Matty Cash

Matthew Stuart Cash (born 7 August 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right back for Premier League club Aston Villa.

Matty Cash
Cash with Nottingham Forest in 2016
Personal information
Full name Matthew Stuart Cash[1]
Date of birth (1997-08-07) 7 August 1997[2]
Place of birth Slough, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2]
Position(s) Winger, Full back
Club information
Current team
 Aston Villa
Number 2[3]
Youth career
2010–2012 Wycombe Wanderers
2013–2014 FAB Academy
2014–2016 Nottingham Forest
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 Nottingham Forest 129 (11)
2016 → Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) 12 (3)
2020– Aston Villa 20 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:31, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

Cash started his career at Wycombe Wanderers and later the FAB Academy before he signed his first professional contract with Nottingham Forest and established himself as a regular at right back. He signed for Aston Villa in September 2020.

Career

Nottingham Forest

Matty Cash signed with Nottingham Forest in October 2014, after spending 16-months with the FAB Football Academy based at Bisham Abbey, Cash had joined FAB after Wycombe Wanderers released him, due to financial problems forcing their youth teams to be disbanded, aged fourteen.[4] He experienced his first games in professional football on loan at League Two club Dagenham & Redbridge, having joined them on 4 March 2016 on a one-month loan deal. He scored his first goal for the Daggers in a 3–1 defeat to Hartlepool United on 12 March 2016.[5]

On 5 August 2016, Cash signed a three-year deal with Forest to keep him at the club until 2019.[6] He made his first team debut a day later, starting in a 4–3 win over Burton Albion.[7] Cash's early season form earned him praise, with former Forest defender Kenny Burns claiming that the midfielder's performances were putting those of some of the more experienced Forest players "to shame".[8] However, on only his fifth appearance for Forest, Cash sustained a fracture to his tibia at the beginning of a 2–2 draw away to Aston Villa on 11 September 2016 which was expected to keep him out for three months.[9]

Cash made his return from injury on 25 November as a 79th-minute substitute in a 5–2 defeat of Barnsley at Oakwell.[10] Three days later Cash was linked with a £5,000,000 transfer to Premier League giants Chelsea, although Forest owner Fawaz Al-Hasawi subsequently took to social media to deny that the midfielder would be sold in the January transfer window.[11] On 4 January 2017, Cash was the subject of a £6,000,000 bid from Bundesliga side RB Leipzig.[12] Having remained at Forest upon the closure of the January transfer window, Cash signed a new contract on 3 March 2017 to extend his current deal with the club until 2021.[13]

Having changed squad number from 41 to 14,[14] ankle ligament damage sustained during a pre-season friendly match with Girona deprived Cash of starting the first match of the 2017–18 season, with the injury reported to sideline the player for "around three months".[15] He scored his first goal for Forest in a 5–2 win at QPR on 24 February 2018.[16]

Cash scored the opening goal for Nottingham Forest in the 2019–20 season, in a 2–1 defeat against West Bromwich Albion.[17] During the season, Forest manager Sabri Lamouchi began to utilise Cash as a right back, after injuries to Tendayi Darikwa and later Carl Jenkinson.[18] He made the right back slot his own, with his impressive performances leading to the Poland national team reportedly motitoring his progress ahead of a potential call-up.[19] He signed a three and a half year contract extension with Forest in November 2019.[20]

In January 2020, a number of clubs including Milan, Everton and West Ham were interested in signing Cash.[21] However, Cash said that he wished to stay at Forest until the end of the season in the hope that he could help the team to secure promotion to the Premier League. He cited Aston Villa's Jack Grealish as an influence behind this decision.[22]

Cash was named Forest's Player of the Season by the club's supporters on 12 August 2020.[23]

Aston Villa

On 3 September 2020, Aston Villa announced the signing of Cash on a five-year contract[24] for a reported £16 million.[25][26] Cash made his Villa debut on 21 September 2020, in a 1–0 home victory against Sheffield United.[27]

