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Dave McSweeney Personal information Full name David McSweeney Date of birth 28 December 1981 Place of birth Basildon, England Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Playing position Defender Club information Current club Billericay Town Youth career 199?–2000 Southend United Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2000–2004 Southend United 70 (1) 2004 → Welling United (loan) ? (?) 2004–2009 Billericay Town ? (?) 2009– Billericay Town ? (?) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:25, 2 October 2009 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).David "Dave" McSweeney (born 28 December 1981) is a semi-professional English footballer, who plays as a defender for Billericay Town.
He has also played for Southend United in the Football League from 2000 to 2004. He then dropped into non-League football and had a brief loan spell with Crawley Town in 2004, before joining Billericay Town on a permanent basis. He is also a builder whilst playing semi-professional football.
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Football career
McSweeney joined Southend United as a youth, aged 15.[1] 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.[2] He went on to make 70 appearances in The Football League for Southend,[3] scoring one goal, which came against Carlisle United on 20 September 2004.[3] He was loaned out to Welling United towards the end of his Southend career.[4]
McSweeney then dropped into non-League football football joining Essex outfit Billericay Town in the summer of 2004, after training with Crawley Town and Dagenham & Redbridge.[1] He made over 200 appearances for the club.[5] After five years with Billericay, McSweeney left the club stating he signed for Grays Athletic in the Conference National in June 2009.[6] He rejoined Billericay making his second debut on 26 September in the 4–2 away loss against Chesham United.[7]
Personal life
McSweeney was born in Basildon, Essex.[3] He is also a builder whilst playing as a semi-professional footballer.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Player profile: David McSweeney". Non-League Daily. http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/teams/players.php?pid=17712. Retrieved 2009-04-08.
- ^ "Results/Fixtures: Southend 1-0 York". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=298565. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
- ^ a b c "Players: Dave McSweeney". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=21682. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
- ^ Robert Craven (2004-12-28). "TLG Review of 2004 – May". Southend United Mad. http://www.southendunited-mad.co.uk/news/loadnews.asp?cid=TMNW&id=195974. Retrieved 2009-04-08.
- ^ a b "Player Profile: Dave McSweeney". Billericay Town F.C.. http://www.billericaytownfc.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=127&catid=68&Itemid=91. Retrieved 2009-04-06.[dead link]
- ^ "McSweeney quits Town to join up with Grays". Echo. 2009-06-08. http://www.echo-news.co.uk/sport/4425112.McSweeney_quits_Town_to_join_up_with_Grays/. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
- ^ "Chesham United 4, Billericay Town 2". Echo. 2009-09-28. http://www.echo-news.co.uk/sport/football/nonleague/4652106.Chesham_United_4__Billericay_Town_2/. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
External links
Categories:- 1981 births
- Living people
- People from Basildon
- English footballers
- Southend United F.C. players
- Welling United F.C. players
- Billericay Town F.C. players
- The Football League players
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