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Matthew Halliday Personal information Full name Matthew Halliday Date of birth 23 January 1987 Place of birth Norwich, England Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Playing position Defender/Defensive midfielder Club information Current club Lowestoft Town Youth career – Norwich City Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2006–2008 Norwich City 0 (0) 2006 → Hereford United (loan) 0 (0) 2007 → Torquay United (loan) 3 (0) 2008–2009 Wroxham 11 (1) 2009– Lowestoft Town[1] 36 (2) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Matthew Halliday (born 23 January 1987) is an English professional footballer who currently plays for Lowestoft Town. Halliday was born in Norwich and joined Norwich City as a trainee. In February 2006 he joined Hereford United on loan, although this was technically classed as work experience due to him still being a trainee.[2] He made the bench at Hereford, but did not make a first team appearance for the Bulls. Along with fellow trainees Andrew Cave-Brown, Robert Eagle and Andrew Fisk, Halliday was offered a professional contract in April 2006.[3] All four, plus a further trainee Michael Spillane signed their professional contracts on July 1, 2006.[4]
Halliday made his debut for the Norwich first team as a late substitute in a League Cup match against Torquay United on 23 August 2006, when he replaced injured captain Adam Drury.[5] He was unable to break into the first team again in the 2006/07 season however and joined Torquay on loan on 25 January 2007 along with teammate Rossi Jarvis.[6] He made his league debut, for Torquay, on 10 February 2007, playing in the 1-0 defeat away to Lincoln City.[7] He played twice more for Torquay within the next ten days, in defeats at home to Hartlepool United[8] and away to Rochdale[9] before returning to Norwich at the end of his one-month loan.[10]
At the end of the 2006-07 season, Halliday signed a new one year contract,[11] however his contract was not renewed beyond the end of the 2007-08 season and he was one of nine players released by manager Glenn Roeder.[12] He had trials in 2008 pre-season with Cambridge United and Northampton Town,[13] but in September 2008 signed for Wroxham. In the summer of 2009 he signed for Lowestoft Town following the clubs promotion to the Isthmian League Division One North.
References
- ^ "Lowestoft Town Football Club - Ryman Isthmian Football, League Division One North". http://www.lowestoft-town-fc.co.uk/page/stats1st.asp. Retrieved June 16, 2011.
- ^ "Canaries teenager joins Hereford". BBC Sports. 22 February 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hereford_united/4739152.stm. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
- ^ "Norwich quartet offered pro deals". BBC Sports. 3 April 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/norwich/4873758.stm. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
- ^ "Three-year pro deal for Spillane". BBC Sports. 1 July 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/norwich/5136294.stm. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
- ^ "Torquay 0-2 Norwich". Soccerbase. 23 August 2006. http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=493028. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
- ^ "Torquay set to sign Canary duo". BBC Sports. 26 January 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/torquay_united/6298321.stm. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
- ^ "Lincoln 1-0 Torquay". Soccerbase. 10 February 2007. http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=509820. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
- ^ "Torquay 0-1 Hartlepool". Soccerbase. 17 February 2007. http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=513143. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
- ^ "Rochdale 2-0 Torquay". Soccerbase. 20 February 2007. http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=513132. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
- ^ "Loan trio in departure from Gulls". BBC Sport. 26 February 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/torquay_united/6397727.stm. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
- ^ "Quintet are released by Canaries". BBC Sport. 2007-05-05. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/norwich/6623441.stm. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
- ^ "canaries release forward Huckerby". BBC Sport. 2008-05-06. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/norwich/7385477.stm. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
- ^ "Triallist earns another go against Baggies". Northampton Chronicle & Echo. 2008-07-28. http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/cobblers/Triallist-earns-another-go-against.4328979.jp. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
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