Matthew Bloomer
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| Matthew Bloomer | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matthew Brian Bloomer | |
| Date of birth | November 3, 1978 | |
| Place of birth | Grimsby, England | |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Boston United | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1997-2001 2001-2003 2002 2002 2003-2006 2006 2006 2006-2007 2007 2007- |
Grimsby Town Hull City → Lincoln City (loan) → Telford United (loan) Lincoln City → Grimsby Town (loan) → Cambridge United (loan) Cambridge United Grimsby Town Boston United |
12 (0) 3 (0) 5 (0) 13 (0) 89 (3) 3 (0) 8 (0) 17 (0) 9 (0) 40 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Matthew Brian Bloomer (born 3 November 1978 in Grimsby) is an English footballer. He currently plays for Boston United. He plays as a centre back or right back, but can also play in a variety of positions.
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[edit] Career
Bloomer started his career as a trainee with his home town club of Grimsby Town, but failed to make an impact, starting only 3 games in his four years under contract. He then moved onto Hull City, where he also struggled, making just 3 appearances in the league in two years, all of them off the bench.
In 2002, Alan Buckley’s Lincoln City, who were facing relegation from Division Three signed Bloomer on a month long loan. He turned in a series of impressive displays at centre back which helped keep Lincoln in the Football League. The following season, Keith Alexander succeeded Alan Buckley as manager, and brought Bloomer in on a permanent deal.
After signing permanently for Lincoln he was mainly a bit-part player, but nonetheless made nearly a century of appearances for the club. During the 2004-2005 season, he earned himself a starting place at right-back, replacing veteranDean West. Bloomer was given his chance to start ahead of West for the League Cup first round match against Derby County. Lincoln won 3-1, Bloomer’s performance was highly praised, and he went onto make a number of solid performances. He lost his starting place following an ill-fated first half against Wycombe Wanderers in early 2005. Bloomer moved from right back to central defensive position held by captain Paul Morgan, who was out with an injury, Wycombe scored 3 goals in the first 45 minutes, all from Nathan Tyson. He did not start again all season, with both Lee Beevers and Gareth McAuley playing in his position for the rest of the year, however, he did play as a striker in the play-off final in Cardiff, where Lincoln lost 2-0 after extra-time to Southend United.
During the 2005–06 season, Bloomer found himself on the fringes of the Lincoln squad, and had spells on loan at former club Grimsby and Conference side Cambridge United.
Bloomer signed for Cambridge permanently in July 2006, and made 18 first team appearances. His contract was cancelled on 31 January 2007, and he rejoined Grimsby Town until the end of the season. He went on trial with York City at the end of the 2006–07 season.[1] York confirmed they would not be offering Bloomer a contract after did not turn up to training, and had also gone to play for Halifax Town for a pre-season friendly.[2] However, he eventually signed for Conference North side Boston United.[3]
[edit] Bloomer footballing family
Bloomer is a third generation professional footballer. His father Brian played in the Football League for Scunthorpe United while Brian's father Jimmy played for Grimsby Town as well as Matt's current club Boston United. Matt's uncle Jimmy Bloomer Jr also played for Grimsby Town.
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