Michael Meaker

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Michael Meaker
Personal information
Full name Michael John Meaker [1]
Date of birth (1971-08-18) 18 August 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth Greenford, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Taunton Town (player-coach)
Youth career
0000–1990 Queens Park Rangers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1990–1995 Queens Park Rangers 34 (1)
1991 → Plymouth Argyle (loan) 4 (0)
1995–1998 Reading 67 (2)
1998–2001 Bristol Rovers 27 (2)
2000 → Swindon Town (loan) 6 (0)
2001 Plymouth Argyle 11 (1)
2001–2002 Northwich Victoria 8 (1)
2002–2004 Southall Town 56 (43)
2004 Henley Town 13 (16)
2004–2005 Mangotsfield United 18 (4)
2005–2006 Hounslow Borough 34 (41)
2006 Mangotsfield United 7 (0)
2006–2007 Hounslow Borough 0 (0)
2007–2009 Bitton
2007 → Paulton Rovers (loan)
2009–2011 Mangotsfield United 84 (19)
2011–2015 Yate Town 18 (3)
2015–2018 Taunton Town 5 (0)
2018–2019 Truro City 0 (0)
2019– Taunton Town 2 (0)
Total394(133)
International career
Wales U-21 8 (0)
Wales B 1 (0)
Wales 2 (0)
Managerial career
2011–2015 Yate Town (player-assistant)
2015–2018 Taunton Town (player-assistant)
2018–2019 Truro City (player-assistant)
2019– Taunton Town (player-assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michael John Meaker (born 18 August 1971) is a Welsh retired footballer who played as a midfielder and currently football coach.

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Club career

He began his career at Queens Park Rangers, where he played in the FA Premier League. While at QPR, he had a loan spell at Plymouth Argyle. In July 1995 Reading paid £550,000 for his services, [2] and he went on to make 67 appearances for the club before moving to Bristol Rovers in the summer of 1998. He had a loan spell at Swindon Town in 2000, before returning to Plymouth in 2001. He has also played for Northwich Victoria, Henley Town, Southall Town, Mangotsfield United and Hounslow Borough, and in the summer of 2006 he re-joined Mangotsfield for a second spell at the club. [3]

Although not a prolific goalscorer for most of his career, during the 2005–06 season at Hounslow he broke the club record for most league goals in a season (41), [4] and scored a total of 44 in all competitions. [3]

He is a Masters Football Legend helping QPR win the London Masters in 2009 and 2010.

Employed as a coach at Taunton Town since 2019, Meaker also remains registered as a player at the club, making his most recent appearance in a 4–1 win over Paulton Rovers in the semi-finals of the Southern League Cup in January 2022, aged 50. [5]

International career

Meaker was capped twice for the Wales under-21 national team, [6] and made one appearance for the country's B team. [1] He was also called up to the senior national team in 1995 for UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying matches against Bulgaria on 29 March and Georgia on 7 June. [7] [8]

Coaching

He now runs the No.1 Football Academy at the David Lloyd Westbury Health Club in Bristol.

In his time at Yate Town, Meaker was both registered as a player and was also assistant manager for the first team. [9] [10]

From 2015 to 2018, he had the same role at Taunton Town. As of season 2021-22 is still a player-coach at the same club. [11]

In September 2018, Meaker joined Truro City as assistant manager to Leigh Robinson; [12] he was also registered as a player, being listed as a substitute for the 5–0 defeat to Stockport County in the FA Trophy on 12 January 2019. [13] [14] Both Robinson and Meaker departed the club in March 2019. [15]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk - Michael MEAKER - Player Profile". www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk.
  2. ↑ Soccerbase Retrieved 18 October 2006
  3. 1 2 Mangotsfield United player profiles Archived 2010-05-02 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 18 October 2006
  4. ↑ Sport Italia Hellenic League Archived 2006-09-28 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 18 October 2006
  5. ↑ "Taunton Town vs Paulton Rovers".
  6. ↑ Non-League Daily [usurped] Retrieved 19 October 2006
  7. ↑ Bulgaria v Wales
  8. ↑ "Wales v Georgia".
  9. ↑ Ian Traylor and Kayne McLaggon leading Merthyr Town goals rush - and they are gunning for more against Yate, walesonline.co.uk, 28 October 2014
  10. ↑ Profile at Footballdatabase, footballdatabase.eu
  11. ↑ FOOTBALL: Former Bristol Rovers player Michael Meaker appointed Taunton Town assistant manager, somersetcountygazette.co.uk, 21 July 2015
  12. ↑ "Robinson Takes Truro City Helm - Indy Online".
  13. ↑ "Stockport County vs. Truro City - 12 January 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.
  14. ↑ "StackPath". www.trurocityfc.net.
  15. ↑ "Manager Robinson sacked by Truro City" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
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