Matty Holmes

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Matty Holmes
Personal information
Full name Matthew Holmes
Date of birth (1969-08-01) 1 August 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth Luton, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1986–1987 AFC Bournemouth
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1988–1992 AFC Bournemouth 114 (8)
1989 → Cardiff City (loan) 1 (0)
1992–1995 West Ham United 76 (4)
1995–1997 Blackburn Rovers 9 (1)
1997–2000 Charlton Athletic 16 (1)
2000–2004 Dorchester Town 170 (19)
Total386(33)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Matthew Holmes (born 1 August 1969) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

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He notably played in the Premier League for West Ham United, Blackburn Rovers and Charlton Athletic. He also played in the Football League for AFC Bournemouth and Cardiff City. In 2000 he went into semi-retirement at the age of 30 due to an injury inflicted by Australian defender Kevin Muscat during an FA Cup game in 1998. He later played at non-league level for Dorchester Town.

Club career

Holmes joined AFC Bournemouth in 1986 where he remained until 1992 when he joined West Ham United. The fee was an initial £40,000 rising to £60,000 on appearances. [1] Making his debut on 19 August 1992 in a 2–0 away defeat to Newcastle United [1] Holmes was part of the team which won promotion to the Premier League in season 1992–93. Two seasons in the Premier League followed with West Ham before he joined then Premier League champions Blackburn Rovers in August 1995 for a fee of £1.2m. [1] Holmes played only nine games for Blackburn before being signed by manager Alan Curbishley for Charlton Athletic in July 1997. His professional career was ended on 3 February 1998, whilst playing in an FA Cup fourth round replay against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Holmes was fouled by Wolves player Kevin Muscat causing an injury so severe his surgeon told him that he had been fortunate not to have his leg amputated. He underwent a series of operations to repair his injured leg but was unable to return to top-level football. He played only 20 minutes first team football as a substitute in one Cup game in the remaining two and a half years of his contract. In July 2000, Holmes left top-flight professional football and moved to Dorchester Town. [2]

Coaching career

He now runs a coaching school in the Dorset and Hampshire areas, which is aimed at children between the ages of five and twelve, and works for Bournemouth running centre of excellence age groups 6 - 11 and local development centres.

Personal life

He is the nephew of former Middlesbrough, Bolton Wanderers and Arsenal manager Bruce Rioch. [3]

In 2004, Holmes was awarded £250,000 by the English High court for damages resulting from the tackle by Kevin Muscat. [2] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Matt Holmes". Westhamstats.info. 1 August 1969. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Collyer Bristow Solicitors ~ Archive ~ Premiership footballer wins substantial damages for career ending tackle". Collyerbristow.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
  3. ↑ Jeffreys, Mark (17 November 2001). "Holmes to sue Muscat". www.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
  4. ↑ "Holmes awarded £250,000". BBC. 23 February 2004. Retrieved 13 September 2008.
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