Matthew Dolan (footballer)

Matthew Dolan
Personal information
Full name Matthew Alexander Dolan[1]
Date of birth (1993-02-11) 11 February 1993
Place of birth Hartlepool, England
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Newport County
Number 8
Youth career
Middlesbrough
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 Middlesbrough 0 (0)
2013 → Yeovil Town (loan) 7 (1)
2013–2014 → Hartlepool United (loan) 19 (2)
2014 → Bradford City (loan) 11 (0)
2014–2015 Bradford City 13 (0)
2014 → Hartlepool United (loan) 2 (0)
2015–2017 Yeovil Town 77 (7)
2017– Newport County 50 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:55, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

Matthew Alexander Dolan (born 11 February 1993) is an English footballer who plays for Newport County. Dolan is primarily a midfielder, but is also comfortable in defence.

Career

Dolan began his career at Middlesbrough and in July 2010 was awarded a four-year professional contract with the club, and was captain of their U21 side.[3]

On 4 January 2013, Dolan joined Football League One side Yeovil Town on a months loan deal,[4] and made his debut as a substitute in their Football League Trophy area semi-final defeat against Leyton Orient.[5] He played his first League One match for the club in the 2–0 win at Sheffield United.[6] Dolan only managed five appearances for Yeovil in his first spell on loan before returning to the Riverside due to injury.[7] On 27 March 2013, Dolan unexpectedly returned to Yeovil for a second loan spell this time until the end of the 2012–13 season.[8] On 29 March 2013, Dolan made his first appearance of his second loan spell for Yeovil as a second-half substitute in a goalless draw against Walsall.[9] On 1 April, he scored his first goal in professional football in the 2–1 away win at Notts County, with a goal scored direct from a free kick.[10] Dolan appeared as a second-half substitute in the 2013 League One play-off Final as Yeovil beat Brentford 2–1 to secure promotion to the Football League Championship.[11] Dolan returned to Middlesbrough having made 9 appearances for Yeovil in a loan spell hampered by injuries.

In August 2013, Dolan joined his home-town team Hartlepool United on a one-month loan deal, linking up with former Middlesbrough coaches Colin Cooper and Craig Hignett. This loan was extended in October.[12] Dolan then scored his first goal for the club, in a 3–1 win over Wimbledon on 22 October 2013.[13] This was followed up his second came on 26 December 2013, in a 1–1 draw against Chesterfield.[14] Dolan returned to Hartlepool United in January after making 20 appearance and scoring twice for the club.[15]

Under the management of Aitor Karanka, Dolan was the among players to be offload as part of Karanka's reducing the squad size.[16] So on 1 September Dolan agreed to join Bradford City on loan until the end of the season.[17] After making eleven appearance, it announced on 16 May 2014, Dolan agreed to join Bradford City on a one-year contract.[18]

He moved on loan to Hartlepool United on 27 November 2014. He only made 2 appearances when he was recalled to Bradford City due to an injury.[19]

Following his release from Bradford City, Dolan agreed to sign for League Two side Yeovil Town on a two-year deal from the 1 July 2015.[20]

On 7 June 2017, Dolan rejected the offer of a new contract from Yeovil to sign for fellow League Two side Newport County on a two-year contract.[21] He made his debut for Newport on the opening day of the 2017–18 season, in a 3–3 draw at Stevenage.[22]

Career statistics

As of match played 21 August 2018[23]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Yeovil Town (loan) 2012–13[24] League One 7100002[lower-alpha 1]091
Hartlepool United (loan) 2013–14[25] League Two 19230002[lower-alpha 2]0242
Bradford City (loan) 2013–14[25] League One 110000000110
Bradford City 2014–15[26] League One 13010201[lower-alpha 2]0170
Bradford City total 240102010270
Hartlepool United (loan) 2014–15[26] League Two 2000000020
Yeovil Town 2015–16[27] League Two 39330104[lower-alpha 2]0473
2016–17[28] League Two 38420215[lower-alpha 3]0475
Yeovil Town total 84850311101039
Newport County 2017–18[29] League Two 40350201[lower-alpha 3]0483
2018–19[30] League Two 4000100050
Newport County total 443502010533
Career total 173131408115021014
  1. ↑ One appearance in Football League Trophy, one in League One play-offs
  2. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
  3. 1 2 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

Honours

Yeovil Town

References

  1. ↑ "Player Details: Matthew Dolan". English National Football Archive. Missing or empty |url= (help)
  2. ↑ "First Team – Midfielder – Matthew Dolan". Newport County A.F.C. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "Matthew Dolan". Middlesbrough F.C. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "Matthew Dolan: Yeovil Town sign Middlesbrough defender on loan". BBC Sport. 4 January 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Leyton Orient 1–0 Yeovil". BBC Sport. 8 January 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  6. ↑ "Sheffield United 0–2 Yeovil". BBC Sport. 12 January 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  7. ↑ "Middlesbrough midfielder Matt Dolan may have played final Yeovil Town game". Western Gazette. 7 March 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
  8. ↑ "Matthew Dolan: Yeovil bring back Middlesbrough midfielder". BBC Sport. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
  9. ↑ "Yeovil 0–0 Walsall". BBC Sport. 29 March 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  10. ↑ "Notts County 1–2 Yeovil". BBC Sport. 1 April 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  11. ↑ "Brentford 1–2 Yeovil". BBC Sport. 19 May 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  12. ↑ "Matthew Dolan: Hartlepool extend loan of Middlesbrough midfielder". BBC Sport. 27 September 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  13. ↑ "Hartlepool United 3-1 AFC Wimbledon". BBC Sport. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  14. ↑ "Chesterfield 1-1 Hartlepool United". BBC Sport. 26 December 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  15. ↑ "Dolan Returns To Middlesbrough". Hartlepool United F.C. 9 January 2014. Archived from the original on 1 September 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  16. ↑ "Middlesbrough: Aitor Karanka wants squad size reduced". BBC Sport. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  17. ↑ "Dolan deal in place". Bradford City A.F.C. 6 February 2014. Archived from the original on 1 September 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  18. ↑ "DOLAN SIGNED UP". Bradford City A.F.C. 16 May 2014. Archived from the original on 1 September 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  19. ↑ "Bradford City midfielder returns to Hartlepool on loan". Bradford Telegraph and Argus.
  20. ↑ "Matt Dolan: Yeovil Town sign midfielder". BBC Sport. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  21. ↑ "Matt Dolan: Midfielder joins Newport County on two-year deal". BBC Sport. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  22. ↑ "Stevenage 3–3 Newport County". BBC Sport. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  23. ↑ "Matthew Dolan". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  24. ↑ "Games played by Matthew Dolan in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  25. 1 2 "Games played by Matthew Dolan in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  26. 1 2 "Games played by Matthew Dolan in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  27. ↑ "Games played by Matthew Dolan in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  28. ↑ "Games played by Matthew Dolan in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  29. ↑ "Games played by Matthew Dolan in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  30. ↑ "Games played by Matthew Dolan in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
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