Matthew Barnes-Homer

Matthew Barnes-Homer
Matthew Barnes-Homer
Personal information
Full name Matthew Brian Barnes-Homer[1]
Date of birth 25 January 1986 (1986-01-25) (age 25)
Place of birth Birmingham, England
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Rochdale
(on loan from Luton Town)
Number 19
Youth career
2001–2004 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2004 Rochester Raging Rhinos ? (?)
2004 Syracuse Salty Dogs ? (?)
2004 Virginia Beach Mariners ? (?)
2004 Aldershot Town 2 (0)
2005 Hednesford Town 1 (0)
2005–2006 Bromsgrove Rovers 19 (3)
2006 Tividale ? (?)
2006–2007 Willenhall Town 33 (14)
2007 Wycombe Wanderers 1 (0)
2007–2010 Kidderminster Harriers 100 (35)
2009 → Luton Town (loan) 2 (1)
2010– Luton Town 66 (19)
2011- → Rochdale (loan) 4 (0)
National team‡
2009– England C 5 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:37, 03 October 2011 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:51 10 February 2011 (UTC)

Matthew Brian Barnes-Homer (born 25 January 1986) is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Rochdale. He is currently on loan to Rochdale from Conference side Luton Town.

Barnes-Homer started his career as a youth player at Wolverhampton Wanderers, where he spent three years. He went on to have short spells at three clubs in the lower leagues of the United States of America football pyramid during 2004, before returning to England with Aldershot Town. He then played for various non-league clubs in his local West Midlands region between 2005 and 2007 until League Two side Wycombe Wanderers signed him on a short-term contract in March 2007. He was released shorty afterwards, where he joined Conference National side Kidderminster Harriers. After a lean first season at the club, Barnes-Homer established himself as top scorer in the next campaign with 21 goals, averaging almost one goal for every two games.

A similar goal return during 2009–10 prompted interest from former Football League club Luton Town, who signed him in January 2010. He finished the 2010–11 season as Luton's top scorer with 19 goals.

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Club career

Born in Birmingham, West Midlands, Barnes-Homer began his career as a 15-year old trainee at Wolverhampton Wanderers, but was released three years later at the end of the 2003–04 season.[2] He went to the United States where he played for Rochester Rhinos, Syracuse Salty Dogs and Virginia Beach Mariners, before heading back to England to join Aldershot Town in 2004, where he made two appearances.[3] He then joined Hednesford Town, where he made one substitute appearance, and was signed by Bromsgrove Rovers in April 2005 after impressing in Bromsgrove's reserve side.[3]

Barnes-Homer had a short spell at Tividale[4] before he joined Willenhall Town in August 2008 and scored a hat-trick on his debut against Stourbridge.[5] After impressive performances for Willenhall, he joined League Two club Wycombe Wanderers in March 2007 after a successful trial.[6][7] However, he was one of several players released at the end of the 2006–07 season after Wycombe failed to reach the League Two play-offs.[8]

He joined Conference side Kidderminster Harriers in July 2007 after featuring in pre-season games.[2] After scoring 6 league goals during the 2007–08 season, he signed a new one-year contract in April 2008.[9]

Barnes-Homer scored 21 goals the next season, ending the campaign as highest goalscorer at the club as Kidderminster finished narrowly outside the play-offs. He signed a new two-year contract with the club in June 2009.[10]

Barnes-Homer began the 2009–10 season for Kidderminster as he had finished the last, with a return of roughly one goal in every two games.[7] His goalscoring form did not go unnoticed and, on 26 November 2009, Barnes-Homer joined Luton Town, initially on a one-month loan deal. On 13 January 2010 the transfer led to a permanent two-and-a-half-year-contract, for which Luton paid Kidderminster a five-figure fee, believed to be around £75,000.[11][12]

Barnes-Homer made a below-average start to his Luton career, with just three goals in 20 league games. Luton manager Richard Money cited the fact that Barnes-Homer had lost his stepfather mid-season as reason for his poor form.[13] Money believed that in the following season, Luton fans would see the real Matthew Barnes-Homer and that he would be akin to a brand new signing.[13] This faith from the manager paid off, as Barnes-Homer scored five goals in the opening three games of the 2010–11 season, including a hat-trick away against Kettering Town. He fell out of favour with new Luton manager Gary Brabin towards the end of the season, being used primarily as a substitute, including in the club's play-off final defeat to AFC Wimbledon. Barnes-Homer ended the season as Luton's top scorer with 19 goals, 16 of which game in the league.

