Matthew Etherington

Matthew Etherington
Matthew Etherington
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Personal information
Full name Matthew Etherington
Date of birth 14 August 1981 (1981-08-14) (age 30)
Place of birth Truro, Cornwall, England
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Playing position Left winger
Club information
Current club Stoke City
Number 26
Youth career
Peterborough United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1997–2000 Peterborough United 51 (6)
2000–2003 Tottenham Hotspur 45 (1)
2001 → Bradford City (loan) 13 (1)
2003–2009 West Ham United 165 (16)
2009– Stoke City 90 (10)
National team‡
1997–1998 England U16 5 (0)
1999 England U18 3 (0)
1999 England U20 3 (0)
2002 England U21 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:01, 19 November 2011 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:52, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Matthew Etherington (born 14 August 1981) is an English footballer. Etherington, a left-sided midfielder and winger, plays for Premier League club Stoke City.

Etherington started his footballing career at Peterborough United and was a stand out performer for The Posh which attracted the attention of Premiership clubs. He joined Tottenham Hotspur in 2000 along with Simon Davies, he struggled at Tottenham and left for West Ham United in 2003. At the East London club Etherington showed his true form and became a vital player for The Hammers however he also became addicted to gambling which led to Gianfranco Zola selling him to fellow Premier League side Stoke City in 2009.

At Stoke, Etherington has become the club's regular left winger and is an important player in Tony Pulis's squad; this being evident by winning the 2009–10 season player of the year award at Stoke.

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Club career

Peterborough United

Born in Truro, Cornwall, Etherington came through the youth ranks at Peterborough United and made his league debut aged 15 years 262 days, in a 2–1 win at Brentford on 3 May 1997.[2] He made a further two appearances in the following season but made his breakthrough into the first team in 1998–99 when he made 33 appearances in all competitions scoring three goals.[2] He went on trial at Manchester United in July 1999, but at the end of December 1999, he joined Tottenham Hotspur in a deal that valued him at £500,000.[2] He made a total of 58 appearances for Peterborough in all competitions, scoring six goals.[2]

Tottenham Hotspur

Etherington joined Tottenham Hotspur from Peterborough in a move that saw Simon Davies join the North London club as part of the same deal. He struggled to establish himself during his three year stint at Spurs and, in 2001, spent two months on loan to Bradford City,[3] where he made 13 appearances and scored one goal against Watford.[2][4] Having only started five Premiership games since arriving from Peterborough in 1999, he handed in a transfer request in June 2002 saying that he had decided that his career would be best served away from Spurs.[5] However, no transfer was forthcoming but he broke into the first team during the 2002–03 season, when he made 25 appearances[2] despite a lay-off with an ankle injury.[6] He scored his first Premiership goal in a 2–2 draw with Everton on 17 August 2002.[7]

In August 2003, he joined West Ham in an exchange deal plus cash for Fredi Kanouté amid a formal complaint made to the FA by Peterborough at the valuation placed on Etherington, who would have benefited from a sell-off clause had it been greater than £500,000, the price at which Peterborough sold Etherington to Tottenham in 1999.[8] Etherington made 51 appearances for Tottenham, 28 of these as a substitute, scoring two goals against Bolton in the FA Cup[9] and Everton in the league.[2][10]

West Ham United

Etherington joined West Ham at the beginning of their two year spell in the second-tier of English football, playing the final season of the First Division and the first of the Championship. Etherington was a big hit at Upton Park, scoring several goals including a hat-trick in a 5–0 win over Wimbledon. He won the "Hammer of the Year" award in his first season at the club and played a huge part in helping the club get to the 2004 Championship play-off final by scoring in the 2–0 win over Ipswich Town in the play-off semi final second leg. However, Etherington was seen in tears at the final whistle of a 1–0 defeat to Crystal Palace in the final. The following year, West Ham reached the play-off final again, with Etherington setting up the goal in the final against Preston North End with a perfectly timed cross which was scored by Bobby Zamora, which sent West Ham back into the Premiership.

He was a regular member of the team for seasons 2003–04, 2004–05 and 2005–06, his appearances being more sporadic in the following three seasons. Etherington eventually lost his place in the starting eleven due to Gianfranco Zola's preference to play younger players. He completed 195 games for West Ham, in all competitions, scoring 18 goals,[11] before being sold to Stoke City on 8 January 2009.

