Jason Matthews (footballer)
 Matthews playing for Weymouth in 2007 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jason Lee Matthews[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 13 March 1975[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Paulton, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Weymouth (goalkeeper coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bristol Rovers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–1999 | Nuneaton Borough | ||
| 1999–2000 | Exeter City | 12 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Aberystwyth Town | 31 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Clevedon Town | ||
| 2002–2008 | Weymouth | 196 | (1) |
| 2008–2011 | Eastleigh | ||
| 2011–2012 | Bath City | 10 | (0) |
| 2011 | Clevedon Town | 3 | (0) |
| 2012 | Chippenham Town | 5 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Dorchester Town | 35 | (0) |
| 2013–2017 | Weymouth | 130 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Chippenham Town | 2 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Bath City | 0 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Bracknell Town | 7 | (0) |
| 2020 | Chippenham Town | 1 | (0) |
| 2022 | Brislington | ||
| 2022 | Salisbury | 0 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Weymouth | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2014–2017 | Weymouth (player-manager) | ||
| 2024 | Weymouth (interim manager) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:37, 27 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
Jason Lee Matthews (born 13 March 1975) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper and is currently goalkeeper coach at Weymouth.
Career
[edit]Born in Paulton, Somerset, Matthews started playing in goal at an early age and soon won a place at Millfield's Centre of Excellence.
Bristol Rovers signed him up on schoolboy terms but he was released just before he left school. Matthews then spent six years playing for a number of clubs in the Screwfix League including Welton Rovers, Paulton Rovers and Mangotsfield United, before signing for Geoff Butler's Salisbury City.
The following season Matthews signed for Nuneaton Borough, though it was only a couple of months before he was invited to join Exeter City, where he spent the 1999–2000 season, giving him his only taste of Football League action.
He followed this by moving over the Welsh border to Aberystwyth Town for a year before joining Clevedon Town. It was from Clevedon that Geoff Butler signed him for Weymouth in 2002, where he has stayed (and stayed almost unrivalled #1 keeper) for nearly five whole seasons.
On 17 March 2007, he scored his first ever career goal for Weymouth in a Conference National match against Southport. It was all the more remarkable as it was from his own penalty area, in the last minutes of the game, and was the winning goal. It was the first ever goal a Weymouth goalkeeper has scored from open play in the entire history of the club.
Matthews made his Eastleigh debut in the 5–0 away win over Maidenhead United on 8 March 2008 before making his home debut a week later in the 4–1 home defeat at the hands of Hayes & Yeading United a week later.[2]
Adie Britton brought Matthews to Bath City on 22 June 2011. It has been stated that Matthews will start off as second choice keeper but both player and manager are hoping he puts pressure on current first team keeper Glyn Garner.[3]
Matthews signed a one-year contract at Dorchester Town in May 2012.[4] In June 2013 Matthews returned to Weymouth on non contract terms for the 2013–14 season.[citation needed] When Brendon King was sacked he was made temporary Player/Manager at Weymouth. On 12 January 2014, Matthews was appointed player/manager on a full-time basis, after winning four of his seven games.[citation needed]
In the summer of 2022, Matthews signed for Brislington aged 46 playing part-time also working as an electrician.
Coaching career
[edit]Following his departure from Weymouth, Matthews joined Chippenham Town as player-coach.[5] He became assistant head coach in January 2018, supporting Gary Horgan.[6]
In June 2022, Matthews joined Salisbury as goalkeeping coach.[7]
On 27 March 2024, following the surprise departure of Bobby Wilkinson, Matthews was appointed interim manager of Weymouth.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2000). The 2000–2001 Official PFA Footballers Factfile. AFS. p. 214. ISBN 1-85291-626-5.
- ^ "Jason Matthews Signs for Eastleigh 7/3/2008"
- ^ "Keeper Jason matthews signs for Bath City 22/6/2011" Archived 2 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Magpies recruit new keeper". NonLeagueDaily.com. 2 May 2012. Archived from the original on 4 May 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Gee, Wendy (16 May 2017). "Ex-Eastleigh goalkeeper Jason Matthews joins Chippenham Town". Daily Echo. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ "Collier Announces Backroom Shift At Chippenham". www.thenationalleague.org.uk. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ "Jason Matthews Joins As Keeper Coach". salisburyfc.co.uk. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ "Interim Appointments". uptheterras.co.uk. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
External links
[edit]- Jason Matthews at Soccerbase
- Jason Matthews profile at Welsh Premier Football
- Jason Matthews at Soccerway
