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 29)[1][2]
Place of birth Billinge, England[1]
Position(s) Forward[1]
Club information
Current team
Chester
Youth career
Everton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 Golborne Sports
2012–2014 Skelmersdale United 58 (25)
2014–2015 Fleetwood Town 12 (0)
2014Chester (loan) 8 (4)
2015Chester (loan) 17 (0)
2015–2017 AFC Fylde 73 (9)
2017–2018 Chorley 29 (1)
2018–2021 Chester 9 (3)
2021- Stalybridge 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:20, 24 May 2019 (UTC)

Matthew Hughes (born 17 July 1992) is an English footballer in the Northern Premier League Premier Division for Stalybridge.

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 2-year contract.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Matty Hughes at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  2. ^ https://twitter.com/mattyhughes22/status/583234508419411968
  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. ^ Jump up to: a b 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.

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