{{About||the Australian bowls player|Stewart Davies (bowls)|the Aboriginal Australian artist|Rainbow cave|those of a similar name|Stuart Davis (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
'''Stewart Davies''' was chairman of Darlington Football Club from 2004 to 2006.
Davies is an accountant with many years experience as senior partner in an insolvency practice.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:NERB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=10F821BE7101FD70&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB57AB53DF815 |title=New Year is the best time to go headhunting |newspaper=The Northern Echo |format=reprint hosted by NewsBank |date=31 January 2006 |accessdate=3 January 2012}}</ref> He, Melvyn Laughton and Sean Verity made up the Sterling Consortium, who offered high-interest loans to Football League clubs after the collapse of ITV Digital left many in financial difficulties and unable to obtain finance elsewhere.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:TND1&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=1329900E8FA4EDB8&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB57AB53DF815 |title=Sterling service comes at a price for those who can afford it least |first=David |last=Conn |newspaper=The Independent |format=reprint hosted by NewsBank |date=3 April 2004 |accessdate=3 January 2012}}<br />{{cite news |url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/archive/2004/03/17/The+North+East+Archive/6997316.The_white_knights_leading_charge_to_buy_out_Quakers/ |title=The white knights leading charge to buy out Quakers |newspaper=The Northern Echo |date=17 March 2004 |accessdate=3 January 2012}}</ref> Recipients included Chesterfield, Barnsley, and Cambridge United.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:TND1&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=132AD2282FC055B0&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB57AB53DF815 |title=Barnsley still facing an uncertain future |first=David |last=Conn |newspaper=The Independent |format=reprint hosted by NewsBank |date=4 January 2003 |accessdate=3 January 2012}}<br />{{cite news |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:TND1&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=132AD49DED44B308&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB57AB53DF815 |title=Ridsdale left bruised but unbowed by Leeds gamble |first=David |last=Conn |newspaper=The Independent |format=reprint hosted by NewsBank |date=1 November 2003 |accessdate=3 January 2012}}</ref>
In 2002, Darlington F.C. chairman George Reynolds borrowed from the consortium and from Davies personally in order to complete construction of the club's new stadium, the Darlington Arena. When Reynolds put the club into administration, Sterling took control of the club and Davies became chairman.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/david-conn-creditors-call-for-investigation-after-darlington-escape-administration-565070.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/david-conn-creditors-call-for-investigation-after-darlington-escape-administration-565070.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Creditors call for investigation after Darlington escape administration |first=David |last=Conn |newspaper=The Independent |date=29 May 2004 |accessdate=24 February 2010}}<br />{{cite news |url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/archive/2004/05/14/The+North+East+Archive/6991084.Don_t_kill_the_club___finance_group_s_appeal_to_creditors/ |title=Don't Kill The Club – Finance Group's Appeal To Creditors |newspaper=The Northern Echo |date=14 May 2004 |accessdate=3 January 2012}}</ref> He and his staff stabilized the club, both financially and in terms of its relationship with supporters <ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/north-east-sport/football/hartlepool-football/2005/03/05/we-won-t-stand-still-84229-15266502/ |title=We won't stand still |first=Andrew |last=Wilkinson |newspaper=Evening Gazette |location=Middlesbrough |date=5 March 2005 |accessdate=24 February 2010}}<br />{{cite news |url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/archive/2006/02/11/The+North+East+Archive/7156701.Davies_learning_the_hard_way/ |title=Davies Learning The Hard Way |newspaper=The Northern Echo |date=11 February 2006 |accessdate=3 January 2012}}</ref> before in March 2006 selling it to property tycoon George Houghton.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/sport/north-east-football/2006/03/18/new-quakers-chairman-salutes-davies-79310-16829485/ |title=New Quakers chairman salutes Davies |first=Paul |last=Gilder |newspaper=The Journal |location=Newcastle |date=18 March 2006 |accessdate=24 February 2010}}</ref>
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