STND?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-STND&xid=def92424 |title=Caught in time: Cambridge United's rise under John Beck, 1990 |first=Barry |last=Flatman |newspaper=The Sunday Times |location=London |date=17 February 2008 |accessdate=7 September 2022 |via=Gale OneFile: News |url-access=subscription}}</ref>


The quality of his performances for Cambridge United inspired [[Barry Fry]] to sign him for [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]] for a fee of £50,000 in January 1994.<ref>{{cite book |first=Tony |last=Matthews |title=Birmingham City: A Complete Record |date=1995 |publisher=Breedon Books |location=Derby |isbn=1-85983-010-2 |page=81}}</ref> Daish spent just over two years at [[St Andrew's (stadium)|St Andrew's]], making nearly 100 appearances in all competitions. He captained the side to the Division Two championship in [[1994–95 Football League|1994–95]] and to victory in the [[1995 Football League Trophy Final]] at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley]]. Fry, who managed him throughout his spell at Birmingham, once said of Daish that if a squadron of [[F-111]]s attacked the Birmingham penalty area he would attempt to head them away.<ref name="F111">{{cite news |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/332115143 |title=Where are they now? Liam Daish |first=Jim |last=Brown |newspaper=[[Coventry Evening Telegraph]] |date=26 February 2005 |page=37 |id={{ProQuest|332115143}} |via=ProQuest |url-access=subscription}}</ref> On 10 December 1994, Daish – then Birmingham City captain under Fry – scored a goal against Chester to make it 0–4. In the ensuing celebrations, some Blues fan threw a toy trumpet onto the pitch, which Daish proceeded to play. Although he was not sent off, the referee booked him, taking his season's points tally to 41 which resulted in a three-match ban. Fry was not amused: "I know the referee has directives to adhere to, but to get banned through being booked for that seems a bit harsh."<ref name="funny">{{cite web |last = Ward |first = Rupert |title = World not so wonderful for City ace |publisher = ArseWEB |year = 2005 |url = http://arseweb.com/other/funnies.html |accessdate = 30 May 2008 }}</ref>
===The early years===
Daish was born in [[Portsmouth]], Hampshire, and began his career with his hometown club [[Portsmouth F.C.]] However, he only made one appearance for the club's first team before he was released in 1988. He went in search of first-team football, which he found at [[Cambridge United F.C.|Cambridge United]]. While at Cambridge, Daish helped the club to successive [[promotion and relegation|promotions]] from the [[Football League Fourth Division|Fourth]] to the [[Football League Second Division|Second Division]]. He also made his international debut for the [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]], on 19 February 1992 at home to [[Wales national football team|Wales]],<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.soccerscene.ie/sssenior/matchdetails.php?id=276 |title=Statistics Senior |work=SoccerScene.ie |accessdate=14 September 2007}}</ref> while Cambridge were pushing for a third successive promotion. However, they fell in the playoffs and were relegated a year later.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/more_sport/article3383018.ece |title=Caught in time: Cambridge United’s rise under John Beck, 1990 |first=Barry |last=Flatman |newspaper=The Sunday Times |date=17 February 2008 |accessdate=22 March 2011}}</ref>


In February 1996, Daish joined [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]] for a fee of £1.5&nbsp;million. He made an immediate impact, bolstering Coventry's shaky defence and improving their form overall. However, in the four seasons that he spent at Coventry, Daish was never a regular in the first team (he played in only 34 games for the Sky Blues). This was the result of a severe knee ligament injury which eventually forced his retirement from the professional game after two years on the sidelines.<ref name=Mercury>{{cite news |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:BSMB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0F6E183A96222C3B&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB57AB53DF815 |title=Football: I was a cup hero then got the boot |work=[[Sunday Mercury]] |location=Birmingham |date=10 December 2000 |accessdate=7 January 2009 |via=NewsBank}}</ref>
===At Birmingham City===
The quality of his performances for Cambridge United inspired [[Barry Fry]] to sign him for [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]] for a fee of £50,000 in January 1994.<ref>{{cite book
|author=Matthews, Tony |title=Birmingham City: A Complete Record |year=1995 |publisher=Breedon Books |location=Derby |isbn=1-85983-010-2 |page=81}}</ref>


