Matthew Metcalf

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Matthew Metcalf
Personal information
Full name Matthew Adam Metcalf [1]
Date of birth (1969-07-28) 28 July 1969 (age 56)
Place of birth Norwich, England
Position Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Wymondham Town
Wroxham
Diss Town
Braintree Town
1993–1994 Brentford 7 (0)
Wroxham
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Matthew Adam Metcalf (born 28 July 1969) is an English retired professional football forward who played in the Football League for Brentford. [1]

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Career

Metcalf scored over 100 goals in non-league football for local Norfolk clubs Wymondham Town, Diss Town and Wroxham before joining Southern League South Division club Braintree Town. [2] There he was spotted by Bobby Tambling and recommended to David Webb, manager of newly relegated Second Division club Brentford, early in the 1993–94 season. [2] Metcalf signed a two-year contract with the Bees for a £10,000 fee in September 1993, but made just 9 appearances before his contract was terminated at the end of the season. [2] He scored 13 goals in 22 reserve appearances for Brentford. [2]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brentford 1993–94 [3] Second Division 7000—2 [a] 090
Career total7000—2090
  1. ↑ Appearances in Football League Trophy.

References

  1. 1 2 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 108. ISBN   978-0955294914.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2013). The Big Brentford Book Of The Nineties. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. p. 404. ISBN   9781906796723.
  3. ↑ Croxford, Lane & Waterman 2013, p. 479.
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