David Webster

Defender
  • Height 187 cm
  • Age 34 years, 7 months
  • Place of Birth Dublin
  • Nationality Republic of Ireland
  • Stats based on games populated in our system. They can be viewed below

David’s Biography

David is another product of Bray's impressive under-age system and made his first-team debut on 5 May 2008, when the Seagulls beat Shamrock Rovers 1-0 in a League Cup second round tie.

Dave made his league debut on the opening night of the 2009 season, also against Shamrock Rovers, when he replaced Derek Foran in the 90th minute of a 0-0 draw. He made 28 appearances that year, adding 25 more in 2010. In 2011, his third full season with Bray, he appeared 18 times in the league and scored one goal, in a 2-1 defeat by Bohemians at Dalymount Park.

David re-signed for the 2012 season and made a further twenty-two appearances for the Seasiders, scoring once in a 1-1 draw against Dundalk, as they finished tenth in the table and just avoided relegation. He stayed with the Bray club for the 2013 season and he played in thirty league games as they eleventh and were in the relegation play-offs. They survived by beating Longford Town in those play-offs though.

Once again, Dave re-signed for Bray for a fifth season. He was handed the captain's armband after Danny O'Connor retired, and he started fourteen of the first fifteen games in the league. However, injury prevented Dave playing eleven games in June and July, a period in which Bray didn't win a game. He returned in August against UCD, and Bray picked up their first win in fourteen matches. He then went on to play in six of Bray's final seven matches, as they once again finished tenth and avoided the play-offs.

In November 2014, Dave moved to Shamrock Rovers under Pat Fenlon. He went on to make 24 league appearances for the club as Shamrock Rovers finished third in the 2015 Premier Division. He also scored his first goal for the club in the 3-0 win over Progrés Niederkorn in the Europa League whilst playing in all four matches as Rovers went out to Norwegian team Odds. In 2016 Dave made 21 league appearances (26 in all competitions) for the Hoops.

In November 2016, it was announced that Dave had signed a new deal under new Rovers head coach Stephen Bradley for the 2017 season but in November 2017 he was released after three years with the Hoops. Two weeks later Dave signed for  Waterford where he played for 2018 and in 2019 he signed with St Patrick's Athletic for 2019.

In 2020 David was on the move agan, this time signing for Ollie Horgan at Finn Harps where he stayed for three seasons, leaving after relegation at the end of 2022 when he returned to his former club Bray Wanderers.

After just one season back at Bray, Dave left the club to join Drogheda United.