Daish joined [[non-league]] [[Havant & Waterlooville F.C.|Havant & Waterlooville]] in 1999, going on to make 157 appearances (1 as substitute) in league and cup competitions, scoring 15 goals,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.havantandwaterlooville.net/stats/history.asp |title=Player Appearance History |publisher=[[Havant & Waterlooville F.C.]] |accessdate=7 September 2022 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108085745/http://www.havantandwaterlooville.net/stats/history.asp |archivedate=8 November 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.havantandwaterlooville.net/stats/scorersall.asp |title=Goalscoring History |publisher=[[Havant & Waterlooville F.C.]] |accessdate=7 January 2009}}</ref> before his playing career was finally ended by a knee injury sustained in October 2002.<ref name=HavantProfile>{{cite web |url=http://www.havantandwaterlooville.net/stats/player.asp?p=8 |title=Liam Daish |publisher=[[Havant & Waterlooville F.C.]] |accessdate=7 September 2022}}</ref>
Daish spent just over two years at [[St Andrew's (stadium)|St Andrew's]], making nearly 100 appearances in all competitions. He captained the side to the Division Two championship in [[1994-95 in English football|1994–95]] and to victory in the [[Football League Trophy]] final at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley]]. Fry, who managed him throughout his spell at Birmingham, once said of Daish that if a squadron of [[F-111]]s attacked the Birmingham penalty area he would attempt to head them away.<ref name="F111">
{{cite news
| last = Kelly
| first = Aidan
| title = Fantasy futbol is a reality
| work = [[Evening News and Tribune]] |location= [[Jeffersonville, Indiana]]
| date = 20 November 2007
| url = http://www.news-tribune.net/cnhi/newstribune/localsports/local_story_324000626.html?start:int=15
| accessdate = 27 December 2007 }}</ref>


==Managerial career==
===To Coventry City===
In April 2000, Daish took on a joint-manager role alongside Mick Jenkins at Havant & Waterlooville after Billy Gilbert stood down. He spent three and a half years in this role, during which time he took the club to the semi-final of the [[FA Trophy]] in 2003, before being sacked in January 2004 following a string of bad results.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.havantandwaterlooville.net/news.asp?item=161 |title=Board decide Mick and Liam must go |publisher=[[Havant & Waterlooville F.C.]] |date=5 January 2004 | accessdate=7 January 2009}}</ref>
In February 1996, Daish joined [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]] for a fee of £1.5&nbsp;million. He made an immediate impact, bolstering Coventry's shaky defence and improving their form overall. However, in the four seasons that he spent at Coventry, Daish was never a regular in the first team (he played in only 34 games for the Sky Blues). This was the result of a severe knee ligament injury which eventually forced his retirement from the professional game after two years on the sidelines.<ref name=Mercury>{{cite news
| url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:BSMB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0F6E183A96222C3B&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB57AB53DF815
| title=Football: I was a cup hero then got the boot
| work=[[Sunday Mercury]] |location=Birmingham
| date=10 December 2000 |accessdate=7 January 2009}}</ref>


