Dave McSweeney

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Dave McSweeney
Personal information
Full nameDavid McSweeney
Date of birth (1981-12-28) 28 December 1981
Place of birthBasildon, England
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing positionDefender
Youth career
199?–2000Southend United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2000–2004Southend United70(1)
2004Welling United (loan)?(?)
2004–2009Billericay Town?(?)
2009–201?Billericay Town?(?)
201?–201?AFC Hornchurch?(?)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:45, 12 November 2013 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

David "Dave" McSweeney (born 28 December 1981) is a semi-professional English footballer, who plays as a defender

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.

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

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Player profile: David McSweeney". Non-League Daily. Retrieved 2009-04-08. 
  2. "Results/Fixtures: Southend 1-0 York". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2009-04-06. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Players: Dave McSweeney". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2009-04-06. 
  4. Robert Craven (2004-12-28). "TLG Review of 2004 – May". Southend United Mad. Retrieved 2009-04-08. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Player Profile: Dave McSweeney". Billericay Town F.C. Retrieved 2009-04-06. 
  6. "McSweeney quits Town to join up with Grays". Echo. 2009-06-08. Retrieved 2009-06-08. 
  7. "Chesham United 4, Billericay Town 2". Echo. 2009-09-28. Retrieved 2009-10-02. 

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