Matt Bryant (footballer)

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Matt Bryant
Personal information
Full name Matthew Bryant
Date of birth (1970-09-21) 21 September 1970 (age 55)
Place of birth Bristol, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) [1]
Position Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1989–1996 Bristol City 203 (7)
1989–1990 → Gloucester City [2] (loan) 7 (0)
1990 → Walsall (loan) 13 (0)
1996–1999 Gillingham 103 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Matthew Bryant (born 21 September 1970) [3] is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League in the 1990s. [4]

Born in Bristol, he started his career with Bristol City in 1990-91, and after a short loan spell with Walsall went on to make over 200 appearances for Bristol City, [4] scoring 7 goals for them in all competitions. [5]

In August 1990, during his loan spell at Walsall, he had the misfortune of scoring an own goal which was the first ever league goal scored at the Bescot Stadium. [6]

Bryant moved to Gillingham for the 1996-97 season, [5] making over 100 appearances for them before retiring due to injury. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Rollin, Jack, ed. (1995). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1995–96. Headline. p. 419. ISBN   978-0-7472-7823-8.
  2. ↑ Clark, Timothy R.D.; Kujawa, Rob (2009). The Complete Record of Gloucester City AFC 1883–2009. Gloucester: Tiger Timbo Publications. ISBN   978-0-9557425-1-4.
  3. ↑ Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. p. 70. ISBN   0-7524-2243-X.
  4. 1 2 3 Matt Bryant at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
  5. 1 2 Soccerbase stats
  6. ↑ Leigh Edwards. "Ultimate Saddlers A-Z 3: Matt Bryant". Walsall FC. Archived from the original on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2011.


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