Joshua Solomon-Davies (born 20 November 1999) is a Saint Lucian semi-professional footballer who plays as a right back for Vauxhall Motors and the Saint Lucia national football team. In August 2023 he joined Atherton Collieries of the Northern Premier League. Previously he played for Marine in the Northern Premier League, nonleaguedaily.com winning promotion to the Northern Premier League Premier Division at the end of the 2021/22 season following victory in the playoff final.
Early life Solomon-Davies was born in Saint Lucia to an English father, and moved to England at the age of six. His grandfather, Carlos "Ball" Southwell was a Saint Lucian footballer.
While a pupil at St Anselm's College, Birkenhead (Edmund Rice Trust), he won the national 100 metres final in 11.3 seconds, competing in the English Schools' Athletics Championships, in Bedford, in July 2015, aged 15.
Career At age 17 Solomon-Davies made his professional debut with Tranmere Rovers in a 1–0 National League win over Maidstone United on 29 April 2017.
The following season, on 24 April 2018, Solomon-Davies made his second senior team appearance for Tranmere Rovers in the home fixture against Solihull Moors, losing 2–1.
Having declined the offer of a professional contract with Tranmere Rovers, Solomon-Davies signed with Stalybridge Celtic on 27 September 2018, on a non-contract basis.
In August 2019, he signed for Marine. Solomon-Davies appeared in every round as Marine F.C. progressed to the Third Round of the FA Cup during the 2020/21 season where they were rewarded with a home tie versus Tottenham Hotspur, the widest gap (167 places) between two competing clubs in FA Cup history. In 2023, he was part of the Marine side which won the Liverpool Senior Cup before leaving the club in May 2023.
International career On 22 October 2016, Solomon-Davies made his international debut, aged 16, for Saint Lucia's Under-20 team against Haiti in the Caribbean Union qualifying tournament for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup held at the Ergilio Hato Stadium, Curaçao. Solomon-Davies went on to represent Saint Lucia throughout the tournament in subsequent games against Trinidad & Tobago and Cuba.
Solomon-Davies made his senior debut for the Saint Lucia national football team in a 1–0 friendly loss to Grenada on 28 February 2019.
Career statistics Club
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupEFL CupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsTranmere Rovers2016–17National League1000—00102017–181000—0010Total2000—0020Stalybridge Celtic2018–19Northern Premier League Premier Division18100—1Appearances in the FA Trophy0191Marine2019–20Northern Premier League Division One North West29140—3One appearance in the FA Trophy; one appearance in the Northern Premier League Challenge Cup; one appearance in the Liverpool Senior Cup03612020–212050—2090Total31190—50451Career total51290—60662
International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsSaint Lucia201920Total20
References
External links
Rovers Rearguard Profile Stalybridge Celtic Profile