Following this, he joined [[Welling United F.C.|Welling United]] as a coach. For a time, following the dismissal of [[Paul Parker (footballer)|Paul Parker]], Daish served as caretaker-manager of Welling but did not get the job full-time, despite leading the side to three wins and a draw in his four games in charge.<ref name=FleetProfile>{{cite web |url = http://ebbsfleetunited.co.uk/html/squad/daish.html |title = Liam Daish |publisher = [[Ebbsfleet United F.C.]] |accessdate = 7 October 2010 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110815103558/http://ebbsfleetunited.co.uk/html/squad/daish.html |archivedate = 15 August 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://kentishfootball.co.uk/news/551a9250b7f69 |title=More movers and shakers in Kent football |work=KentishFootball.co.uk |first=Stephen | last=McCartney |date=4 January 2005 |accessdate=7 September 2022}}</ref>
==As a manager==
He joined [[non-league]] [[Havant & Waterlooville F.C.|Havant & Waterlooville]] in 1999, going on to make 157 appearances (1 as substitute) in league and cup competitions, scoring 15 goals,<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.havantandwaterlooville.net/stats/history.asp
| title=Player Appearance History
| publisher=[[Havant & Waterlooville F.C.]]
| accessdate=7 January 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.havantandwaterlooville.net/stats/scorersall.asp
| title=Goalscoring History
| publisher=[[Havant & Waterlooville F.C.]]
| accessdate=7 January 2009}}</ref>
before his playing career was finally ended by a knee injury sustained in October 2002.<ref name=HavantProfile>{{cite web
| url=http://www.havantandwaterlooville.net/stats/player.asp?p=8
| title=Liam Daish
| publisher=[[Havant & Waterlooville F.C.]]
| accessdate=7 January 2009}}</ref>
In April 2000 he took on a joint-manager role alongside [[Mick Jenkins (footballer)|Mick Jenkins]] after Billy Gilbert stood down. He spent three-and-a-half years in this role, during which time he took the club to the semi-final of the [[FA Trophy]] in 2003, before being sacked in January 2004 following a string of bad results.<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.havantandwaterlooville.net/news.asp?item=161
| title=Board decide Mick and Liam must go
| publisher=[[Havant & Waterlooville F.C.]]
| date=5 January 2004 | accessdate=7 January 2009}}</ref>
Following this, he joined [[Welling United F.C.]] as a coach. For a time, following the dismissal of [[Paul Parker (footballer)|Paul Parker]], Daish served as caretaker-manager of Welling but did not get the job full-time, despite leading the side to three wins and a draw in his four games in charge.<ref name=FleetProfile>{{cite web
| url=http://ebbsfleetunited.co.uk/html/squad/daish.html
| title=Liam Daish
| publisher=[[Ebbsfleet United F.C.]]
| accessdate=7 October 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.kentishfootball.co.uk/drmartens/premier/welling/4thjan05.html
| title=More movers and shakers in Kent football
| work=KentishFootball.co.uk
| first=Stephen | last=McCartney
| date=4 January 2005 |accessdate=7 January 2009}}</ref>


Daish left Welling in February 2005 to become manager of Gravesend & Northfleet, which in May 2007 was renamed [[Ebbsfleet United F.C.|Ebbsfleet United]], and he oversaw the club's move to a full-time playing squad.<ref name=FleetProfile/><ref name=TelegraphMyFC>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2299705/Ebbsfleet-United-A-team-of-my-own.html |title=Ebbsfleet United: A team of my own |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |first=Tom | last=de Castella |date=7 May 2008 | accessdate=7 January 2009}}</ref> Daish led Ebbsfleet United to a 1–0 victory in the [[2008 FA Trophy Final]],<ref>{{Cite news |title = Ebbsfleet 1–0 Torquay |publisher = [[BBC Sport]] |date = 10 May 2008 | accessdate = 7 January 2009 |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/7382167.stm}}</ref> and for two seasons running made the Fleet a contender for the [[Conference National play-offs]]. His profile was raised by the takeover of Ebbsfleet by [[MyFootballClub]], although the website's initial boasts that its members – and not Daish – would pick the team had as of 22 May 2010 yet to come to fruition.<ref name=TelegraphMyFC/> Daish left Ebbsfleet by mutual consent after discussions with new owners and eight years in charge on 17 May 2013.<ref>{{Cite news |title = Liam Daish: Ebbsfleet United manager leaves by mutual consent |url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22575472 |publisher = BBC Sport |date = 17 May 2013 |accessdate = 17 May 2013}}</ref>
Daish left Welling in February 2005 to become manager of Gravesend & Northfleet F.C., which in May 2007 was renamed [[Ebbsfleet United F.C.]], and he oversaw the club's move to a full-time playing squad.<ref name=FleetProfile/><ref name=TelegraphMyFC>{{cite news
| url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2299705/Ebbsfleet-United-A-team-of-my-own.html
| title=Ebbsfleet United: A team of my own
| work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]
| first=Tom | last=de Castella
| date=7 May 2008 | accessdate=7 January 2009}}</ref>


