Matty Lund

Matthew Charles Lund (born 21 November 1990) is an English-born Northern Irish professional footballer who plays for English club Rochdale.

Matty Lund
Lund playing for Rochdale in 2013
Personal information
Full name Matthew Charles Lund[1]
Date of birth (1990-11-21) 21 November 1990[2]
Place of birth Manchester, England
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Rochdale
Number 21
Youth career
2007–2009 Crewe Alexandra
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 Stoke City 0 (0)
2010 → Hereford United (loan) 2 (0)
2011 → Oldham Athletic (loan) 3 (0)
2012 → Bristol Rovers (loan) 13 (2)
2012–2013 → Bristol Rovers (loan) 18 (2)
2013 → Southend United (loan) 12 (1)
2013–2017 Rochdale 112 (20)
2017–2018 Burton Albion 12 (1)
2018 → Bradford City (loan) 10 (2)
2018–2020 Scunthorpe United 44 (6)
2020– Rochdale 28 (11)
National team‡
2011–2012 Northern Ireland U21 6 (0)
2016– Northern Ireland 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:40, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:35, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

Lund began his career with English club Stoke City in the Premier League, where he failed to make his debut. He instead made his senior debut while a loan spell at Hereford United in November 2010. Further loan spells took Lund to Oldham Athletic and Bristol Rovers (twice) and he ended 2011/12 on loan at Southend United. In July 2013, Lund made a permanent transfer to then-League Two side Rochdale, after being released by Stoke City. He went on to enjoy an excellent season, scoring nine goals from midfield to help Rochdale to promotion.

Lund has played internationally for Northern Ireland six times at the under-21 level.

Club career

Stoke City

Lund started his career at Crewe Alexandra's Academy. He joined Stoke City in the summer of 2009 along with fellow Crewe teammate Ben Marshall.[3] Unlike Marshall who went out on loan Lund stayed at Stoke and played in the reserve team. He had a number of impressive displays in the reserve squad most notably against Portsmouth where Lund scored three times and created two.[4] His first appearance on the Stoke bench came in a Premier League game against Burnley in February 2010.[5]

Lund joined Jamie Pitman at Hereford United on a months loan on 23 November 2010 where he will make his professional debut.[6][7] He made his debut in a 2–2 draw with Lincoln City in the FA Cup.[8] He made his league debut in a 1–0 loss to Bradford City on 11 December 2010.[9]

In July 2011 Lund joined League One side Oldham Athletic on loan until 21 November 2011.[10] Lund made his debut for the club with an assist in a 1–0 pre season victory against Fleetwood Town[11] and his competitive club debut on the first day of the 2011–12 season, starting the Football League match against Sheffield United.[12] He was recalled by Stoke from his loan at Oldham on 9 September as Lund was not getting played in the first team.[13]

On 30 January 2012 Lund joined Bristol Rovers on a months loan, scoring his first two senior goals for his final loan appearance for the club.[14][15] In July 2012 he re-joined Bristol Rovers on loan following a successful spell. He scored on his final appearance of his second loan spell in a 2–1 win over Plymouth Argyle.[16] He joined Southend United on loan in February 2013.[17] He played 13 games for the Shrimpers scoring once against Northampton Town.[18][19] He was released by Stoke at the end of the 2012–13 season.[20]

Rochdale

Lund joined Rochdale on 21 June 2013 signing a two-year contract.[21]

On 31 October 2014, Lund signed a contract extension tying him to the club until summer 2016.[22]

On 17 December 2016, Lund scored his first career hat-trick, scoring all three of Rochdale's goals in a 3–2 win against Northampton Town.[23]

Burton Albion

On 19 May 2017, Lund joined Burton Albion signing a two-year contract after his four-year spell at Rochdale.[24] He scored his first goal for Burton in a 3–2 EFL Cup win against Oldham Athletic on 9 August 2017.[25]

On 26 January 2018, Matty joined Bradford City on loan for the rest of the season.[26]

Scunthorpe United

On 3 August 2018, Matty joined Scunthorpe United for an undisclosed fee, signing a two-year deal with the club.[27]

Rochdale Return

On 31 January 2020, Lund returned to Rochdale for an undisclosed fee, signing a 18-month contract.[28]

