- Matt Carmichael (footballer)
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Matt Carmichael Personal information Full name Matthew Carmichael Date of birth 13 May 1964 Place of birth Singapore Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Playing position Forward, Defender Club information Current club Retired Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† Durrington Rangers Salisbury City 1987–1988 Wycombe Wanderers Bromley Basingstoke Town 1989–1993 Lincoln City 133 (18) 1993–1995 Scunthorpe United 62 (20) 1994 → Barnet (loan) 3 (0) 1994–1995 Preston North End 10 (3) 1995–1996 Mansfield Town 1 (1) 1995–1996 Doncaster Rovers 27 (4) 1995–1996 Darlington 13 (2) 1996 TPS Turku 4 (1) 1996–1997 Aylesbury United 1997–1998 Ilkeston Town 1998–1999 Stamford 1998–1999 Boston United 1999–2000 Grantham Town 1999–2000 Stamford 2000–2001 Wisbech Town 2000–2001 Lincoln United * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). Matthew Carmichael (born 13 May 1964) is a former English footballer who played 249 games in the Football league, scoring 48 times. He is currently the acting kit manager at Lincoln City.
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League career
A PT instructor in the Royal Artillery, Carmichael signed for Lincoln City on a month's trial in 1989.[1] Thrust straight into Lincoln's first team at centre-forward, Carmichael responded by scoring, on his debut against Scunthorpe United.[1] He followed this up with the only goal in the following game, a week later, away to Aldershot and was swiftly brought out of the army and signed to a contract. In his second season at the club, Carmichael made occasional appearances at centre-half as well as centre-forward and spent both the 1991-1992 and 1992-1993 seasons as a virtual ever present at the heart of Lincoln's defence. In 1991/92 he was Lincoln's Player of the Season.[1]
It was with some surprise that on being appointed manager of Lincoln City, Keith Alexander's first transfer business was to swap Carmichael for Scunthorpe United's Dave Hill. Restored to the forward line, Carmichael scored a total of 24 goals, with 18 in the league, during a highly successful 1993-1994 season. He also established a club record when between 28 December 1993 and 19 February 1994 he scored in eight successive matches.[2] However, he struggled to maintain such form the following season and joined Barnet on a month's loan in September 1994 before joining Preston North End in March 1995 for the remainder of the season, briefly playing alongside a young David Beckham.
He made a solitary, goalscoring, appearance for Mansfield Town at the start of the 1995-1996 season before linking up with Doncaster Rovers and then, at the end of February, Darlington. He helped Darlington reach the 1996 Endsleigh League Division Three play-off final where they were defeated 1-0 by Plymouth Argyle on 25 May 1996 at Wembley Stadium; the match would prove to be Carmichael's final game as a professional.
Post League Career
Following his release by Darlington, Carmichael played four games for TPS Turku in the Finnish Veikkausliiga, and he scored one goal for them, on 30 June 1996 against HJK Helsinki.[3] He then joined Aylesbury United, and he scored on his debut for them in the 2-1 away defeat to Hitchin Town on 17 August 1996. His last game for the Ducks was on 12 April 1997 against Heybridge Swifts.[4] Carmichael then linked up with Ilkeston Town, under the management of the man who transferred him from Lincoln, Keith Alexander.
Carmichael later played for Boston United in the 1998/99 season (where he scored 20 times in 34 matches), and had a 10-game spell with Grantham Town in the 1999-2000 season.[4]
He later joined Wisbech Town, then under the management of his former Boston United teammate Ian Stringfellow, debuting in the 1-1 home draw with Histon on 26 September 2000. However, after just five league games and one goal for the Fenman, financial constraints saw six of the squad, Carmichael included, depart the club following the 2-0 home defeat to Newport IOW on 21 October 2000. Carmichael moved on to Lincoln United but a persistent back injury curtailed his appearances and he wound his career down with various clubs in the Lincoln & District Sunday League.[5]
References/Notes
- ^ a b c "Carmichael in". Lincoln City F.C. Official Website. 25 April 2007. http://www.redimps.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10440~1016462,00.html. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
- ^ "Historical landmarks". Scunthorpe United F.C. Official Website. 25 May 2008. http://www.scunthorpe-united.premiumtv.co.uk/page/History/0,,10442~401407,00.html. Retrieved 2008-09-09.
- ^ Hammond (ed), Mike (1997). The European Football Yearbook 1997/98. Sports Projects Ltd. ISBN 0-946866-42-2.
- ^ a b "Matt Carmichael Playing Profile and Playing Career". Aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk. http://www.aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk/players/matt-carmichael/. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
- ^ A number of sources, including since1888.co.uk, list Carmichael as having gone on to play for the likes of Little Oakley, Harwich & Parkeston, Wivenhoe Town, Maldon Town and Halstead Town. This is a case of mistaken identity with the former Norwich City youth player Matt Carmichael.
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Categories:- 1964 births
- Living people
- English footballers
- Association football forwards
- Association football defenders
- The Football League players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Salisbury City F.C. players
- Wycombe Wanderers F.C. players
- Bromley F.C. players
- Lincoln City F.C. players
- Scunthorpe United F.C. players
- Barnet F.C. players
- Preston North End F.C. players
- Mansfield Town F.C. players
- Darlington F.C. players
- TPS Turku footballers
- Aylesbury United F.C. players
- Ilkeston Town F.C. players
- Stamford A.F.C. players
- Boston United F.C. players
- Grantham Town F.C. players
- Wisbech Town F.C. players
- Lincoln United F.C. players
- British people of Singaporean descent
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