Dave Regis

For the Martiniquais-born United States international footballer, see David Regis.

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, notably for Stoke City and Notts County.

Dave Regis

Personal information
Date of birth	(1964-03-03) 3 March 1964 (age 61)
Place of birth	Paddington, England
Position(s)	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
1999–2001	Hucknall Town
Total		237	(53)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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]

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, making four appearances that season),^[2] 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 Hucknall Town.^{[citation needed]}

Post-playing career

Regis has been a football consultant and youth coach at Notts County's and Nottingham Forest's academies,^[3] education and welfare officer at Charlton Athletic's academy,^[4] and a regional manager in the Football League's youth development department.^[5]

Personal life

Regis is the younger brother of footballer Cyrille Regis,^[6] the cousin of sprinter John Regis,^[1] and the uncle of footballer Jason Roberts.^[7]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[8]

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.

Honours

Notts County

• Second Division play-off winners: 1990–91^[3]

Stoke City

• Second Division champions: 1992–93^[1]