Stoke City

On 8 January 2009, Etherington completed a transfer, thought to be for £2million, from West Ham United to Stoke City, signing a three and a half year contract.[12][13] He made his debut for Stoke City two days after his transfer, against Liverpool in the Premier League, in a game which finished goalless.[14] He was sent off in his fifth game with Stoke for kicking out at Danny Collins as his side lost 2–0 to Sunderland.[15] He scored his first goal for Stoke in a 4–3 Carling Cup win over Blackpool on 22 September 2009.[16] Etherington scored his first League goal for Stoke in a 2–2 draw with Wolverhampton Wanderers.[17] Etherington went on to have a successful season for Stoke which led him to win the player of the year award.[18] Etherington signed a new four year contract with Stoke on 11 July 2010.[19]

Etherington started the 2010–11 season in fine form providing a number of assists from corners and left midfield. He scored his first goal of the season in a 3–0 win over West Bromwich Albion and followed his up by scoring a last minute equaliser against Manchester City a week later and then scored another against Wigan Athletic.[20][21] He scored the opening goal in the FA Cup Semi-final as City beat Bolton 5–0 clinching a first FA Cup Final appearance in their 148-year history.[22][23] Etherington described the performance as the game of their lives.[24] On the 28 April in a match against Wolverhampton Wanderers Etherington torn his hamstring leaving him in doubt for the FA Cup Final.[25] He did make the Final as Stoke lost 1–0 to Manchester City.[26]

International career

Etherington appeared for the England Under-20 team at the 1999 FIFA U-20 World Cup, playing alongside players such as Stuart Taylor, Ashley Cole, Peter Crouch, Lee Canoville and Andy Johnson. However, the team failed to score a single goal in their three group matches, and finished bottom of their group.

Personal life

Etherington had a gambling addiction while he was at West Ham United, who paid him a £300,000 loan, after he accumulated debts in excess of £800,000. He also spent time at Tony Adams' Sporting Chance Clinic.[27]

Matthew's father, Peter, has thanked Stoke City for saving his son's career and helping him to combat his gambling addiction.[28]

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Other[A] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Peterborough United 1996–97 1 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 1 0
1997–98 2 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 2 0
1998–99 29 3 1 0 1 0 – 2 0 33 3
1999–2000 19 3 2 0 1 0 – 0 0 22 3
Total 51 6 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 58 6
Tottenham Hotspur 1999–2000 5 0 0 0 0 0 – – 5 0
2000–01 6 0 1 0 1 0 – – 8 0
2001–02 11 0 1 1 1 0 – – 13 1
2002–03 23 1 0 0 2 0 – – 25 1
Total 45 1 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 51 2
Bradford City (loan) 2001–02 13 1 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 13 1
Total 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1
West Ham United 2003–04 35 5 4 0 3 0 – 3 1 45 6
2004–05 39 4 0 0 2 0 – 3 0 44 4
2005–06 33 2 7 1 0 0 – – 40 3
2006–07 27 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 – 30 0
2007–08 18 3 2 0 1 0 – – 21 3
2008–09 13 2 1 0 1 0 – – 15 2
Total 165 16 15 1 8 0 1 0 6 1 195 18
Stoke City 2008–09 14 0 0 0 0 0 – – 14 0
2009–10 34 5 3 1 1 1 – – 38 7
2010–11 32 5 6 1 2 0 – – 40 6
2011–12 10 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 – 17 0
Total 90 10 9 2 5 1 5 0 0 0 109 13
Career total 364 34 29 4 19 1 6 0 8 1 426 40

Footnotes

A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League play-offs and the Football League Trophy.

Honours

West Ham United
Stoke City

Individual

References

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  3. ^ "Etherington joins Bradford", BBC Sport, 23 October 2001. Retrieved 27 June 2007.
  4. ^ "Bradford 4–3 Watford". BBC. 27 October 2001. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/1619862.stm. Retrieved 26 September 2009. 
  5. ^ "Etherington wants move", BBC Sport, 28 June 2002. Retrieved 2007.
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  7. ^ Corrigan, James (18 August 2002). "Everton see the light with Rooney". Everton 2 Tottenham Hotspur 2 (London: The Independent). http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/everton-see-the-light-with-rooney-640258.html. Retrieved 28 October 2010. 
  8. ^ "Posh lodge Etherington complaint", BBC Sport, 7 August 2003. Retrieved 27 June 2007.
  9. ^ "Slick Spurs thrash Bolton". BBC. 5 February 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/1799952.stm. Retrieved 26 September 2009. 
  10. ^ "Radzinski rescues Everton". BBC. 17 August 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/2196568.stm. Retrieved 26 September 2009. 
  11. ^ West Ham statistics Matthew Etherington
  12. ^ Etherington completes Stoke move
  13. ^ Transfers – January 2009
  14. ^ McNulty, Phil (2009-01-10). "Stoke 0–0 Liverpool". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7808360.stm. Retrieved 2009-01-10. 
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  20. ^ "West Brom 0–3 Stoke". BBC Sport. 20 November 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/9192064.stm. Retrieved 1 December 2010. 
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v · d · eStoke City F.C. – Player of the Year

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