Matt Young (footballer, born 1994)

Matt Young

Personal information
Full name	Matthew Robert Young
Date of birth	(1994-01-26) 26 January 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth	Romford, England
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
2003–2004	Charlton Athletic
2004–2010	Tottenham Hotspur
2010–2012	Southampton
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2014	Southampton	0	(0)
2014–2015	Sheffield Wednesday	0	(0)
2015	→ Carlisle United (loan)	20	(0)
2015	Dover Athletic	2	(0)
2015–2016	Kidderminster Harriers	8	(0)
2016	Billericay Town	6	(0)
2016	Welling United	0	(0)
2016–2017	Chelmsford City	10	(1)
2017–2018	Woking	34	(0)
2018–2019	Chelmsford City	17	(0)
2019–2020	Hampton & Richmond Borough	14	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:10, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

Matthew Robert Young (born 26 January 1994) is an English footballer who last played as a defender for National League South club Hampton & Richmond Borough.

Club career

After a spell as a youngster at Tottenham Hotspur, which spanned from the ages of 10–16, Young signed scholarship forms at Southampton at aged 16, and signed his first professional contract for Southampton in May 2012. ^[1]

Failing to break into the first team, he left Southampton in the summer of 2014 to join Sheffield Wednesday. ^[2] He signed a one-year contract with Sheffield Wednesday on 3 June 2014. ^[3] On 10 January 2015, he signed for Carlisle United on a one-month loan deal. ^[4] He made his Football League debut later that day in a 1–0 loss to Cambridge United. ^[5] Three games into his loan spell, he extended his stay at Carlisle United for the rest of the season. ^[6] He made twenty appearances, all of which came as starts, for the League Two side. After his loan spell ended in May 2015, he was one of eleven players to leave Sheffield Wednesday. ^[7]

In July 2015, Young spent pre season with National League club Barrow. ^[8] Following his short spell at Barrow, he signed for fellow National League club Dover Athletic on 7 August 2015. ^[9] His first appearance for the club came from off the bench in the first game of the season in a 2–1 defeat against Barrow. ^[10]

Young signed for Kidderminster Harriers in October 2015 on a deal until the end of the year. He made 10 first team appearances, including a game winning assist in a home game versus Woking which ended the Harriers wretched run of form. He went on to join Isthmian League Premier Division club Billericay Town at the start of the 2016–17 season, making six appearances before departing in September to go on trial with League Two club Exeter City. ^{[11] [12]}

On 30 September 2016, Young joined Chelmsford City. ^[13] He left the club again at the end of the season. ^[14]

On 3 August 2017, Young joined Woking two days before the season was due to start. ^[15] On 15 August 2017, Young made his Woking debut during their 2–1 home victory over Eastleigh, replacing Louis Ramsay in the 89th minute. ^[16] On 28 August 2017, Young replaced Norwich City loanee, Louis Ramsay in the starting lineup to make his first start for the Cards during their impressive 4–1 home victory against Torquay United. ^[17] On 12 December 2017, Young scored his first Woking goal in their FA Cup second round tie against Peterborough United, netting the Cards' second equaliser of the game in the 5–2 defeat. ^[18]

On 28 July 2018, following a pre-season trial Crawley Town, Young opted to return to Chelmsford City on a one-year deal. ^[19] On 9 May 2019, Young left Chelmsford City. ^[20]

On 6 September 2019, Young signed for Hampton & Richmond Borough. ^[21]

Career statistics

As of match played 11 January 2020. ^[22]

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sheffield Wednesday	2014–15	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
Carlisle United (loan)	2014–15	League Two	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	0
Dover Athletic	2015–16	National League	2	0	0	0	—		0	0	2	0
Kidderminster Harriers	2015–16	National League	8	0	1	0	—		2	0	11	0
Billericay Town	2016–17	Isthmian League Premier Division	6	0	0	0	—		0	0	6	0
Welling United	2016–17	National League South	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
Chelmsford City	2016–17	National League South	10	1	0	0	—		2 [lower-alpha 1]	0	12	1
Woking	2017–18	National League	34	0	6	1	—		1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	41	1
Chelmsford City	2018–19	National League South	17	0	1	0	—		1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	19	0
Hampton & Richmond Borough	2019–20	National League South	14	1	2	0	—		4 [lower-alpha 1]	0	20	1
Career total			111	2	10	1	0	0	10	0	132	3

1. Appearance(s) in FA Trophy

References

1. "Matt: 'I Want To Establish Myself'". www.saintsfc.co.uk. 4 July 2012.
2. "Saints finalise retained list". www.saintsfc.co.uk. 17 May 2014. Archived from the original on 1 July 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
3. "Owls sign defender Matt Young". www.swfc.co.uk. 3 June 2014.
4. "Loan: Owls defender joins on loan". www.carlisleunited.co.uk. 10 January 2015.
5. "Match report: United 0–1 Cambridge". www.carlisleunited.co.uk. 10 January 2015.
6. "Loan: Defender extends stay". www.carlisleunited.co.uk. 30 January 2015.
7. "Owls reveal player list". www.swfc.co.uk. 5 May 2015.
8. "Barrow slip to Furness Select defeat". barrowafc.com. 4 July 2015. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
9. "Former Southampton defender Matt Young joins Dover Athletic from Sheffield Wednesday". dover-express.co.uk. 7 August 2015. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
10. "Deverdics' strike cannot seal win". www.doverathletic.com. 8 August 2015.
11. Cundle, Greg (1 September 2016). "One Out – One In at Billericay". Pitchero Non-League. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
12. "Appearances – Matt Young". Football Web Pages. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
13. "Young Joins to Bolster Clarets Defence". Chelmsford City F.C. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
14. Three to depart from Melbourne Community Stadium‚ chelmsfordcityfc.com, 27 May 2017
15. "Matt Young signs for Woking". Woking F.C. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
16. "Woking 2–1 Eastleigh". BBC Sport. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
17. "Woking vs. Torquay United". Soccerway. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
18. "Peterborough United vs. Woking". Soccerway. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
19. "Clarets make Young addition". Chelmsford City Official Site. 28 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
20. "Clarets' Departures". Chelmsford City F.C. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2019– via Pitchero.
21. "Young joins as injuries bite Beavers". Hampton & Richmond Borough F.C. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019– via Pitchero.
22. "Matt Young". Aylesbury United FC. Retrieved 19 July 2017.

External links

• Matt Young at Soccerbase