PHIL DAVIS NEWS

NCP Manchester 'keeper Phil Davis is set for a permanent move to Birmingham Sunday Leisure League side 'JD Lions FC'.

It is understood that Davis handed in a transfer request that was, reluctantly, accepted by Gary Kerrigan and will leave in june. The move leaves The Bee's without a goalkeeper for the second half of the season. The new season in Birmingham starts on 22nd june, ominously the night NCP play Jolly Sailors in Stockport and Davis was said to have wanted to continue in the north-west but his agent, Mustaffa Ahbet (pictured above) arranged a deal to lure Davis back to his home town for the start of the season: "Well, its a real shame you know, I created NCP Manchester's football team and there is alot of me in the club...fond memories like the tournaments in London and Amsterdam, I've met alot of good people and enjoyed my time immensely but the time has come to move on. I have absolutely no regrets regarding my time in Manchester. But I'm from Birmingham, all of my family are here and I'm excited about the new challenge to be honest."

New Challenge

JD Lions are bottom of the Birmingham Leisure League division four and face relegation, JD midfielder Richard Summerfield told Furious Pigeon: "We'd love to get him (Davis) on-board sooner but we can't complete the move until he is officially released on a Bosman free transfer so without a permanent 'keeper we could face the drop but that's football, if we do go down then we're sure he (Davis) is the man to help us gain promotion."

Been there, Done that

Davis was part of the team that won the Premier Division in the Birmingham leagues before, Furious Pigeon wonderered if he felt like division four or even division five was a step down?

"Not at all, you know, there's some good players in there and it's a good standard, you know, obviously the premier is where we (JD Lions) want to be and you have to start somewhere, so promotion is key...I just hope that my previous experience of winning the premier in Birmingham three times (ahem) will help."