Anthony McNamee

Football player infobox


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fullname = Anthony McNamee
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1983|7|13|df=y
cityofbirth = Lambeth
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Swindon Town
clubnumber = 11
position = Left Midfield
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years = 2002–2008
2003–2004
2007
2008–
clubs = Watford
→ Barnet (loan)
→ Crewe Alexandra (loan)
Swindon Town
caps(goals) = 91 (2)
05 (0)
05 (0)
27 (2)
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Anthony McNamee (born 13 July 1984 in Lambeth, London) is an English footballer. He is a left-midfielder and currently plays for Swindon Town.

McNamee started his career at Watford. He was given his debut by manager Gianluca Vialli on 16 March 2002 at home to Coventry City in a 3–0 First Division win. He continued to make substitute appearances for the remainder of the season, making his first start against Gillingham on the final day of the season, scoring his first professional goal in the process. Despite only making seven appearances that season, it was enough to scoop him the 2001–02 Young Player of the Season award. McNamee continued to feature under new manager Ray Lewington, making 24 appearances in the 2002–03 season. However, concerns about his asthma meant that he was limited to a place on the bench, as it was feared he wouldn't be able to last 90 minutes.

These fears, along with his physical stature put pressure on his footballing career, and he only made two appearances for Watford in the 2003–04 season. McNamee was loaned to Conference side Barnet in December 2003, but failed to make much of an impression.

McNamee made a number of appearances towards the end of the 2004–05 season, under both Lewington and new manager Aidy Boothroyd. He extended his contract until 2008, [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/watford/4227586.stm McNamee signs contract extension] ] and played more frequently as Watford finished third in the Championship. He was on the bench for the play-off semi-final legs against Crystal Palace, but did not play, and he was left out of the 16 for the final against Leeds United, where Watford clinched promotion to the Premiership. In February 2006, McNamee was selected for Peter Taylor's Under-21 Football League squad to face Italy's Serie B team, but didn't make the final team.

McNamee made seven appearances for Watford in the middle of their 2006–07 Premiership season, and also scored the only goal in their fourth round FA Cup victory at West Ham United. Watford would go on to reach the semi-finals of the competition, but McNamee played no further part and was sent on loan to League One side Crewe Alexandra in March 2007 for the remainder of the season. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/crewe_alexandra/6478641.stm Crewe sign Watford winger McNamee] ] He played five times for the Railwaymen.

Watford returned to the Championship for the 2007–08 season, but McNamee only featured in two League Cup games. On 18 January 2008, was sold to League One side Swindon Town for an undisclosed fee. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/swindon_town/7196020.stm Swindon clinch pair from Watford] ] In total he made 103 appearances for Watford, 60 of those from the bench.

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NAME = Anthony McNamee
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SHORT DESCRIPTION = footballer
DATE OF BIRTH = 13 July 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH = Lambeth, England
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