Sam Matthews

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Samuel Matthews
Sam Matthews July 2021.jpg
Matthews with Crawley Town in 2021
Personal information
Full name Samuel Lloyd Matthews [1]
Date of birth (1997-03-10) 10 March 1997 (age 26) [2]
Place of birth Poole, England
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Havant & Waterlooville
Youth career
2007–2018 AFC Bournemouth
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2018 AFC Bournemouth 0 (0)
2014 → Poole Town 0 (0)
2016–2017 → Braintree Town (loan) 11 (1)
2017 → Eastleigh (loan) 13 (3)
2017–2018 → Eastleigh (loan) 39 (6)
2018–2020 Bristol Rovers 16 (0)
2019 → Eastleigh (loan) 8 (0)
2020–2022 Crawley Town 38 (1)
2022 → Aldershot Town (loan) 5 (0)
2022 Wealdstone 2 (0)
2023– Havant & Waterlooville 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:13, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

Samuel Lloyd Matthews (born 10 March 1997) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Havant & Waterlooville.

Contents

Career

AFC Bournemouth

Born in Poole, [3] Matthews joined AFC Bournemouth at the age of 10 and signed his first senior contract with the club in 2014, on his 17th birthday. [4]

His first taste of senior football came in a loan spell with his hometown club of Poole Town in 2014. However, he suffered a serious ankle injury just 29 minutes into his debut in a 4–0 FA Cup win over Bradford Town and was forced to return to his parent club. [5]

On 31 August 2016, Matthews and fellow Bournemouth youngster Brandon Goodship joined Braintree Town of the National League on loan until January 2017. [6] He was an unused substitute on 3 September in a 0–0 away draw at Guiseley, [7] and made his debut the following week in a 4–1 home defeat to Gateshead where he was a 66th minute replacement for Rohdell Gordon. [8] He scored his first goal for the club in a 6–1 away defeat at Dover Athletic as his goal gave Braintree the lead. [9] On 1 January 2017, Matthews' loan spell at Braintree ended and he returned to Bournemouth having made 13 appearances in all competitions, scoring 1 goal. [10]

Matthews with Eastleigh in 2017 Sam Matthews 2017-03-04 1 (cropped).jpg
Matthews with Eastleigh in 2017

On 31 January 2017, Matthews joined fellow National League side Eastleigh on loan for the remainder of the season. [11] He made his debut for the club in a 1–1 away draw with Guiseley [12] and scored his first goal for the club with a brace in a 3–2 away victory over Torquay United. [13] He finished his loan spell with Eastleigh with 3 goals in 13 appearances. [10]

He returned to Eastleigh on 8 August 2017, in a loan deal that would see him stay with the club until January. [14] On 12 August 2017, he was substituted on for Mark Yeates in the 81st minute of a 2–2 draw with Dagenham & Redbridge to appear for the first time in his second spell with the club. [15] He gave Eastleigh the lead in a dramatic 3–3 draw with FC Halifax Town to score his first goal back for the club [16] and went on to score another goal for the club before his loan spell ended on 9 January 2018. Eastleigh however decided to extend the loan spell until the end of the season. [17] Matthews finished the season for the spitfires with 6 goals in 39 appearances which included a hat-trick on the final day of the season in a 4–1 away victory against Solihull Moors. [18] Matthews' performances were rewarded when he was awarded with the Player of the Season award for Eastleigh. [19]

Bristol Rovers

On 6 June 2018, Matthews agreed to join League One side Bristol Rovers upon the expiration of his Bournemouth contract on 1 July 2018. [3] [20] Matthews made his debut for the club when he came off the bench in the opening day defeat to Peterborough United when he replaced Kyle Bennett in the 66th minute. [21]

Matthews joined Eastleigh for a third time on loan on 21 March 2019 and would go on to make 8 appearances before the end of the season. [22] He also came off the bench in both the play-off quarter-final victory over Wrexham [23] and the semi-final defeat to Salford City where Matthews had a penalty saved by Salford goalkeeper Chris Neal in the shootout. [24]

At the end of the 2019–20 season, Matthews was released by Bristol Rovers. [25]

Crawley Town

Matthews signed for Crawley Town on a two-year deal in the summer of 2020. [26] He made his debut for Crawley Town on 19 September 2020 in a 1–0 League Two victory over Scunthorpe United. [27] On 22 February 2022, Matthews joined National League side Aldershot Town on loan for the remainder of the 2021–22 season. [28]

Wealdstone

On 21 October 2022, Matthews signed for National League club Wealdstone on a short-term deal until January 2023. [29] On 17 November 2022 Matthews left National League club Wealdstone by mutual consent. [30]

Havant & Waterlooville

On 26 January 2023 Havant & Waterlooville announced the signing of Matthews on a deal until the end of the season. [31]

Career statistics

As of end of 2021–22 season
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
AFC Bournemouth 2016–17 [10] Premier League 0000000000
Poole Town (loan) 2014–15 [32] Southern League Division One 0010—0010
Braintree Town (loan) 2016–17 [10] National League 11120—00132
Eastleigh (loan) 2016–17 [10] National League13300—00133
Eastleigh (loan) 2017–18 [33] National League39600—00396
Bristol Rovers 2018–19 [34] League One 16010205 [lower-alpha 1] 0240
2019–20 [35] League One0000000000
Total160102050240
Eastleigh (loan) 2018–19 [34] National League8000—2 [lower-alpha 2] 0100
Crawley Town 2020–21 [36] League Two 30120001 [lower-alpha 1] 0331
2021–22 [37] League Two8000001 [lower-alpha 1] 090
Total381200020421
Aldershot Town (loan) 2021–22 [37] National League5000—0050
Career total1301160209014711
  1. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in National League play-offs

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References

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  5. ↑ "FA Cup: Poole Town boss Tom Killick saddened by Sam Matthews injury". www.bournemouthecho.co.uk. 14 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "AFC Bournemouth's Brandon Goodship and Sam Matthews join Braintree Town". BBC Sport. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "Guiseley 0–0 Braintree Town". BBC Sport. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "Braintree Town 1–4 Gateshead". BBC Sport. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "Dover Athletic 6–1 Braintree Town". BBC Sport. 22 October 2016.
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  12. ↑ "Guiseley 1–1 Eastleigh". BBC Sport. 11 February 2017.
  13. ↑ "Torquay United 2–3 Eastleigh". BBC Sport. 21 March 2017.
  14. ↑ "Sam Matthews:Eastleigh re-sign Bournemouth Midfielder on Loan". BBC Sport. 8 August 2017.
  15. ↑ "Eastleigh 2–2 Dagenham & Redbridge". BBC Sport. 12 August 2017.
  16. ↑ "FC Halifax Town 3–3 Eastleigh". BBC Sport. 25 November 2017.
  17. ↑ "Eastleigh extend Matthews Loan". www.afcb.co.uk. 9 January 2018.
  18. ↑ "Solihull Moors 1–4 Eastleigh". BBC Sport. 28 April 2018.
  19. ↑ "Matthews Moves On Up As Bristol Rovers Win The Race". www.thenationalleague.org.uk.
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  21. ↑ "Peterborough United 2–1 Bristol Rovers". BBC Sport. 4 August 2018.
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  30. ↑ "Matthews leaves Wealdstone". 17 November 2022.
  31. ↑ "HWFC Sign Winger Sam Matthews". 26 January 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  32. ↑ "Sam Matthews Profile – Aylesbury United FC". Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
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  35. ↑ "Games played by Sam Matthews in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
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