Mat Bailey

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Mat Bailey
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Bailey playing for Northwich Victoria in 2009
Personal information
Full name Mathew John Bailey
Date of birth (1986-03-12) 12 March 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Crewe, England
Position(s) Defender / Striker
Youth career
Nantwich Town
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2005 Stockport County 1 (0)
2004 → Scunthorpe United (loan) 4 (0)
2005 → Northwich Victoria (loan) 5 (0)
2005–2008 Crewe Alexandra 2 (0)
2005 → Hereford United (loan) 5 (1)
2006 → Southport (loan) 2 (0)
2006 → Lancaster City (loan)
2007 → Barrow (loan)
2008 → Weymouth (loan) 9 (0)
2008–2010 Northwich Victoria
2008 → Hinckley United (loan)
2010 Eastwood Town
2011–2013 Nantwich Town 50 (9)
2013–2014 AFC Telford United 5 (0)
2013 → Nantwich Town (loan) 7 (2)
2013 → Nantwich Town (dual registration) 0 (0)
2014–2015 Nantwich Town
2015 AFC Telford United 0 (0)
2015–2016 Nantwich Town
2016–2018 Stafford Rangers
2017–2019 Leek Town 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:28, 6 November 2013 (UTC)

Mathew John Bailey (born 12 March 1986) is a retired English footballer. When playing for Crewe Alexandra, he played at centre back or up front.

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Career

Stockport County

As a youth, Bailey started his career at non-League club Nantwich Town [1] scoring on his debut at Atherton Collieries in August 2002. He impressed Stockport County of the Football League enough to earn a trial for The Hatters. Whilst on trial, he impressed manager Carlton Palmer who offered Bailey a three-year contract, which Bailey duly signed. Under new manager Sammy McIlroy, Bailey impressed in the reserves and was sent out on a one-month loan to League Two club Scunthorpe United at the start of the 2004–2005 season, making his début against Rochdale, a 3–1 defeat for Scunthorpe. He played in four first-team matches whilst at Glanford Park without scoring. He returned to Stockport in October 2004 and his début under McIlroy in the 2–0 defeat against Wrexham in the Football League Trophy. McIlroy was sacked in late November and was replaced by Chris Turner. Bailey made his league début under Turner in the League One game against Chesterfield as an 89th minute substitute, replacing Mark Robertson. Bailey was sent out on loan to Conference National outfit Northwich Victoria for a month, making his début at Carlisle United, a 1–0 defeat for Northwich. He played in five first-team matches for Carlisle without scoring. He was released by Stockport in May 2005.

Crewe Alexandra

Whilst on loan at Northwich Victoria, Bailey trained with Championship club Crewe Alexandra and scored twice in an under-18 game for The Railwaymen. This performance impressed manager Dario Gradi enough to earn him a one-year contract in May 2005. During the 2005–06 season, Bailey went out on loan to non-league clubs Hereford United, Southport and Lancaster City to gain first-team experience, but despite not breaking into the first team during the season and Crewe's relegation to League One, he was offered a one-year contract extension. In the 2006–07 season, Bailey found himself in a similar situation to the previous season, failing to break into the first team and being sent out on loan, to Barrow of the Conference North, for whom he appeared in ten matches. He was offered another one-year extension to his contract. Bailey made his Alexandra début on 1 September 2007 in a 1–1 draw at Swindon Town, replacing Tom Pope in the 82nd minute.

Change of position

""Myself and Neil [Baker] will be working hard with Mat and improve on his defending. He is quick for a big lad and has decent footwork. It will be our aim to try to get him ready for the first-team and see if he is capable of being closer to the first-team around the New Year [2008]."

Dario Gradi [2]

Bailey did not impress manager Dario Gradi as a striker. Gradi, who had trained the likes of David Platt and Dean Ashton in their early years, announced his intention to convert Bailey from a striker to a centre back. Gradi did not expect Bailey to push through and challenge as a first team centre back until the start of 2008. [3] Bailey made his full debut for Alexandra away at Oldham Athletic in the second round of the FA Cup, where he played at centre back. [4] Bailey went on loan to Weymouth for a month in March 2008; [5] he made four appearances without scoring. When he returned to Crewe, Bailey did not feature in the team and he was released in May 2008; he played only times for Crewe.

Later career

Bailey rejoined Northwich Victoria in May 2008. He was loaned to Hinckley United in December 2008, scoring on his debut for the Conference North club. He joined AFC Telford United in August 2013. Shortly afterwards, he was sent on loan to Nantwich Town.

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References

  1. ↑ Chatwin, Michael (2016). Nantwich Town in the North West Counties League : the complete record 1982-2007. Nantwich, Cheshire. ISBN   978-0-9563068-1-4. OCLC   945569749.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ↑ "Bailey Is 'Work in Progress'". Crewe Alexandra official website. 14 June 2007. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
  3. ↑ "Gradi believes in Bailey talent". BBC Sport. 14 June 2007. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
  4. ↑ "Oldham 1–0 Crewe". BBC Sport. 1 December 2007. Retrieved 8 May 2008.
  5. ↑ "Terras set to sign Crewe's Bailey". BBC Sport. 20 March 2008. Retrieved 8 May 2008.
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