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 (50+)
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]

He became the top goalscorer for Wroxham and scored 50 goals for the club during the 1992–93 season.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Wroxham 1992–9350
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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