Personal life

Matty is the son of former professional footballer Stuart Cash,[28] and his brother Adam is a semi-professional footballer.[29] Matty grew up in Iver. Prior to joining the Nottingham Forest academy, Cash worked in a branch of Daniel.[29]

Career statistics
As of match played 10 December 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nottingham Forest 2015–16[30] Championship 000000—00
2016–17[31] Championship 2801010—300
2017–18[32] Championship 2322000—252
2018–19[33] Championship 3661042—418
2019–20[34] Championship 4230030—453
Total 129114082—14113
Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) 2015–16[30] League Two 123000000123
Aston Villa 2020–21[35] Premier League 900000—90
Career total 1501440820016216

    Honours

    Individual

    References
    1. "2020/21 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
    2. "Matty Cash". 11v11. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
    3. "Cash and Watkins squad numbers confirmed". Aston Villa Official Site. 11 September 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
    4. "West goes north after offer from the City Ground". Bucks Free Press. 8 October 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
    5. "Matty Cash: Nottingham Forest youngster joins Dagenham & Redbridge on loan". BBC Sport. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
    6. "Cash signs new contract". Nottingham Forest F.C. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
    7. "Nottingham Forest 4–3 Burton Albion". BBC Sport. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
    8. "Matty Cash deserves to play more games for Nottingham Forest, says Kenny Burns". Nottingham Post. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
    9. "Matty Cash out for three months but Nottingham Forest will rise to the challenge, says Philippe Montanier". Nottingham Post. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
    10. "Barnsley 2–5 Forest". Nottingham Forest F.C. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
    11. "Nottingham Forest 'will not sell' Matty Cash in January, says owner". 28 November 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
    12. "RB Leipzig offer £6m for Nottingham Forest teenager Matty Cash". Guardian Sport. 4 January 2017.
    13. "Cash signs new deal". Nottingham Forest Official Site. 3 March 2017.
    14. "Squad numbers confirmed". nottinghamforest.co.uk. Nottingham Forest F.C. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
    15. "Nottingham Forest duo Matty Cash and Jamie Ward will miss start of new season". BBC Sport. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
    16. "QPR 2–5 Nottm Forest". BBC Sport. 24 February 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
    17. Law, James (3 August 2020). "Nottingham Forest 1-2 West Bromwich Albion: Matt Phillips fluke gives Baggies win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
    18. "Explained: Who could replace Carl Jenkinson for Nottingham Forest's meeting with Swansea?". Vital Football. 13 September 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
    19. Taylor, Daniel. "New deal for Matty Cash - the future Poland international?". The Athletic. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
    20. "Cash signs new deal". www.nottinghamforest.co.uk. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
    21. Leach, Tom (28 January 2020). "Everything on reported Premier League interest in Matty Cash". NottinghamshireLive. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
    22. Taylor, Paul. "Cash on Grealish's loyalty to Villa, banana loaf and staying at Forest". The Athletic. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
    23. https://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/news/2020/august/cash-wins-player-of-the-season-award/
    24. Cash, Matty (3 September 2020). "Matty Cash on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
    25. "Matty Cash: Aston Villa sign full-back from Nottingham Forest". Sky Sports. 3 September 2020.
    26. "Villa announce Cash arrival". Aston Villa Official Site. 3 September 2020. Archived from the original on 3 September 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
    27. Sanders, Emma (21 September 2020). "Aston Villa 1-0 Sheffield United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
    28. https://www.nottinghampost.com/sport/football/football-news/martin-oneill-how-signed-matty-2728211
    29. "Football: Youngsters get an insight into South American skills thanks to TetraBrazil". Slough Observer. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
    30. "Games played by Matty Cash in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
    31. "Games played by Matty Cash in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
    32. "Games played by Matty Cash in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
    33. "Games played by Matty Cash in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
    34. "Games played by Matty Cash in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
    35. "Games played by Matty Cash in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
    36. "Cash wins Player of the Season award". Nottingham Forest Football Club. 12 August 2020.
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