Matty Hughes

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Matty Hughes
Personal information
Full name Matthew Hughes [1]
Date of birth (1992-07-17) 17 July 1992 (age 30) [1] [2]
Place of birth Billinge, England [1]
Position(s) Forward [1]
Youth career
Everton
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012 Golborne Sports
2012–2014 Skelmersdale United 58 (25)
2014–2015 Fleetwood Town 12 (0)
2014 → Chester (loan) 8 (4)
2015 → Chester (loan) 17 (0)
2015–2017 AFC Fylde 73 (9)
2017–2018 Chorley 29 (1)
2018–2021 Chester
2020–2021 → Lancaster City (dual reg)
2021 Stalybridge Celtic 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:20, 24 May 2019 (UTC)

Matthew Hughes (born 17 July 1992) is an English footballer. He played in the English Football League for Fleetwood Town.

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Career

Hughes began his career playing at the Everton academy until he was released in 2012. He played amateur football with Golborne Sports becoming top goal scorer in half a season before joining Skelmersdale United in November 2012. He impressed for the Northern Premier League side and became a prolific goalscorer which earned him a move to Fleetwood Town in January 2014. [3] He made his Football League debut on 22 February 2014 in a 1–0 defeat away at Mansfield Town. [4] He spent two loan spells with Chester during the 2014–15 season, making 26 appearances. [5] At the end of the season, Fleetwood Town announced that they would not be renewing Hughes' contract. [5]

On 30 May 2015, AFC Fylde announced they had signed Hughes on a two-year contract. [6]

In August 2017 he moved to Chorley. [7]

In May 2018 he rejoined Chester. [8]

In December 2020 he joined on dual registration terms after a series of bad injuries. [9]

In June 2021 he joined Stalybridge Celtic [10] and was an unused substitute for two Northern Premier League matches before leaving the club at the end September. [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Matty Hughes at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  2. ↑ @mattyhughes22 (1 April 2015). "@ChesterFC Not my birthday today 🙈 Wikipedia got it wrong" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ↑ "Transfer window: Fleetwood sign Skelmersdale's Matty Hughes". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Mansfield 1-0 Fleetwood". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  5. 1 2 Green, Jim (10 May 2015). "Matty Hughes open to Chester FC return but Football League a big lure". Chester Chronicle. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Striker Matty Hughes signs". 30 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "Breaking news - Today we have completed the signing of highly sought after striker Matty Hughes". Twitter. Chorley FC. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  8. ↑ "Matty Hughes rejoins the Blues following Chorley departure". Chester FC. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  9. ↑ "Matty Hughes joins Lancaster City on dual registration". Chester FC. 14 December 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  10. ↑ Gordon, James (7 May 2021). "Matty Hughes Joins Stalybridge Celtic From Chester". Northern Premier League. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  11. ↑ "Player profile: Matty Hugher". Stalybridge Celtic. Retrieved 8 January 2022.


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