David McGhee

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David McGhee
Personal information
Full name David Christopher McGhee [1]
Date of birth (1976-06-19) 19 June 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth Worthing, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [2]
Position(s) Utility player
Youth career
Plymouth Argyle
St Austell
1993–1995 Brentford
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1995–1999 Brentford 124 (9)
1999 Stevenage Borough 2 (0)
1999–2004 Leyton Orient 114 (7)
2004–2006 Canvey Island 42 (1)
2006 Chelmsford City 7 (0)
2006 Wivenhoe Town 6 (0)
2006–2007 Falmouth Town 24 (4)
2007–2015 Lanreath
Managerial career
2014–2015 Lanreath (player-manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Christopher McGhee (born 19 June 1976) is an English retired professional footballer, who made over 230 appearances as a utility player in the Football League for Brentford and Leyton Orient.

Contents

Playing career

Early years

McGhee was born in Worthing. Starting out as a defender, he began his career in the youth system at Plymouth Argyle. [3] He was not taken on as a scholar by first team manager Peter Shilton and dropped into non-League football to sign for local South Western League club St Austell. [3]

Brentford

McGhee joined Second Division club Brentford on trial in 1993, after the club responded to a contact request from his father. [3] He signed a professional contract with the Bees in April 1994 and received his maiden call into the first team squad for a Football League Trophy first round match versus Brighton & Hove Albion on 19 October that year. [4] [5] He remained on the bench for the 1–0 victory. [5] McGhee's professional debut came on 21 January 1995, when he replaced Darren Annon during a 2–1 league win over Hull City. [5] He was largely an unused substitute during the rest of the 1994–95 season, finishing with seven appearances and scored one goal. [6]

McGhee established himself in the first team during the 1995–96 season, wearing five different shirt numbers and proving to be an able utility player. [7] He made 45 appearances and scored six goals. [6]

McGhee's best season for Brentford came in 1996–97, when he made a season-high 53 appearances and scored two goals. [8] The Bees led the Second Division for much of the first two-thirds of the season, before dropping to fourth position and qualifying for the playoffs. [9] After beating Bristol City 4–2 on aggregate in the semi-finals, the Bees lost 1–0 to Crewe Alexandra at Wembley Stadium in the final. [10]

McGhee was again a regular pick during the 1997–98 season, making 33 appearances and scoring one goal in which Brentford's playoff hangover consigned them to relegation to the Third Division after a final-day defeat to Bristol Rovers. [11] A succession of injuries saw McGhee miss the entire 1998–99 season, and he retired in January 1999. [12] He made 138 appearances and scored 10 goals during his time at Griffin Park. [12]

Stevenage Borough

McGhee came out of retirement to sign for Conference club Stevenage Borough in August 1999. [12] He made two appearances before departing Broadhall Way before the end of the first month of the season. [13]

Leyton Orient

McGhee returned to the Football League to sign for struggling Third Division club Leyton Orient in November 1999. [1] He quickly established himself in the side, making 23 appearances and scoring one goal during the remainder of the 1999–00 season to help the Os retain their league status. [14] McGhee had an excellent 2000–01 season, making 51 appearances and scoring three goals as the Os finished in the playoff positions. [15] As with Brentford in 1997, McGhee suffered heartbreak in his second appearance at Wembley Stadium, with Orient crashing to a 4–2 defeat to Blackpool in the final, after having twice taken the lead. [16]

Orient suffered a hangover in the 2001–02 season, though McGhee again featured in almost all the club's matches, making 45 appearances and scoring two goals. [17] McGhee's run as a mainstay of the team came to an end on 10 September 2002, when he suffered a ruptured achilles tendon after 11 minutes of a 3–2 League Cup first round victory over Queens Park Rangers. [18] [19] He returned to match play just over a year later and was named captain, but managed just 12 appearances and one goal during the 2003–04 season, [20] before leaving the club on 25 March 2004. [21] McGhee made 135 appearances and scored seven goals during five years at Brisbane Road. [22] His performances earned him the nickname "Mad Dog". [21]

