Micah Hyde (footballer)

This article is about the football (soccer) player. For the American football player, see Micah Hyde (American football).

Micah Hyde

Personal information
Full name	Micah Anthony Hyde [1]
Date of birth	(1974-11-10) 10 November 1974 (age 49) [1]
Place of birth	Upton Park, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Queens Park Rangers (Under 18's Head coach)
Youth career
	Brimsdown Rovers [2]
0000–1993	Cambridge United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–1997	Cambridge United	107	(13)
1995	→ Euran Pallo (loan)	10	(3)
1997–2004	Watford	253	(24)
2004–2007	Burnley	102	(1)
2007–2008	Peterborough United	64	(0)
2009	Woking	4	(0)
2009–2010	Barnet	41	(1)
2010–2011	Billericay Town
2011	Aveley
2011–2012	St Albans City	31	(2)
2016	Ware	1	(0)
Total		613	(44)
International career
2001–2004	Jamaica	17	(1)
Managerial career
2020–	Queens Park Rangers Under 18's
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Micah Anthony Hyde (born 10 November 1974) is a coach and former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently Head Coach for Queens Park Rangers Under 18's.

He played for Cambridge United and Finnish club Euran Pallo before joining Watford. He made more than 250 league appearances for Watford between 1997 and 2004, and played in the Premier League during the 1999–2000 season. He went on to play for Burnley and Peterborough United before slipping out of professional football in 2009 where he joined Conference Premier side Woking. He briefly returned to the Football League with Barnet before returning to finish his career in non-league with Billericay Town, Aveley and St Albans City.

Hyde was born in England, and made 17 appearances for Jamaica, scoring once.

Hyde came out of retirement in January 2016 signing for Southern Football League side Ware, managed by Ken Charlery. ^[3]

Club career

Born in Upton Park in the London Borough of Newham, ^[4] he played for the youth team of Brimsdown Rovers alongside David Beckham. ^[5] He joined Watford in 1997 after a move from Cambridge United. Having made well over 200 appearances for Watford, he was sold to Burnley in mid-2004, scoring on his debut against Sheffield United. ^[6]

Hyde became an established Championship player and was largely considered one of Burnley's most consistent performers over the last two years. His hard-working play in the centre of the park made him almost ever-present in the side. In the 2004–05 season, he ensured himself of a place in Burnley's history when he scored the equalising goal away at Blackburn Rovers, Burnley's local rivals, in a FA Cup game. ^[7] At the end of the 2005–06 season, he was placed on the transfer list by Burnley manager Steve Cotterill along with three other players; Gifton Noel-Williams, Danny Karbassiyoon and Duane Courtney, but due to his efforts in pre-season was once again welcomed back to the first-team squad and taken off the list.

On 11 January 2007, he moved to Peterborough United for an initial fee of £75,000 plus an extra £25,000 if Peterborough were promoted in that season. In the 2008–09 season Hyde lost the captaincy at Peterborough to Craig Morgan. Manager, Darren Ferguson, said his reason for this was that he was going to use Micah Hyde 'more sparingly' this term. It was announced after their FA Cup match against Tranmere Rovers on 29 November 2008, that Hyde had his contract cancelled by mutual consent after rejecting loan moves to Barnet, Notts County and Stevenage Borough.

In December 2008 Gillingham manager Mark Stimson took Hyde on trial, with a view to signing the player in the January transfer window. ^[8] He signed a contract with Woking until the end of the 2008–09 season, on 27 February. He made his debut a day later against Burton Albion. He was released after Woking's relegation and signed a one-year deal with Barnet in July 2009. ^[9] He scored his first goal for Barnet in the FA Cup against Darlington. ^[10] He then scored his first league goal for Barnet against Aldershot in February 2010. ^[11] On 2 June 2010, it was announced on the club website that Hyde had been released by Barnet. He signed for Billericay Town in July.

He signed for St Albans City in December 2011 ^[12] which is where he remained before retiring from competitive football at the end of the 2011–12 season.

Hyde came out of retirement in January 2016, to sign for Ware, making his debut in a 2–1 home defeat to Kings Langley on 30 January 2016. ^[13]

Hyde has worked as an academy coach at Dagenham & Redbridge. ^[14] and as of August 2020 works as an academy coach at QPR. ^[15]

International career

Despite being born in England, Hyde opted to play for Jamaica, for whom he scored once in 17 appearances between 2001 and 2004.

