Josh Solomon-Davies

Joshua Solomon-Davies (born 20 November 1999) is a Saint Lucian semi-professional footballer who plays as a right back for Bala Town 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, winning promotion to the Northern Premier League Premier Division at the end of the 2021/22 season following victory in the play off 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.