1. Matthew Anthony Derbyshire was born on 14 April 1986 and is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Northern Premier League Premier Division club Matlock Town.
34 Facts About Matt Derbyshire
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Matt Derbyshire began his career with non-League side Great Harwood Town before earning himself a move to local Premier League team Blackburn Rovers in 2003.
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Matt Derbyshire played for Blackburn for five years, and had loan spells with Plymouth Argyle, Wrexham and Olympiacos, before joining the latter club on a permanent basis in 2009.
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Whilst at Olympiacos, Derbyshire won the Super League Greece and Greek Cup.
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Matt Derbyshire returned to England in 2010 with Birmingham City, and continued with spells at Nottingham Forest, Oldham Athletic, Blackpool and Rotherham United.
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Matt Derbyshire spent four seasons in Cyprus with Omonia followed by one season with A-League club Macarthur FC before returning to Cyprus with AEK Larnaca.
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Matt Derbyshire spent two seasons with Bradford City before retiring from football in November 2024.
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Matt Derbyshire won 14 caps for England at under-21 level.
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Matt Derbyshire played football as a youngster for Darwen before joining Great Harwood Town in 2002.
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Matt Derbyshire scored his first goal for the club's first team as a 16-year-old, in October 2002, and by the time he left in November 2003, he had scored 26, of which 21 had come in the North West Counties League, and 18 in his last nine appearances.
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Matt Derbyshire had previously worked in Rovers' community department, coaching young children.
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Matt Derbyshire rejected a move to Manchester United in favour of Blackburn, whom he had supported since he was a child.
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Matt Derbyshire made his first-team debut as a late substitute in the Premiership defeat at home to Fulham on 7 May 2005.
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Matt Derbyshire joined Championship club Plymouth Argyle on 30 August 2005 on loan for the season; a few days later, manager Bobby Williamson was sacked.
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Matt Derbyshire made his debut as a substitute in caretaker Jocky Scott's first match in charge, and started the next three, after which Tony Pulis was appointed manager and Matt Derbyshire made nine more appearances but no more starts.
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Matt Derbyshire scored five goals in as many games, the loan was extended to three months, and he ended up with ten goals from 16 league matches and a new two-year contract with Blackburn.
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Matt Derbyshire's form continued the following week with two goals and an assist away to Luton Town in the FA Cup fourth round.
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Matt Derbyshire finished his first Premier League season with 9 goals in all competitions, from 14 starts and 16 substitute appearances.
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Matt Derbyshire made his first appearance for the club as a substitute in the first leg of a Greek Cup match at PAOK's Toumba Stadium.
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Matt Derbyshire played a pivotal role in the Greek Cup final against cross-city rivals AEK Athens.
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Matt Derbyshire stated afterwards that he realised he had scored from the cheers of fans.
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Matt Derbyshire left the club at the end of the season after their relegation from the Premier League.
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Matt Derbyshire signed a three-year contract with Championship club Nottingham Forest on 10 August 2011.
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At Forest, Matt Derbyshire renewed acquaintance with assistant manager Rob Kelly, who was his coach when he was a youth player at Blackburn Rovers.
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On 14 September 2012 Matt Derbyshire went on loan to League One club Oldham Athletic in a short-term deal.
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In January 2012 Matt Derbyshire went on loan to Championship club Blackpool but failed to score for them.
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Matt Derbyshire signed for newly promoted Championship team Rotherham United on a two-year contract on 30 May 2014.
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Matt Derbyshire continued to score regularly, and finished the season as the league's top scorer with 24 goals, three more than his nearest rival.
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Matt Derbyshire scored 23 goals from 33 appearances over the season, which made him again the league's top scorer.
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On 4 August 2020, it was announced that Matt Derbyshire had signed for new Australian A-League club Macarthur FC on a two-year contract.
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Matt Derbyshire signed for NorthEast United of the Indian Super League on 2 September 2022.
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On 1 November 2024, Matt Derbyshire announced his retirement from football.
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On 30 December 2024, Matt Derbyshire came out of retirement to join Northern Premier League Premier Division side Matlock Town.
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Matt Derbyshire did not kick the ball out when Serbian defender Slobodan Rajkovic was down injured and went on to score England's second goal of the game; in his defence, Derbyshire claimed he did not see the injured player.