David Charles Tarpey was born on the 14th of November 1988 and began his career at Henley Town where he played for two years in the senior team before joining Basingstoke Town in 2007. After two years with Basingstoke, he joined Hampton & Richmond Borough and broke into the first team after loan spells with Walton & Hersham and Chertsey Town before he joined Farnborough in 2012. After scoring 13 league goals in eighteen months at the Yellows his contract was cancelled in January 2014 by mutual consent. He then re-joined Hampton and then for the 2014–15 season, joined Maidenhead United. Although the season was once again a struggle, David was to be one of the leading lights, notching 22 goals in league and cup in a struggling side.
He was the really one stand-out player who transcended the two distinct eras of the decade as far as Magpies fans are concerned. 2010 to 2015 were five years in which – on paper – the club had consolidated its place in the 'Conference' South. but the 2015/16 was successful for Maidenhead and for Tarpey. A run to the FA Cup First Round, an EFL club held to a draw with a televised replay and a play-off-chasing campaign which nearly went down to the wire were it not for Devonshire's team just running out of puff in the final few weeks. David with his fantastic work rate and attitude, along with the goal scoring prowess, scored 21 goals and was again top scorer.
After 36 league goals in his first two seasons, he scored 44 goals in 41 league games in the 2016–17 season as Maidenhead won the National League South, a new record for the league. Turning down an offer from Coventry City in the summer of 2017, he signed a new contract with the Magpies and he opened his first season in the National League with seven goals in his first six games, before signing for Barnet on the 31st of August 2017, which enabled him to leave his full-time job as a fire & security alarm installer.
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