Matthew Dolan (footballer)

Matthew Alexander Dolan (born 11 February 1993) is an English footballer who plays for Newport County. Primarily a midfielder, he has also played as a central defender.

Matthew Dolan
Personal information
Full name Matthew Alexander Dolan[1]
Date of birth (1993-02-11) 11 February 1993[1]
Place of birth Hartlepool,[1] England
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder, Defender
Club information
Current team
Newport County
Number 8
Youth career
Middlesbrough
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 Middlesbrough 0 (0)
2013Yeovil Town (loan) 7 (1)
2013–2014Hartlepool United (loan) 19 (2)
2014Bradford City (loan) 11 (0)
2014–2015 Bradford City 13 (0)
2014Hartlepool United (loan) 2 (0)
2015–2017 Yeovil Town 77 (7)
2017– Newport County 110 (8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:17, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

Career

Middlesbrough

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 2014 Dolan agreed to join Bradford City on loan until the end of the season.[17]

Bradford City

On 6 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]

Yeovil Town

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]

Newport County

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] On 10 November 2017 Dolan scored his first goal for Newport in the 1–1 draw against Port Vale in League Two.[23] On 26 January 2019 Dolan scored the equalising goal in the 93rd minute against Championship club Middlesbrough in the FA Cup 4th round 1–1 draw.[24] Newport won the replay 2-0 and progressed to the FA Cup 5th round home tie against reigning Premier League champions Manchester City.[25] Manchester City won the match 4–1. Dolan scored the winning goal in the 2018-19 League Two playoff semi-final penalty shoot-out against Mansfield Town.[26] In the League Two playoff final at Wembley Stadium on 25 May 2019, Newport lost to Tranmere Rovers 1-0 after a goal in the 119th minute.[27] In June 2019 Dolan signed a two-year contract extension with Newport County.[28]

Career statistics

As of match played 15 December 2020[29]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Middlesbrough 2012–13[30] Championship 00000000
2013–14[31] Championship 00000000
Middlesbrough total 00000000
Yeovil Town (loan) 2012–13[30] League One 7100002[lower-alpha 1]091
Hartlepool United (loan) 2013–14[31] League Two 19230002[lower-alpha 2]0242
Bradford City (loan) 2013–14[31] League One 110000000110
Bradford City 2014–15[32] League One 13010201[lower-alpha 2]0170
Bradford City total 240102010270
Hartlepool United (loan) 2014–15[32] League Two 2000000020
Hartlepool United total 212300020262
Yeovil Town 2015–16[33] League Two 39330104[lower-alpha 2]0473
2016–17[34] League Two 38420215[lower-alpha 3]0475
Yeovil Town total 84850311101039
Newport County 2017–18[35] League Two 40350201[lower-alpha 3]0483
2018–19[36] League Two 32261103[lower-alpha 4]0423
2019–20[37] League Two 22030207[lower-alpha 3]1341
2020–21[38] League Two 163103000203
Newport County total 11081518011114410
Career total 2391824113125130121
  1. One appearance in Football League Trophy, one in League One play-offs
  2. Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
  3. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  4. Appearances in League Two play-offs

Honours

Yeovil Town

References

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  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.
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  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.
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  22. "Stevenage 3–3 Newport County". BBC Sport. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  23. "Newport County 1-1 Port Vale". BBC Sport. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
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  38. "Games played by Matthew Dolan in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
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