| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matthew Halliday | ||
| Date of birth | 23 January 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Norwich, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender/Defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Lowestoft Town | ||
| Youth career | |||
| – | Norwich City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2006–2008 | Norwich City | 0 | (0) |
| 2006 | → Hereford United (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Torquay United (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Wroxham | 11 | (1) |
| 2009– | Lowestoft Town[1] | 36 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Matthew Halliday (born 23 January 1987) is an English professional footballer who currently plays for Lowestoft Town. Halliday was born in Norwich and joined Norwich City as a trainee. In February 2006 he joined Hereford United on loan, although this was technically classed as work experience due to him still being a trainee.[2] He made the bench at Hereford, but did not make a first team appearance for the Bulls. Along with fellow trainees Andrew Cave-Brown, Robert Eagle and Andrew Fisk, Halliday was offered a professional contract in April 2006.[3] All four, plus a further trainee Michael Spillane signed their professional contracts on July 1, 2006.[4]
Halliday made his debut for the Norwich first team as a late substitute in a League Cup match against Torquay United on 23 August 2006, when he replaced injured captain Adam Drury.[5] He was unable to break into the first team again in the 2006/07 season however and joined Torquay on loan on 25 January 2007 along with teammate Rossi Jarvis.[6] He made his league debut, for Torquay, on 10 February 2007, playing in the 1-0 defeat away to Lincoln City.[7] He played twice more for Torquay within the next ten days, in defeats at home to Hartlepool United[8] and away to Rochdale[9] before returning to Norwich at the end of his one-month loan.[10]
At the end of the 2006-07 season, Halliday signed a new one year contract,[11] however his contract was not renewed beyond the end of the 2007-08 season and he was one of nine players released by manager Glenn Roeder.[12] He had trials in 2008 pre-season with Cambridge United and Northampton Town,[13] but in September 2008 signed for Wroxham. In the summer of 2009 he signed for Lowestoft Town following the clubs promotion to the Isthmian League Division One North.