Personal information | |||
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Full name | Samuel Lloyd Matthews [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 10 March 1997||
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* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( 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.
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
On 26 January 2023 Havant & Waterlooville announced the signing of Matthews on a deal until the end of the season. [31]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
AFC Bournemouth | 2016–17 [10] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Poole Town (loan) | 2014–15 [32] | Southern League Division One | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Braintree Town (loan) | 2016–17 [10] | National League | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | |
Eastleigh (loan) | 2016–17 [10] | National League | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | |
Eastleigh (loan) | 2017–18 [33] | National League | 39 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 39 | 6 | |
Bristol Rovers | 2018–19 [34] | League One | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 [a] | 0 | 24 | 0 |
2019–20 [35] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
Eastleigh (loan) | 2018–19 [34] | National League | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 [b] | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
Crawley Town | 2020–21 [36] | League Two | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | 33 | 1 |
2021–22 [37] | League Two | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
Total | 38 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 1 | ||
Aldershot Town (loan) | 2021–22 [37] | National League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
Career total | 130 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 147 | 11 |