Daish joined [[Conference Premier]] club [[Nuneaton Town F.C.|Nuneaton Town]] on 22 September 2014 as first-team manager, and left at the end of the season following the team's relegation.<ref name="Liam Daish: Nuneaton Town to part company with manager">{{cite news |title = Liam Daish: Nuneaton Town to part company with manager |url = https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/32470049 |publisher = BBC Sport |date = 25 April 2015 |accessdate = 5 May 2015}}</ref>
Daish led Ebbsfleet United to a 1–0 victory in the [[FA Trophy]] final on 10 May 2008,<ref>{{Cite news
| title = Ebbsfleet 1–0 Torquay
| publisher = [[BBC Sport]]
| date = 10 May 2008 | accessdate = 7 January 2009
| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/7382167.stm
}}</ref> and for two seasons running made the Fleet a contender for the [[Conference National]] [[Promotion and relegation|promotion]] play-offs. His profile was raised by the takeover of Ebbsfleet by [[MyFootballClub]], although the website's initial boasts that its members – and not Daish – would pick the team had as of 22 May 2010 yet to come to fruition.<ref name=TelegraphMyFC/>


He worked for Portsmouth's football academy from 2017 to 2022.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61647037 |title=Liam Daish: Portsmouth's outgoing academy coach questions belief in setup |publisher=BBC Sport |date=5 June 2022 |access-date=7 September 2022}}</ref> In November 2022, he was appointed manager of [[Birmingham City F.C. Reserves and Academy|Birmingham City's academy]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/birmingham-city-portsmouth-liam-daish-25523741 |title=Liam Daish opens up about his shock Birmingham City return and his plans for Blues' academy |first=Brian |last=Dick |newspaper=Birmingham Mail |date=16 November 2022 |access-date=16 November 2022}}</ref>
Daish left Ebbsfleet by mutual consent after discussions with new owners and eight years in charge on 17 May 2013.<ref name="Liam Daish: Ebbsfleet United manager leaves by mutual consent">{{Cite news
| title = Liam Daish: Ebbsfleet United manager leaves by mutual consent
| url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22575472
| publisher = BBC Sport
| date = 17 May 2013
| accessdate = 17 May 2013}}</ref>


==Career statistics==
Daish joined [[Conference Premier]] side [[Nuneaton Town F.C.|Nuneaton Town]] on 22 September 2014 as first-team manager. He left the club on 25 April 2015 following the club's relegation from the [[Conference Premier]].<ref name="Liam Daish: Nuneaton Town to part company with manager">{{Cite news
| title = Liam Daish: Nuneaton Town to part company with manager
| url = http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/32470049
| publisher = BBC Sport
| date = 25 April 2015
| accessdate = 5 May 2015}}</ref>

on 2nd Dec 2015 the Uk parliment voted to go ahead with military action against Liam

==National team statistics==
<ref>{{NFT player|pid=242}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref>{{NFT player|242|access-date=7 September 2022}}</ref>
! colspan=3 | [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland national team]]
|-
!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]]
|1992||2||0
|1992||2||0
|-
|-
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|1996||3||0
|1996||3||0
|-
|-
!Total||5||0
!colspan="2"|Total!!5!!0
|}
|}


==Honours==
==Honours==
* with '''Cambridge United'''
'''Cambridge United'''
** [[Football League Fourth Division|Fourth Division]] (level 4) promotion 1990
*[[Football League Third Division]]: [[1990–91 Football League Third Division|1990–91]]
** [[Football League Third Division|Third Division]] (level 3) champions 1991
*[[Football League Fourth Division]] promotion: [[1989–90 Football League Fourth Division|1989–90]]
* with '''Birmingham City'''
** [[Football League Second Division|Second Division]] (level 3) champions 1995
** [[Football League Trophy]] winners 1995
* with '''Havant & Waterlooville'''
** [[FA Trophy]] semi-final 2003
* with '''Ebbsfleet United'''
** [[FA Trophy]] winners 2008
** [[Conference South]] Playoff Winners 2011


'''Birmingham City'''
==Anecdotes==
*[[Football League Second Division]]: [[1994–95 Football League Second Division|1994–95]]
*[[Football League Trophy]]: [[1994–95 Football League Trophy|1994–95]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/fry-s-delight-as-carlisle-succumb-to-sudden-death-1616946.html |title=Fry's delight as Carlisle succumb to sudden death |first=Trevor |last=Haylett |website=The Independent |date=24 April 1995 |access-date=29 April 2024}}</ref>


