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 54)
Place of birth Norwich, England
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (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]

Career[edit]

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[edit]

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brentford 1993–94[3] Second Division 7 0 0 0 2[a] 0 9 0
Career total 7 0 0 0 2 0 9 0
  1. ^ Appearances in Football League Trophy.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 108. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  2. ^ a b c d 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.