Full name Matthew David Carrick Name David Carrick Place of birth Evenwood, England Role Footballer | Position Forward Playing position | |
Date of birth (1946-12-05)5 December 1946 Date of death 1 July 1989(1989-07-01) (aged 42) Died July 1, 1989, Mansfield, United Kingdom | ||
Place of death Mansfield, England | ||
Matthew David Carrick (5 December 1946 – 1 July 1989) was an English footballer who played as a forward for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Wrexham, Altrincham, Port Vale, Stalybridge Celtic, Witton Albion, Preston North End, and Rochdale. He made a total of 68 appearances in the Football League, and also played in the Northern Premier League and Cheshire County League.
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Playing career
Carrick began his career at Ronnie Allen's Wolverhampton Wanderers, without making a first team appearance at Molineux. He joined Jack Rowley's Fourth Division side Wrexham, and scored three goals in 24 league games in the 1966–67 and 1967–68 campaigns. New manager Alvan Williams allowed him to leave the Racecourse Ground, and Carrick moved onto Northern Premier League side Altrincham. He remained at Moss Lane for the first half of the 1968–69 season, before he signed with Port Vale in January 1969. He played in sixteen consecutive Fourth Division games at the end of the 1968–69 season, but only scored the one goal – in a 4–1 win over Brentford at Vale Park on 15 March, before being released in the summer. He moved on to Cheshire County League sides Stalybridge Celtic and Witton Albion, before returning to the Football League with Preston North End in 1973. He played two Second Division games at Deepdale, before moving on to Rochdale. Walter Joyce's "Dale" suffered relegation out of the Third Division in last place in 1973–74, before dropping to 19th in the Fourth Division in 1974–75. Carrick scored four goals in 26 league games during his two-season stay at Spotland. He then returned to Altrincham, back in the Northern Premier League.