David Norman Currie (born 27 November 1962) is an English former

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who played as a

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for

Middlesbrough Middlesbrough ( ) is a town on the southern bank of the River Tees in North Yorkshire, England. It is near the North York Moors national park. It is the namesake and main town of its local borough council area. Until the early 1800s, the a ...

Darlington Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. The River Skerne flows through the town; it is a tributary of the River Tees. The Tees itself flows south of the town. In the 19th century, Darlington underwen ...

Barnsley Barnsley () is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. As the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the fourth largest settlement in South Yorkshire. In Barnsley, the population was 96,888 while the wider Borough has ...

Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest Football Club is an association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. Nottingham Forest was founded in 1865 and have been playing their home games at the City Ground, on the banks of the River Tren ...

, Oldham Athletic, Rotherham United, Huddersfield Town,

Carlisle United Carlisle United Football Club ( , ) is a professional association football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. The team compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They have played their home games at Brunton Par ...

and

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. He joined Barnsley in 1988 and played 80 league games for them, scoring 30 goals. Currie joined Nottingham Forest in January 1990, and made his debut for them on 3 February, although in August 1990 he moved again to join Oldham after falling out of favour with manager Brian Clough.

Honours

Carlisle United *

Football League Third Division The Football League Third Division was the third tier of the English football league system in 1920–21 and again from 1958 until 1992. When the FA Premier League was formed, the division become the fourth tier level. In 2004, following the f ...

: 1994–95 *

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runner-up: 1994–95 Individual *

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: 1987–88 Fourth Division, 1988–89 Second Division

References

1962 births Living people Footballers from Stockton-on-Tees English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Middlesbrough F.C. players Darlington F.C. players Nottingham Forest F.C. players Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players Barnsley F.C. players Rotherham United F.C. players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Carlisle United F.C. players Scarborough F.C. players Whitby Town F.C. players English Football League players {{England-footy-forward-1960s-stub