He started Luton's first game of the 2011–12 season, though was substituted after an hour. On 25 August 2011, Barnes-Homer joined League One side Rochdale on loan until January 2012.[14]

International career

Barnes-Homer was named in the England C squad that played Poland under-23's on 17 November 2009. He scored the winning goal on his debut in a 2–1 victory.[15] On 9 February 2011, Barnes-Homer scored the winning goal in a 1–0 win against Belgium under-23's that put England C into the final of the International Challenge Trophy.[16]

References

  1. ^ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/01/2010 and 31/01/2010". The Football Association. http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/RulesandRegulations/~/media/Files/PDF/TheFA/PlayerRegistrations/January%202010.ashx/January%202010.pdf. Retrieved 2010-02-07. 
  2. ^ a b "Harriers snap up fifth newcomer". Non League Daily. 2007-07-27. http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=43892. Retrieved 2008-07-16. 
  3. ^ a b "Mullen's new boy makes his mark". Non League Daily. 2005-04-04. http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=25760. Retrieved 2008-07-16. 
  4. ^ "Striker light". Halesowen News. 2006-09-08. http://archive.halesowennews.co.uk/2006/9/8/78695.html. Retrieved 2009-11-26. 
  5. ^ "Dream debut for strike duo". http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=37047. Retrieved 2008-07-16. 
  6. ^ "Big chance for Reds' forward". Non League Daily. 2007-03-02. http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=40827. Retrieved 2008-07-16. 
  7. ^ a b "Matthew Barnes-Homer". Soccerbase. Racing Post. http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=39640. Retrieved 2008-07-16. 
  8. ^ "Chairboys axe six players". football.co.uk. 2007-05-11. Archived from the original on 2008-01-23. http://web.archive.org/web/20080123200600/http://www.football.co.uk/wycome_wanderers/chairboys_axe_six_players_246110.shtml. Retrieved 2008-07-16. 
  9. ^ "Duo agree new deals at Harriers". BBC Sport. 2008-04-30. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/k/kidderminster_harriers/7375800.stm. Retrieved 2008-07-16. 
  10. ^ "Harriers top scorer pens new deal". BBC Sport. 2009-06-22. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/k/kidderminster_harriers/8112839.stm/06/harriers_preview_feature.shtml. Retrieved 2009-11-26. [dead link]
  11. ^ "Luton sign Harriers' Barnes-Homer". BBC Sport. 2009-11-26. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/k/kidderminster_harriers/8381722.stm. Retrieved 2009-11-26. 
  12. ^ "Harriers had to let star striker go". Luton Today (Johnston Press). 2010-01-01. http://www.lutontoday.co.uk/lut/Harriers-had-to-let-star.5893964.jp. Retrieved 2010-08-22. 
  13. ^ a b "Brave Barnes-Homer nets for Luton". Dunstable Today (Johnston Press). 2010-03-21. http://www.dunstabletoday.co.uk/luton-sport/Brave-BarnesHomer-nets-for-Luton.6168754.jp. Retrieved 2010-08-22. 
  14. ^ "Rochdale seal Matthew Barnes-Homer loan". BBC Sport. 2011-08-25. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14670407.stm. Retrieved 2011-08-26. 
  15. ^ "Fine win for England C". The Football Association. 2009-11-18. http://thefa.com/England/EnglandCTeam/NewsAndFeatures/2009/poland_181109.aspx. Retrieved 2009-11-20. 
  16. ^ "Matt the Hatter sees off Belgium". The Football Association. 2011-02-09. http://www.thefa.com/England/england-c/News/match-centre/2011/EnglandvBelgium/EnglandCvBelgium-090211. Retrieved 2011-02-10. 

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