| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matthew David Blinkhorn | ||
| Date of birth | 2 March 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Blackpool, England | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Sligo Rovers | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Manchester City | |||
| Blackpool | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2001–2007 | Blackpool | 44 | (5) |
| 2004 | → Luton Town (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | → Bury (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Morecambe (loan) | 12 | (8) |
| 2007-2009 | Morecambe | 41 | (10) |
| 2009– | Sligo Rovers | 72 | (22) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
|||
Matthew David Blinkhorn (born 2 March 1985 in Blackpool, Lancashire) is an English professional footballer who currently plays as a striker for Sligo Rovers.
Contents |
On November 22, 2006, when he was at Blackpool, he was loaned to Bury, but Blackpool manager Simon Grayson included a 24-hour recall clause in the contract, which began 28 days into the loan period. The loan period was due to end on February 22, 2007, but Blackpool cut it short and he returned on February 9.
He was loaned to Morecambe for a month on March 2, 2007.[1] Blinkhorn made an immediate impact, scoring the first goal in a 2-0 victory over St Albans. By the end of his loan stint he had scored eight goals in twelve games.
Blinkhorn joined Morecambe on a permanent basis on June 28, 2007,[2] for a fee of tribunal-set fee of £15,000, plus 25% of any future transfer fee that Morecambe were to receive for him.[3]
He was released by Morecambe in May 2009, and joined Sligo Rovers two months later. Blinkhorn scored his first goal for Rovers in a 2-0 win over St. Pat's in his third appearance. After the signing of Shamrock Rovers striker, Padraig Amond, in the pre-season of 2010, Blinkhorn had to be 2nd choice for half of the season until Amond signed for F.C. Paços de Ferreira. On 25 September 2010, Blinkhorn scored the winner for Sligo Rovers in a 1-0 win against Monaghan United in the 2010 League of Ireland Cup. He sadly had to sit out Sligo's penalty win over Shamrock Rovers in the 2010 FAI Ford Cup Final on 14 November 2010 through suspension, along with recently confirmed PFAI Player of the Year, Richie Ryan[4]
|
|||||