International career

Lund was called up to the Northern Ireland Under 21 side for the first time in February 2011.[29][30] He was called up to the senior Northern Ireland squad for a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier against Romania in November 2014.[31] He was called up again in August 2016 for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against the Czech Republic.[32]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 22 September 2018
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke City 2009–10[33] Premier League 000000—00
2010–11[34] Premier League 00—00—00
2011–12[35] Premier League 0000000000
2012–13[36] Premier League 00———00
Total 0000000000
Hereford United (loan) 2010–11[34] League Two 2010——30
Oldham Athletic (loan) 2011–12[35] League One 30———30
Bristol Rovers (loan) 2011–12[35] League Two 132———132
2012–13[36] League Two 1821010—202
Total 314101000334
Southend United (loan) 2012–13[36] League Two 121——1[lower-alpha 1]0131
Rochdale 2013–14[37] League Two 408411000459
2014–15[38] League One 142301000182
2015–16[39] League One 29110002[lower-alpha 1]0321
2016–17[40] League One 29930112[lower-alpha 2]03510
Total 11220111314013022
Burton Albion 2017–18[41] Championship 1210021—142
Bradford City (loan) 2017–18[41] League One 102———102
Scunthorpe United 2018–19[42] League One 8100101[lower-alpha 2]0101
Career total 19029131726021632
  1. Appearances in Football League Trophy
  2. Appearances in the EFL Trophy

International
As of match played 2 June 2017[43]
International statistics
National teamYearAppsGoals
Northern Ireland 201610
201720
Total30

References
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  2. "Matty Lund". 11v11. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  3. "City swoop for youngsters". Stoke City FC. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
  4. "Stoke City 4 Portsmouth 0". Stoke City FC. Archived from the original on 24 March 2010. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
  5. "Stoke 1–1 Burnley". Stoke City FC. Archived from the original on 11 April 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  6. "Lund's Loan Move To Hereford". Stoke City FC. Archived from the original on 29 November 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  7. "Bulls Beat Loan Deadline". herefordunited.co.uk. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  8. "Hereford 2 – 2 Lincoln City". BBC Sport. 27 November 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  9. "Bradford 1 – 0 Hereford". BBC Sport. 11 December 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
  10. "Lund's Loan Move To Latics". stokecityfc.com. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  11. "First Half report". oldhamathleticfc.com. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  12. "Oldham 0–2 Sheffield Utd". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 6 August 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  13. "Lund Leaves Latics". oldhamathleticfc.com. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  14. "Lund Joins Rovers on Loan". Stoke City F.C. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  15. "Rovers sign Lund on loan". Bristol Rovers F.C. Archived from the original on 31 January 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  16. "Bristol Rovers 2–1 Plymouth". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  17. "Matthew Lund: Southend United sign Stoke City midfielder on loan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  18. "Southend 1–2 Northampton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  19. "Matthew Lund ends loan spell at Southend United from Stoke City with team talk from ITV chat show host Jeremy Kyle". Southend Echo. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  20. "Potters Announce Retained List". Stoke City F.C. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  21. "Lund Joins Team Rochdale". Rochdale A.F.C. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  22. "Matty Lund Signs Contract Extension". Rochdale A.F.C. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  23. http://www.skysports.com/football/northampton-vs-rochdale/358920
  24. "Matty Lund Joins Burton Albion". Burton Albion F.C. Archived from the original on 19 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  25. "Oldham 2–3 Burton". BBC. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  26. "Bradford sign McGowan, Warnock and Lund". BBC. 26 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  27. "Iron sign Matthew Lund". Scunthorpe United F.C. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  28. "Matty Lund Returns To Rochdale". Rochdale A.F.C. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  29. "U21 Squad Announced to face Wales". irishfa.com. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
  30. "City Pair Go Head-To-Head". stokecityfc.com. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
  31. "Euro 2016 qualifier: NI's Steven Davis misses Romania game". BBC. 12 November 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  32. "McGivern and Lund called into NI squad". BBC. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  33. "Games played by Matty Lund in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  34. "Games played by Matty Lund in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
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  42. "Games played by Matty Lund in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  43. "Matty Lund". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
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