1914 Griffiths, David
Birthplace
Coatbridge, Lanarkshire 1888
Biographical Text
Scottish winger David Griffiths, formerly with Plymouth Argyle, appeared in an Exeter City pre-season practice game at Exeter City in 1914. He moved on without playing in an official first-team game.
Hailing from Coatbridge, to the east of Glasgow, he turned out for
Renfrew Victoria, Petershill and Blantyre Victoria before heading south for the first time to play for Kidderminster Harriers. He then returned home to sign for Glasgow club Third Lanark for whom he had a successful season in 1907/08, scoring twenty-three goals, which prompted another move south to Bolton Wanderers where he played very little first-team football.
He then joined Southern League Plymouth Argyle where, in two seasons between 1909 and 1911, he again struggled to break into the first-team.
A return to the North West beckoned with Bury for whom he signed in 1911 and, upon his release, it's likely that one of Arthur Chadwick's Lancastrian contacts pointed him in the direction of Exeter City shortly before the outbreak of the Great War. But with football continuing for another year, there was no offer of a contract at St James' Park.
Hailing from Coatbridge, to the east of Glasgow, he turned out for
Renfrew Victoria, Petershill and Blantyre Victoria before heading south for the first time to play for Kidderminster Harriers. He then returned home to sign for Glasgow club Third Lanark for whom he had a successful season in 1907/08, scoring twenty-three goals, which prompted another move south to Bolton Wanderers where he played very little first-team football.
He then joined Southern League Plymouth Argyle where, in two seasons between 1909 and 1911, he again struggled to break into the first-team.
A return to the North West beckoned with Bury for whom he signed in 1911 and, upon his release, it's likely that one of Arthur Chadwick's Lancastrian contacts pointed him in the direction of Exeter City shortly before the outbreak of the Great War. But with football continuing for another year, there was no offer of a contract at St James' Park.
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