David John Metchick (born 14 August 1943) is an English former professional
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
in
England
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and the
United States
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. In England, he played in the
Football League for
Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient Football Club is a professional football club based in Leyton, East London, England, who compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They are the second oldest football club in London to play at a profession ...
,
Brentford,
Fulham,
Peterborough United
Peterborough United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Peterborough have a long-standing ...
and
Queens Park Rangers
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and in the United States he played in the
North American Soccer League for
Atlanta Apollos and
Miami Gatos. He was capped by England at
youth level.
Club career
After beginning his career as an apprentice with
Football League club
Fulham, Metchick turned professional in 1961 and made 47 league appearances and scored 9 goals for the club.
He later played for
Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient Football Club is a professional football club based in Leyton, East London, England, who compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They are the second oldest football club in London to play at a profession ...
,
Peterborough United
Peterborough United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Peterborough have a long-standing ...
,
Queens Park Rangers
Queens Park Rangers Football Club, commonly abbreviated to QPR, is a professional football club based in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England, which compete in the . After a nomadic early existence, they have played home matches at Loftus Ro ...
.
Metchick played for
North American Soccer League club
Atlanta Chiefs in
1970
Events
January
* January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC.
* January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and ...
and returned to
England
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to play with the
reserve team
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at
First Division club
Arsenal during the
1970–71 season.
Either side of a spell with
Miami Gatos in
1972
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar tim ...
, Metchick made a return to Atlanta Chiefs in
1971 and
1973
Events January
* January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union.
* January 15 – Vietnam War: ...
.
Metchick returned to England in 1973 to play for
Fourth Division club
Brentford.
After his release in 1975, Metchick wound down his career in
non-League football.
He returned to Brentford on a non-contract basis between January and March 1978, but did not make a first team appearance.
International career
In 1961, Metchick won six caps and scored two goals for
England Youth
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.
Personal life
Metchick is
Jewish
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and worked as a
black cab
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driver.
Honours
Atlanta Chiefs
*
North American Soccer League Southern Division:
1971
Individual
* North American Soccer League All-Stars First Team:
1970
Events
January
* January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC.
* January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and ...
*North American Soccer League All-Stars Second Team:
1972
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar tim ...
Career statistics
References
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Metchick, Dave
1943 births
Living people
English footballers
English Jews
Jewish footballers
Jewish British sportspeople
Fulham F.C. players
Leyton Orient F.C. players
Peterborough United F.C. players
Queens Park Rangers F.C. players
Arsenal F.C. players
Atlanta Chiefs players
North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
Miami Toros players
Brentford F.C. players
Hendon F.C. players
Association football midfielders
Barnet F.C. players
Hillingdon Borough F.C. players
Woking F.C. players
Weymouth F.C. players
English Football League players
England youth international footballers
Southern Football League players
Isthmian League players
English expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Expatriate soccer players in the United States
English expatriate footballers
British taxi drivers