'''Ebbsfleet United'''
On 10 December 1994, Daish – then Birmingham City captain under Barry Fry – scored a goal against Chester to make it 0–4. In the ensuing celebrations, some Blues fan threw a toy trumpet onto the pitch, which Daish proceeded to play. Although he wasn't sent off, the referee booked him, taking his season's points tally to 41 and resulting in a three-match ban. Fry was not amused: "I know the referee has directives to adhere to, but to get banned through being booked for that seems a bit harsh."<ref name="funny">{{cite web
*[[FA Trophy]]: [[2007–08 FA Trophy|2007–08]]
| last = Ward

| first = Rupert
'''Individual'''
| title = World not so wonderful for City ace
*[[PFA Team of the Year]]: [[1994–95 Football League#Second Division|1994–95 Second Division]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Lynch |title=The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes |page=150}}</ref>
| publisher = ArseWEB

| year = 2005
==See also==
| url = http://arseweb.com/other/funnies.html
* [[List of Republic of Ireland international footballers born outside the Republic of Ireland]]
| accessdate = 30 May 2008 }}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{Soccerbase}}
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Latest revision as of 23:38, 4 December 2024

Liam Daish
Daish in 2010
Personal information
Full name Liam Sean Daish[1]
Date of birth (1968-09-23) 23 September 1968 (age 56)[2]
Place of birth Portsmouth,[2] England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2]
Position(s) Centre-half
Team information
Current team
 Birmingham City (academy manager)
Youth career
1984–1986 Portsmouth
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1988 Portsmouth 1 (0)
1988–1994 Cambridge United 139 (4)
1988 → Barnet (loan) 12 (0)
1994–1996 Birmingham City 73 (3)
1996–1999 Coventry City 31 (2)
1999–2003 Havant & Waterlooville 120 (10)
Total 374 (12)
International career
1992–1996 Republic of Ireland 5 (0)
1994 Republic of Ireland B 1 (0)
Managerial career
2000–2004 Havant & Waterlooville (joint)
2004–2005 Welling United (caretaker)
2005–2013 Ebbsfleet United
2014–2015 Nuneaton Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Liam Sean Daish (born 23 September 1968) is a football coach, manager and former professional player who was appointed academy manager at Birmingham City in 2022.

Daish was a centre-half who played in the Football League for Portsmouth, Cambridge United and Birmingham City, in the Premier League for Coventry City, and in non-league football for Barnet and Havant & Waterlooville. Born in England, he was capped five times at senior level by the Republic of Ireland, for which he qualified by descent.

After his playing career was shortened by a knee injury in 2002, he continued his football career as a manager and coach. He had spells as manager of Havant & Waterlooville, Welling United (on a caretaker basis), Ebbsfleet United and Nuneaton Town, and coached for five years in Portsmouth's academy before joining Birmingham City as academy manager.

Playing career

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Daish was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, and began his career with his hometown club Portsmouth F.C. However, he only made one appearance for the club's first team before he was released in 1988. He went in search of first-team football, which he found at Cambridge United. While at Cambridge, Daish helped the club to successive promotions from the Fourth to the Second Division. He also made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland, on 19 February 1992 at home to Wales,[3] while Cambridge were pushing for a third successive promotion. However, they fell in the playoffs and were relegated a year later.[4]

The quality of his performances for Cambridge United inspired Barry Fry to sign him for Birmingham City for a fee of £50,000 in January 1994.[5] Daish spent just over two years at St Andrew's, making nearly 100 appearances in all competitions. He captained the side to the Division Two championship in 1994–95 and to victory in the 1995 Football League Trophy Final at Wembley. Fry, who managed him throughout his spell at Birmingham, once said of Daish that if a squadron of F-111s attacked the Birmingham penalty area he would attempt to head them away.[6] On 10 December 1994, Daish – then Birmingham City captain under Fry – scored a goal against Chester to make it 0–4. In the ensuing celebrations, some Blues fan threw a toy trumpet onto the pitch, which Daish proceeded to play. Although he was not sent off, the referee booked him, taking his season's points tally to 41 which resulted in a three-match ban. Fry was not amused: "I know the referee has directives to adhere to, but to get banned through being booked for that seems a bit harsh."[7]

In February 1996, Daish joined Coventry City for a fee of £1.5 million. He made an immediate impact, bolstering Coventry's shaky defence and improving their form overall. However, in the four seasons that he spent at Coventry, Daish was never a regular in the first team (he played in only 34 games for the Sky Blues). This was the result of a severe knee ligament injury which eventually forced his retirement from the professional game after two years on the sidelines.[8]

