David McSweeney (born 28 December 1981) is a semi-professional English

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, who played as a defender. He has also played for Southend United in the Football League from 2000 to 2004. He then dropped into

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and had a brief loan spell with Welling United in 2004, before joining

Billericay Town Billericay Town Football Club is a football club based in Billericay, Essex, England. The club are currently members of and play at New Lodge. They are the second most successful club in FA Vase history, having won the competition on three o ...

on a permanent basis. He is also a

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whilst playing

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football.

Football career

McSweeney joined Southend United as a youth, aged 15. He made his debut in the Second Division for Southend United on 14 October 2000, at home to York City in the 1–0 victory, replacing Garry Cross in the 73rd minute. He went on to make 70 appearances in The Football League for Southend, scoring one goal, which came against

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on 20 September 2004. He was loaned out to Welling United towards the end of his Southend career. McSweeney then dropped into

joining Essex outfit

in the summer of 2004, after training with Crawley Town and

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. He made over 200 appearances for the club. After five years with Billericay, McSweeney left the club stating he signed for

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in the

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in June 2009. He rejoined Billericay making his second debut on 26 September in the 4–2 away loss against

Chesham United Chesham United Football Club is a semi-professional football club in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England. Nicknamed "the Generals", they are currently members of the and play at the Meadow. History The club was established in 1917 by a merger o ...

Personal life

McSweeney was born in Basildon, Essex. He is also a

whilst playing as a

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:McSweeney, Dave 1981 births Living people Footballers from Basildon English men's footballers Southend United F.C. players Welling United F.C. players Billericay Town F.C. players Hornchurch F.C. players English Football League players Isthmian League players Men's association football defenders