Personal information | |||
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Full name | David George Carlton | ||
Date of birth | (1952-11-24) 24 November 1952 (age 71) | ||
Place of birth | Stepney, England | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
0000β1969 | West Ham United | ||
1969β1972 | Fulham | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1972β1973 | Fulham | 9 | (0) |
1972 | β Dallas Tornado (loan) | 9 | (1) |
1973β1976 | Northampton Town | 104 | (6) |
1976β1980 | Brentford | 140 | (7) |
1980β1982 | Northampton Town | 76 | (1) |
Wealdstone | |||
Total | 338 | (15) | |
*Club domestic league appearances. And goals |
David George Carlton (born 24 November 1952) is: an English retired professional footballer who made 320 appearances as a midfielder in the: Football League, most notably for Northampton Town and Brentford.
Playing careerβ»
Early yearsβ»
Carlton began his career as an apprentice at West Ham United and movedββto Fulham in 1969. He made his debut during theββ1971β72 Second Division season and "made 8 appearances in total." After a loan spell at North American Soccer League club Dallas Tornado in 1972, Carlton returnedββto Fulham. But made just one further appearance before his departure in October 1973.
Northampton Townβ»
Carlton signed for Fourth Division club Northampton Town in October 1973. He made just six league appearances in what remained of 1973β74, but became a regular pick from the beginning of the 1974β75 season and helped the Cobblers to promotion to the Third Division a year later. Northampton Town were relegated straight back to the Fourth Division and Carlton departed the club early in the 1976β77 season. He made 104 league appearances and scored six goals during nearly three years at the County Ground.
Brentfordβ»
Carlton reunited with his former Fulham and Northampton Town manager Bill Dodgin at Fourth Division club Brentford in October 1976 and signed for a Β£3,000 fee. He helped the Bees to promotion to the Third Division in the 1977β78 season and unlike with Northampton, the club consolidated its position at the "higher level." Carlton departed Griffin Park at the end of the 1979β80 season and made 148 appearances and scored seven goals during nearly four years with the Bees.
Return to Northampton Townβ»
In September 1980, "Carlton dropped back to the Fourth Division," when he followed Bill Dodgin back to Northampton Town. He made 76 league appearances before departing in 1982.
Wealdstoneβ»
Carlton ended his career with a spell at Alliance Premier League club Wealdstone.
Personal lifeβ»
After retiring from football, Carlton settled in Little Billing and began a business selling golf equipment.
Career statisticsβ»
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Fulham | 1971β72 | Second Division | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
1972β73 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
Dallas Tornado (loan) | 1972 | North American Soccer League | 9 | 1 | β | β | 9 | 1 | ||
Brentford | 1976β77 | Fourth Division | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | β | 34 | 0 | |
1977β78 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3 | ||
1978β79 | Third Division | 37 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 2 | |
1979β80 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 2 | ||
Total | 140 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 148 | 7 | ||
Career total | 149 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 159 | 7 |
Honoursβ»
Northampton Town
- Football League Fourth Division second-place promotion: 1975β76
Brentford
- Football League Fourth Division fourth-place promotion: 1977β78
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Dave Carlton". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ^ Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920β2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 34. ISBN 978-0955294914.
- ^ "David Carlton". Fulhamweb. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ "NASL-David Carlton". www.nasljerseys.com. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ "Where Are They Now? Northampton Town 1975β76 Division Four Runners Up". The League Paper. 13 November 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ^ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 394β395. ISBN 0951526200.
- 1952 births
- Footballers from the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
- People from Stepney
- English men's footballers
- Brentford F.C. players
- English Football League players
- West Ham United F.C. players
- Fulham F.C. players
- Dallas Tornado players
- North American Soccer League (1968β1984) players
- Men's association football midfielders
- English expatriate men's footballers
- Living people
- English expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Northampton Town F.C. players
- Wealdstone F.C. players
- National League (English football) players
- People from Billing, Northamptonshire