Matthew Metcalf

{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}} {{Use British English|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Matthew Metcalf |fullname = Matthew Adam Metcalf<ref name="Timeless" /> |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|7|28|df=y}} |birth_place = Norwich, England |death_date = |death_place = |position = Forward |years1 = |clubs1 = Wymondham Town |caps1 = |goals1 = |years2 = |clubs2 = Wroxham |caps2 = |goals2 = 50+ |years3 = |clubs3 = Diss Town |caps3 = |goals3 = |years4 = |clubs4 = Braintree Town |caps4 = |goals4 = |years5 =1993–1994 |clubs5 = Brentford |caps5 =7 |goals5 =0 |years6 = |clubs6 = Wroxham |caps6 = |goals6 = }}

'''Matthew Adam Metcalf''' (born 28 July 1969) is an English retired professional football forward who played in the Football League for Brentford.<ref name="Timeless">{{Cite book |title=Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006 |last=Haynes |first=Graham |last2=Coumbe |first2=Frank |publisher=Yore Publications |year=2006 |isbn=978-0955294914 |location=Harefield |pages=108}}</ref>

== 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.<ref name="BBB90s">{{Cite book|title=The Big Brentford Book Of The Nineties|last=Croxford|first=Mark|last2=Lane|first2=David|last3=Waterman|first3=Greville|publisher=Legends Publishing|year=2013|isbn=9781906796723|location=Sunbury, Middlesex|page=404}}</ref> 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.<ref name="BBB90s" /> 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.<ref name="BBB90s" /> He scored 13 goals in 22 reserve appearances for Brentford.<ref name="BBB90s" />

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

== Career statistics == {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |Wroxham |1992–93 | | | | | | | | | | |50 |- |Brentford |1993–94{{Sfn|Croxford|Lane|Waterman|2013|p=479}} |Second Division |7 |0 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |— |2<ref name=":0" group="lower-alpha">Appearances in Football League Trophy.</ref> |0 |9 |0 |- ! colspan="3" |Career total !7 !0 !0 !0 ! colspan="2" |— !2 !0 !9 !0 |} <references group="lower-alpha" />

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Metcalf, Matthew}} Category:1969 births Category:Footballers from Norwich Category:English men's footballers Category:English Football League players Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Brentford F.C. players Category:Braintree Town F.C. players Category:Diss Town F.C. players Category:Wroxham F.C. players Category:Living people Category:Southern Football League players Category:Wymondham Town F.C. players