Matt Jay

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Matt Jay
Personal information
Full name Matthew William Jay [1]
Date of birth (1996-02-27) 27 February 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Torbay, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [2]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Colchester United
Number 27
Youth career
2003–2013 Exeter City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2023 Exeter City 163 (41)
2014–2015 → Weston-super-Mare (loan) 5 (1)
2015 → Hayes & Yeading United (loan) 6 (2)
2016 → Truro City (loan) 20 (6)
2023– Colchester United 35 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:52, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

Matthew William Jay (born 27 February 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for EFL League Two club Colchester United.

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Early life and education

Jay was born in Torbay in Devon and he attended South Dartmoor Community College together with Ollie Watkins and Jamie Reid. [3] [4]

Playing career

Exeter City

Jay made his professional debut for Exeter in a 2–0 loss to Wycombe Wanderers in the Football League Trophy at St James Park on 3 September 2013. [5]

On 22 November 2015, Jay joined National League South side Hayes & Yeading United on a one-month loan. [6]

He scored his first goal for Exeter in an EFL Trophy tie against Oxford United on 30 August 2016. [7] Jay finally scored his first league goal on the 8th of April, in the 2017–18 campaign, away to Cambridge United in a game where Exeter came twice from behind to win 3–2. This came to the delight of many players and fans alike following a run of impressive games starting and from the bench. [8] [9]

In 2021, Jay scored his first career hat trick in a 4–0 victory against Leyton Orient. [10] After a month in which he scored five goals and got one assist, Jay received the League Two Player of the Month award for March 2021. [11] At the end of the 2020–21 season, he was named as the Devon side's Player of the Season, [12] and on 29 April 2021 was named in the 2020–21 EFL League Two Team of the Season at the league's annual awards ceremony. [13]

Jay was awarded the Exeter captaincy following the departure of Jake Taylor in the summer of 2021 and was given the number 7 shirt. He continued his goalscoring form into the 2021–22 season, netting 16 times in all competitions. The most significant of these came in a 2–1 home win over Barrow, where he scored a late winner, chesting the ball down from a Josh Key cross and slamming home through the legs of Paul Farman on the volley to secure his boyhood club's return to League One after a decade in League Two. [14]

Colchester United

On 9 January 2023, Jay signed for Colchester United for an undisclosed fee. [15]

Career statistics

As of match played on 6 April 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonDivisionLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Exeter City 2013–14 [16] League Two 2000001 [lower-alpha 1] 030
2014–15 [17] League Two3000000030
2015–16 [18] League Two0000001 [lower-alpha 1] 010
2016–17 [19] League Two2000003 [lower-alpha 2] 151
2017–18 [20] League Two17110104 [lower-alpha 3] 0231
2018–19 [21] League Two18400204 [lower-alpha 2] 0244
2019–20 [22] League Two14420106 [lower-alpha 4] 4238
2020–21 [23] League Two441821101 [lower-alpha 2] 14820
2021–22 [24] League Two451430102 [lower-alpha 2] 25116
2022–23 [25] League One 18021213 [lower-alpha 2] 2254
Total1634110281251020654
Weston-super-Mare (loan) 2014–15 [26] Conference South 5100—1 [lower-alpha 5] 061
Hayes & Yeading United (loan) 2015–16 [26] [27] National League South 6200—2 [lower-alpha 5] 082
Truro City (loan) 2015–16 [26] National League South20600—2 [lower-alpha 6] 0226
Colchester United 2022–23 [25] League Two180———180
2023–24 [25] League Two17100003 [lower-alpha 2] 0201
Total351000030381
Career total2295110281331027964
  1. 1 2 Appearance in Football League Trophy
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  3. ↑ Three appearances in EFL Trophy, one appearance in League Two play-offs
  4. ↑ Five appearances and four goals in EFL Trophy, one appearance in League Two play-offs
  5. 1 2 Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  6. ↑ Appearances in the National League South play-offs

Honours

Exeter City

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ "Notification of shirt numbers: Exeter City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 26. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  2. ↑ "Matt Jay - Midfielder - First Team - Exeter City FC". Exeter City F.C. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "From the playing fields of South Devon to England and the World Cup – star footballer Ollie does mum and family proud". Torbay Weekly. Clear Sky Publishing. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  4. ↑ "Alumni". South Devon Community College.
  5. ↑ "Exeter City: Matt Jay earns first professional deal". BBC Sport. 17 December 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "City youngster with York Road club for a month". Exeter City F.C. 22 November 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  7. ↑ "Oxford United 4 (T Roberts 12, Maguire pen 36, Taylor 68, MacDonald 71), Exeter City 2 (Jay 43, McAlinden 61)". Oxford Mail. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "Exeter City".
  9. ↑ "Cambridge 2-3 Exeter: Grecians battle to victory".
  10. ↑ "Exeter 4–0 Leyton Orient: Matt Jay hat-trick fires Grecians to victory".
  11. 1 2 "Matt Jay wins Sky Bet League Two Player of the Month!". www.exetercityfc.co.uk. 9 April 2021.
  12. 1 2 Clark, Daniel (8 May 2021). "Matt Jay takes home player of the year awards as he reaches his 20 goal target". DevonLive. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  13. 1 2 "Football Manager EFL Team of the Season line-ups announced". EFL.com. 24 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  14. ↑ "Exeter City win promotion from League Two". BBC Sport.
  15. ↑ "Colchester sign Exeter skipper Jay until 2025". BBC Sport. 9 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Matt Jay in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Matt Jay in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Matt Jay in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Matt Jay in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  20. ↑ "Games played by Matt Jay in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  21. ↑ "Games played by Matt Jay in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  22. ↑ "Games played by Matt Jay in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  23. ↑ "Games played by Matt Jay in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  24. ↑ "Games played by Matt Jay in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  25. 1 2 3 "Games played by Matt Jay in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
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