Matty Hughes

Matty Hughes
Personal information
Full name Matthew Hughes
Date of birth (1992-07-17) 17 July 1992 (age 34)
Place of birth Billinge, England
Position Forward
Youth career
Everton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 Golborne Sports
2012–2014 Skelmersdale United 58 (25)
2014–2015 Fleetwood Town 11 (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 41 (7)
2020–2021 → Lancaster City (dual registration) 0 (0)
2021 Stalybridge Celtic 0 (0)
2021–2022 Warrington Rylands 19 (1)
2022–2024 Golborne Sports 10 (5)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:20, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

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

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. He made his Football League debut on 22 February 2014 in a 1–0 defeat away at Mansfield Town. He spent two loan spells with Chester during the 2014–15 season, making 26 appearances. At the end of the season, Fleetwood Town announced that they would not be renewing Hughes' contract.

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

In August 2017 he moved to Chorley.

In May 2018 he rejoined Chester.

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

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

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.