Return to non-League football

On 25 March 2004, McGhee dropped into non-League football to join high-flying Isthmian League Premier Division club Canvey Island on a contract running until the end of the 2005–06 season. [21] Following the club's promotion to the Conference Premier at the end of the 2003–04 season, McGhee failed to hold down a regular place in the team and made 47 appearances and scored one goal before departing at the end of the 2005–06 season. [23] [24] [25]

McGhee continued his descent down the pyramid with short spells at Isthmian League clubs Chelmsford City and Wivenhoe Town respectively during the first half of the 2006–07 season. [26] McGhee returned to Cornwall in late 2006 to sign for South Western League club Falmouth Town. [27] He signed for East Cornwall League Premier Division club Lanreath in 2007 and played for the team until 2015. [28] [29] He re-emerged with the club's veterans' team 2017, playing as a goalkeeper. [30]

Managerial career

McGhee has held coaching and assistant manager positions in the youth setup at local Cornish club Looe Town. [31] He served as joint-player-manager of East Cornwall League First Division club Lanreath during the 2014–15 season. [28]

Personal life

McGhee's son Callum played under his management at Lanreath. [32] In March 2015, McGhee was diagnosed with a brain tumour. [28]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] League cup [lower-alpha 2] OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brentford 1994–95 [6] Second Division 7100000071
1995–96 [6] 36540213 [lower-alpha 3] 0456
1996–97 [8] 45131302 [lower-alpha 4] 0532
1997–98 [11] 291202000331
Total117791715013810
Stevenage Borough 1999–00 [14] Conference 20———20
Leyton Orient 1999–00 [14] Third Division 221——1 [lower-alpha 3] 0231
2000–01 [15] 39340404 [lower-alpha 5] 0513
2001–02 [17] 40240001 [lower-alpha 3] 0452
2002–03 [18] 3000100040
2003–04 [20] 10110001 [lower-alpha 3] 0121
Total11479050701357
Canvey Island 2003–04 [23] Isthmian League Premier Division40———40
2004–05 [24] Conference Premier 22100—3 [lower-alpha 6] 0251
2005–06 [25] 20000—2 [lower-alpha 6] 0220
Total46100—50511
Chelmsford City 2006–07 [26] Isthmian League Premier Division7000——70
Wivenhoe Town 2006–07 [26] Isthmian League First Division North60———60
Career total2921518112117035018
  1. ↑ Includes FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes League Cup
  3. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in Football League Trophy
  4. ↑ Appearances in Second Division play-offs
  5. ↑ 3 appearances in Third Division play-offs, 1 appearance in Football League Trophy
  6. 1 2 Appearances in FA Trophy

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  3. 1 2 3 Brentford F.C. Griffin Gazette versus Huddersfield Town. Quay Design of Poole. 21 February 1995. p. 28.
  4. ↑ Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2013). The Big Brentford Book Of The Nineties. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. p. 412. ISBN   9781906796723.
  5. 1 2 3 Griffin Gazette versus AFC Bournemouth. Poole: Quay Design. 29 April 1995. pp. 34–35.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Croxford, Lane & Waterman 2013, p. 480-481.
  7. ↑ Griffin Gazette versus AFC Bournemouth. Poole: Quay Design. 4 May 1996. pp. 30–31.
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  9. ↑ "Brentford Home Page for the 1996–1997 season". Statto.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
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  11. 1 2 "Games played by Dave McGhee in 1997/1998". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  12. 1 2 3 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 46. ISBN   978-0955294914.
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  15. 1 2 "Games played by Dave McGhee in 2000/2001". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  16. ↑ "Clockwatch: Blackpool 4–2 Orient". BBC. 26 May 2001. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
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  18. 1 2 "Games played by Dave McGhee in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
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