| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matthew Carmichael | ||
| Date of birth | (1964-05-13)13 May 1964 (age 61) | ||
| Place of birth | Singapore | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Durrington Rangers | |||
| 1986–1987 | Salisbury City | (11) | |
| 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 | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2012 | Lincoln Moorlands Railway | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of Brantham Athletic | |||
Matthew Carmichael (born 13 May 1964) is an English formerfootballer who played 249 games in theFootball league, scoring 48 times.
A PT instructor in theRoyal Artillery, Carmichael signed forLincoln 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 againstScunthorpe United.[1] 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] In the summer of 1993 he left Lincoln forScunthorpe United, in a part-exchange deal withDave Hill.[2]
Restored to the forward line at Scunthorpe, 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.[3] However, he struggled to maintain such form the following season and joinedBarnet on a month's loan in September 1994 before joiningPreston North End in March 1995 for the remainder of the season, briefly playing alongside a youngDavid Beckham.
He made a solitary, goalscoring, appearance forMansfield Town at the start of the 1995–1996 season before linking up withDoncaster Rovers and then, at the end of February,Darlington. He helped Darlington reach the 1996 Endsleigh League Division Threeplay-off final where they were defeated 1–0 byPlymouth Argyle on 25 May 1996 atWembley Stadium.
Following his release by Darlington, Carmichael played four games forTPS Turku in the FinnishVeikkausliiga, and he scored one goal for them, on 30 June 1996 againstHJK Helsinki.[4] He then joinedAylesbury United, and he scored on his debut for them in the 2–1 away defeat toHitchin Town on 17 August 1996. His last game for the Ducks was on 12 April 1997 againstHeybridge Swifts.[5] Carmichael then linked up withIlkeston Town, under the management of the man who transferred him from Lincoln,Keith Alexander.
Carmichael later played forBoston United in the 1998/99 season (where he scored 20 times in 34 matches), and had a 10-game spell withGrantham Town in the 1999–2000 season.[5]
He later joinedWisbech Town, then under the management of his former Boston United teammateIan Stringfellow, debuting in the 1–1 home draw withHiston 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 toNewport IOW on 21 October 2000. Carmichael moved on toLincoln United but a persistent back injury curtailed his appearances and he wound his career down with various clubs in the Lincoln & District Sunday League.[6]
After being kit manager at Lincoln City he was appointed in May 2012 as manager atLincoln Moorlands Railway[7] but he left the club after three months.[8]