Personal life

He is the father of Dagenham & Redbridge player Tyrique Hyde. ^[14]

Career statistics

Club

Source: Micah Hyde at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Cambridge United	1993–94	Second Division	18	2	2	0	0	0	2 [lower-alpha 1]	0	22	2
	1994–95	Second Division	27	0	4	0	2	0	1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	34	0
	1995–96	Third Division	24	4	1	0	0	0	1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	26	4
	1996–97	Third Division	38	7	2	0	1	0	1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	42	7
	Total		107	13	9	0	3	0	5	0	124	13
Euran Pallo (loan)	1995	Kakkonen	10	3	—		—		—		10	3
Watford	1997–98	Second Division	40	4	5	0	4	1	0	0	49	5
	1998–99	First Division	44	2	1	0	2	0	3 [lower-alpha 2]	0	50	2
	1999–2000	Premier League	34	3	1	0	3	1	—		38	4
	2000–01	First Division	26	6	0	0	1	0	—		27	6
	2001–02	First Division	39	4	0	0	4	2	—		43	6
	2002–03	First Division	37	4	4	0	1	0	—		42	4
	2003–04	First Division	33	1	2	0	2	0	—		37	1
	Total		253	24	13	0	17	4	3	0	286	28
Burnley	2004–05	Championship	38	1	4	1	4	0	—		46	2
	2005–06	Championship	41	0	1	0	2	0	—		44	0
	2006–07	Championship	23	0	0	0	1	0	—		24	0
	Total		102	1	5	1	7	0	—		114	2
Peterborough United	2006–07	League Two	18	0	—		—		—		18	0
	2007–08	League Two	37	0	3	0	1	0	2 [lower-alpha 1]	0	43	0
	2008–09	League One	9	0	0	0	0	0	1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	10	0
	Total		64	0	3	0	1	0	3	0	71	0
Woking	2008–09	Conference Premier	4	0	—		—		—		4	0
Barnet	2009–10	League Two	41	1	3	1	1	0	1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	46	2
St Albans City	2011–12	SL Premier Division	16	1	—		—		0	0	16	1
	2012–13	SL Premier Division	15	1	2	0	—		1 [lower-alpha 3]	0	18	1
	Total		31	2	2	0	—		1	0	34	2
Ware	2015–16	SL Division One Central	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
Career total			613	44	35	2	29	4	13	0	690	50

1. Appearances in Football League Trophy
2. Appearances in First Division play-offs
3. Appearances in FA Trophy

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Jamaica [16]	2001	5	0
	2002	2	0
	2003	2	0
	2004	8	1
Total		17	1

International goals

England score listed first, score column indicates score after each Hyde goal.

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	8 September 2004	Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador	16	El Salvador	3–0	3–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

1. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2003). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004. Queen Anne Press. p. 214. ISBN   1-85291-651-6.
2. "History | Brimsdown Rovers F.C". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
3. "Veteran midfielder Micah Hyde joins Ware". 8 January 2016.
4. Football.co.uk Micah Hyde Player Profile
5. "Becks' Brimsdown boost". The Football Association. 24 September 2004. Archived from the original on 11 October 2004. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
6. "Burnley 1-1 Sheff Utd". BBC. 7 August 2004. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
7. "Blackburn 2-1 Burnley". BBC. 1 March 2005. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
8. http://www.medwaymessenger.co.uk/kol08/article/default.asp?article_id=53381%5B%5D
9. Dennis Signy (9 July 2009). "Micah Hyde signs for Barnet". Barnet F.C. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
10. "Barnet 3 - 1 Darlington". BBC. 7 November 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
11. "Barnet 3 - 0 Aldershot". BBC. 6 February 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
12. "St Albans City sign former Watford midfielder". 7 December 2011.
13. "Match Overview: Ware 1 - 2 Kings Langley : 1st Team".
14. "Dagenham & Redbridge teenager Tyrique Hyde hopes to follow in footsteps of father Micah". BBC. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
15. "Ramsey: QPR to keep 'microwaving' players – but a B team isn't the way forward". West London Sport. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
16. "Hyde, Micah". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 23 May 2020.

External links

• Micah Hyde at Soccerbase
• Profile at St Albans City FC