Background
Metcalfe was born in the Acocks Green district of Birmingham.
Metcalfe was born in the Acocks Green district of Birmingham.
He joined Birmingham City as an amateur in June 1951 and turned professional the following year. He made his debut in the Second Division on 3 January 1953, aged 17 years 6 months, deputising for Billy Wardle in a game away at Fulham which Birmingham lost 3–1. He played once more that season, again standing in for Wardle, but despite remaining with the club until the end of the 1956-1957 season, that was the last time he appeared for the first-team
Metcalfe went on to spend a season with York City in the Third Division North, for whom he scored his first goal in the Football League, and a further season at Walsall in the newly formed Fourth Division, before retiring in May 1959.
