Matt Partridge

Matt Partridge
Personal information
Full name Matthew Nicholas Partridge[1]
Date of birth (1993-11-07) 7 November 1993[2]
Place of birth Thatcham, England
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[2]
Playing position Defender
Youth career
0000–2012 Reading
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Reading 0 (0)
2012 → Bognor Regis Town (loan)
2013 → Basingstoke Town (loan) 7 (2)
2013–2014 → Basingstoke Town (loan) 7 (1)
2014–2015 Dagenham & Redbridge 26 (1)
2015 Basingstoke Town 2 (0)
2015–2016 Newport County 20 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:19, 10 May 2016 (UTC).


Matthew Nicholas "Matt" Partridge (born 7 November 1993) is an English football defender.

Career

Partridge started his career in the youth system at Reading progressing through the academy as under-18's captain, he went on to sign a professional one-year contract in July 2012.[2][3] In October 2012, he joined Isthmian League Premier Division side Bognor Regis Town on a one-month loan deal.[4] In November his loan was extended for a further month.[5] Having returned to Reading after the Boxing Day fixture, he remained a regular for the under-21's during the 2012–13 campaign.[2] In May 2013, he was offered a new one-year contract by Reading.[6]

In September 2013, he joined Conference South side Basingstoke Town on a one-month loan deal.[7] He scored on his debut in a 3–2 away defeat to Bromley, scoring the opening goal.[2] His second goal for the club came in a 3–1 defeat to Weston-super-Mare in the FA Cup.[8] In October, his loan at the club was extended for a further month.[9] In November, he scored the second in a 2–0 victory over Dover Athletic in the league.[8] At the end of the month his loan expired having made eight appearances scoring three times.[10] At the end of December he re-joined Basingstoke on loan until the end of the season.[10] His final goal for the club came in February 2014, in a 1–1 draw with Boreham Wood.[8] He finished the season having made fifteen appearances scoring four goals in all competitions.[8]

In July 2014, having been released by Reading he signed for Football League Two side Dagenham & Redbridge on a one-year deal.[11] He made his professional debut in August 2014, starting in the Football League Cup tie against Brentford. The match ended in a 6–6 draw, equaling the record for the most goals scored in a League Cup game, with Brentford eventually advancing on penalties.[12]

In August 2015, after starting his second season with the club as a regular and just two months after signing a new deal, Partridge was released by Dagenham by mutual consent.[13] Four days later he re-joined National League South side Basingstoke Town only to sign for league two club Newport County shortly after. He made his debut for Newport on 5 September 2015. He was released by Newport on 10 May 2016 at the end of his contract.[14]

Personal life

He was raised in Thatcham, Berkshire and attended the Kennet School in the town.[15] In April 2014, he was given a twelve-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, after being found guilty of assaulting a motorcyclist in Woolhampton in August 2013.[15]

Career statistics

As of match played 18 August 2015.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Basingstoke Town (loan) 2013–14[8] Conference South 14311——154
Dagenham & Redbridge 2014–15[16] League Two 24120101[lower-alpha 1]0281
2015–16[17] League Two 20—10—30
Total 261202010311
Basingstoke Town 2015–16[18] National League South 20———20
Newport County 2015–16[18] League Two 20030—00230
Career total 624612010715
  1. ↑ Appearance in Football League Trophy

References

  1. ↑ "Clubs submit retained and released lists". The Premier League. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Matt Partridge". Reading F.C. Archived from the original on 9 April 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  3. ↑ Williams, James (6 July 2012). "Reading's fixtures changed for Sky Sports". Newbury Today. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "New Signing". Bognor Regis Town F.C. 19 October 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "Matthew Partridge". Bognor Regis Town F.C. 20 November 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "Contract Offers". Reading F.C. 24 May 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "Matt Partridge Joins on Loan from Reading FC". Basingstoke Town F.C. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 "Matt Partridge". Basingstoke Town F.C. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "Basingstoke Town aim to build on Boreham Wood success". Basingstoke Gazette. 24 October 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  10. 1 2 "Striker Ben Wright has returned to Skrill South club....". Football Conference. 28 December 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  11. ↑ "Daggers Sign Reading Youngster". Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  12. ↑ "Dagenham & Redbridge 6–6 Brentford". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  13. ↑ "Matt Partridge: Defender departs Dagenham by mutual consent". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  14. ↑ Newport release 8
  15. 1 2 Gutteridge, Nick (8 April 2014). "Reading FC star spared jail over West Berkshire road rage attack". Reading Chronicle. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Matt Partridge in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Matt Partridge in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  18. 1 2 "M. Partridge - Soccerway". Soccerbase. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
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