Micah Hyde (footballer)

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Micah Hyde
Personal information
Full name Micah Anthony Hyde[1]
Date of birth (1974-11-10) 10 November 1974[1]
Place of birth Upton Park, London, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
?-? Brimsdown Rovers[2]
000?–1993 Cambridge United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1997 Cambridge United 106 (14)
1995 → Euran Pallo (loan) 10 (3)
1997–2004 Watford 252 (24)
2004–2007 Burnley 102 (1)
2007–2008 Peterborough United 64 (0)
2009 Woking 4 (0)
2009–2010 Barnet 41 (1)
2010–2011 Billericay Town ? (?)
2011 Aveley ? (?)
2011–2012 St Albans City 32 (2)
2016 Ware 1 (0)
Total 612 (45)
National team
2001–2004 Jamaica 17 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 January 2016.


Micah Anthony Hyde (born 10 November 1974) is an English-born Jamaican former professional footballer who played as a midfielder from 1993 to 2012, and briefly again in 2016.

He notably played for Watford and was part of the Hornets squad that played in the Premier League during the 1999–00 season. He made over 250 league appearances for the club between 1997 and 2004, having previously played for Cambridge United and Finnish club Euran Pallo. Following his departure from Watford he went on to play for Burnley and Peterborough United before slipping out of professional football in 2009 where he joined Conference Premier side Woking.

He briefly returned to the Football League with Barnet before returning to finish his career in Non-league with Billericay Town, Aveley and St Albans City. During his career he made 17 appearances for Jamaica, scoring once.

Hyde came out of retirement in January 2016 signing for Southern Football League side Ware, managed by Ken Charlery.[3]

Club career

Born in Upton Park in the London Borough of Newham,[4] he played for the youth team of Brimsdown Rovers alongside David Beckham.[5] He joined Watford in 1997 after a move from Cambridge United. Having made well over 200 appearances for Watford, he was sold to Burnley in mid-2004, scoring on his debut against Sheffield United.[6]

Hyde became an established Championship player and was largely considered one of Burnley's most consistent performers over the last two years. His hard-working play in the centre of the park made him almost ever-present in the side. In the 2004–05 season, he ensured himself of a place in Burnley's history when he scored the equalising goal away at Blackburn Rovers, Burnley's local rivals, in a FA Cup game.[7] At the end of the 2005–06 season, he was placed on the transfer list by Burnley manager Steve Cotterill along with three other players; Gifton Noel-Williams, Daniel Karbassiyoon and Duane Courtney, but due to his efforts in pre-season was once again welcomed back to the first-team squad and taken off the list.

On 11 January 2007, he moved to Peterborough United for an initial fee of £75,000 plus an extra £25,000 if Peterborough were promoted in that season. In the 2008–09 season Hyde lost the captaincy at Peterborough to Craig Morgan. Manager, Darren Ferguson, said his reason for this was that he was going to use Micah Hyde 'more sparingly' this term. It was announced after their FA Cup match against Tranmere Rovers on 29 November 2008, that Hyde had his contract cancelled by mutual consent after rejecting loan moves to Barnet, Notts County and Stevenage Borough.

In December 2008 Gillingham manager Mark Stimson took Hyde on trial, with a view to signing the player in the January transfer window.[8] He signed a contract with Woking until the end of the 2008–09 season, on 27 February. He made his debut a day later against Burton Albion. He was released after Woking's relegation and signed a one-year deal with Barnet in July 2009.[9] He scored his first goal for Barnet in the FA Cup against Darlington.[10] He then scored his first league goal for Barnet against Aldershot in February 2010.[11] On 2 June 2010, it was announced on the club website that Hyde had been released by Barnet. He signed for Billericay Town in July.

He signed for St Albans City in December 2011[12] which is where he remained before retiring from competitive football at the end of the 2011–12 season.

Hyde came out of retirement in January 2016, to sign for Ware, making his debut in a 2-1 home defeat to Kings Langley on 30 January 2016.[13]

International career

Despite being born in England, Hyde opted to play for Jamaica, for whom he scored once in 17 appearances between 2001 and 2004.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2003). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004. Queen Anne Press. p. 214. ISBN 1-85291-651-6.
  2. ↑ http://www.brimsdownrovers.org.uk/content/history
  3. ↑ http://www.thenonleaguefootballpaper.com/latest-news/southern-league-step-three/14656/veteran-midfielder-micah-hyde-joins-ware/
  4. ↑ Football.co.uk Micah Hyde Player Profile
  5. ↑ "Becks' Brimsdown boost". The Football Association. 24 September 2004. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  6. ↑ "Burnley 1-1 Sheff Utd". BBC. 7 August 2004. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
  7. ↑ "Blackburn 2-1 Burnley". BBC. 1 March 2005. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
  8. ↑ http://www.medwaymessenger.co.uk/kol08/article/default.asp?article_id=53381
  9. ↑ Dennis Signy (2009-07-09). "Micah Hyde signs for Barnet". Barnet F.C. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
  10. ↑ "Barnet 3 - 1 Darlington". BBC. 7 November 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
  11. ↑ "Barnet 3 - 0 Aldershot". BBC. 6 February 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  12. ↑ "St Albans City sign former Watford midfielder".
  13. ↑ http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/ware/teams/72309/match-centre/1-1609154#selection
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