Matty Pattison

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Matty Pattison
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Personal information
Full name Matthew Pattison
Date of birth October 27, 1986 (1986-10-27) (age 21)
Place of birth    Johannesburg, South Africa
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Norwich City
Number 24
Youth clubs
2000–2005 Newcastle United
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2005–2008
2007-2008
2008-		 Newcastle United
→ Norwich City (loan)
Norwich City		 10 (0)
10 (0)
17 (0)   
National team2
2006– South Africa 00 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 14:06, 4 January 2008 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 15:02, 24 August 2006 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Matthew "Matty" Pattison (born October 27, 1986 in Johannesburg) is a South African professional footballer, who currently plays for Norwich City.

Pattison began to play football at an early age. He and his family then moved to England in 1997, when he was eleven years old. He joined Newcastle Youth Academy at the age of fourteen.

He got his first taste of senior football in a pre-season friendly match against Celtic in August 2004. Unfortunately, Pattison was put on the sideline for the whole 2004-2005 season with two knee ligament injuries that threatened to end his career before it had really begun.

However, he showed his resilience and made his competitive first team debut on February 25, 2006 in a Premiership match against Everton, coming on as a substitute. Pattison made his first start for the club later in the same season against West Bromwich Albion, before being substituted after 80 minutes. Pattison was later named man of the match for the impressive contribution he made during the 3-0 win.

Pattison joined Norwich for a short loan period in late 2007, following ex-manager Glenn Roeder. After making 10 appearances and impressing, the deal was made permanent once the transfer window opened on January 4, 2008 for an undisclosed fee, on a three and a half year contract.[1] In a bizarre incident, it was reported on March 19, that Pattison had been arrested by police after being caught not only drink-driving, but doing so whilst only wearing underwear.[2] However it was revealed during his resulting court case that he was fully clothed at the time of his arrest.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ "Norwich tie up a triple deal", Sky Sports, 2008-01-04. Retrieved on 2008-01-04. 
  2. ^ "Norwich Player Caught Drink-Driving in his Underwear", Football365, 2008-03-19. Retrieved on 2008-03-19. 
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