Daish joined non-league Havant & Waterlooville in 1999, going on to make 157 appearances (1 as substitute) in league and cup competitions, scoring 15 goals,[9][10] before his playing career was finally ended by a knee injury sustained in October 2002.[11]

Managerial career

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In April 2000, Daish took on a joint-manager role alongside Mick Jenkins at Havant & Waterlooville after Billy Gilbert stood down. He spent three and a half years in this role, during which time he took the club to the semi-final of the FA Trophy in 2003, before being sacked in January 2004 following a string of bad results.[12]

Following this, he joined Welling United as a coach. For a time, following the dismissal of Paul Parker, Daish served as caretaker-manager of Welling but did not get the job full-time, despite leading the side to three wins and a draw in his four games in charge.[13][14]

Daish left Welling in February 2005 to become manager of Gravesend & Northfleet, which in May 2007 was renamed Ebbsfleet United, and he oversaw the club's move to a full-time playing squad.[13][15] Daish led Ebbsfleet United to a 1–0 victory in the 2008 FA Trophy Final,[16] and for two seasons running made the Fleet a contender for the Conference National play-offs. His profile was raised by the takeover of Ebbsfleet by MyFootballClub, although the website's initial boasts that its members – and not Daish – would pick the team had as of 22 May 2010 yet to come to fruition.[15] Daish left Ebbsfleet by mutual consent after discussions with new owners and eight years in charge on 17 May 2013.[17]

Daish joined Conference Premier club Nuneaton Town on 22 September 2014 as first-team manager, and left at the end of the season following the team's relegation.[18]

He worked for Portsmouth's football academy from 2017 to 2022.[19] In November 2022, he was appointed manager of Birmingham City's academy.[20]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[21]
National team Year Apps Goals
Republic of Ireland 1992 2 0
1993 0 0
1994 0 0
1995 0 0
1996 3 0
Total 5 0

Honours

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Cambridge United

Birmingham City

Ebbsfleet United

Individual

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Liam Daish". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Liam Daish". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Liam Daish". SoccerScene.ie. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  4. ^ Flatman, Barry (17 February 2008). "Caught in time: Cambridge United's rise under John Beck, 1990". The Sunday Times. London. Retrieved 7 September 2022 – via Gale OneFile: News.
  5. ^ Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 81. ISBN 1-85983-010-2.
  6. ^ Brown, Jim (26 February 2005). "Where are they now? Liam Daish". Coventry Evening Telegraph. p. 37. ProQuest 332115143 – via ProQuest.
  7. ^ Ward, Rupert (2005). "World not so wonderful for City ace". ArseWEB. Retrieved 30 May 2008.
  8. ^ "Football: I was a cup hero then got the boot". Sunday Mercury. Birmingham. 10 December 2000. Retrieved 7 January 2009 – via NewsBank.
  9. ^ "Player Appearance History". Havant & Waterlooville F.C. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  10. ^ "Goalscoring History". Havant & Waterlooville F.C. Retrieved 7 January 2009.
  11. ^ "Liam Daish". Havant & Waterlooville F.C. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  12. ^ "Board decide Mick and Liam must go". Havant & Waterlooville F.C. 5 January 2004. Retrieved 7 January 2009.
  13. ^ a b "Liam Daish". Ebbsfleet United F.C. Archived from the original on 15 August 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
  14. ^ McCartney, Stephen (4 January 2005). "More movers and shakers in Kent football". KentishFootball.co.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  15. ^ a b de Castella, Tom (7 May 2008). "Ebbsfleet United: A team of my own". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 7 January 2009.
  16. ^ "Ebbsfleet 1–0 Torquay". BBC Sport. 10 May 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2009.
  17. ^ "Liam Daish: Ebbsfleet United manager leaves by mutual consent". BBC Sport. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  18. ^ "Liam Daish: Nuneaton Town to part company with manager". BBC Sport. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  19. ^ "Liam Daish: Portsmouth's outgoing academy coach questions belief in setup". BBC Sport. 5 June 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  20. ^ Dick, Brian (16 November 2022). "Liam Daish opens up about his shock Birmingham City return and his plans for Blues' academy". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  21. ^ "Liam Daish". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  22. ^ Haylett, Trevor (24 April 1995). "Fry's delight as Carlisle succumb to sudden death". The Independent. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  23. ^ Lynch. The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. p. 150.
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