Matthew Dolan (footballer)

Matthew Alexander Dolan (born 11 February 1993) is an English footballer who plays for Newport County. Dolan is primarily a midfielder, but is also comfortable in defense.

Matthew Dolan

Personal information
Full name	Matthew Alexander Dolan[1]
Date of birth	(1993-02-11) 11 February 1993[1]
Place of birth	Hartlepool,[1] England
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Playing position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Newport County
Number	8
Youth career
	Middlesbrough
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2014	Middlesbrough	0	(0)
2013	→ Yeovil Town (loan)	7	(1)
2013–2014	→ Hartlepool United (loan)	19	(2)
2014	→ Bradford City (loan)	11	(0)
2014–2015	Bradford City	13	(0)
2014	→ Hartlepool United (loan)	2	(0)
2015–2017	Yeovil Town	77	(7)
2017–	Newport County	94	(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:52, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

Career

Middlesbrough

Dolan began his career at Middlesbrough and in July 2010 was awarded a four-year professional contract with the club, and was captain of their U21 side.[3]

On 4 January 2013, Dolan joined Football League One side Yeovil Town on a months loan deal,[4] and made his debut as a substitute in their Football League Trophy area semi-final defeat against Leyton Orient.[5] He played his first League One match for the club in the 2–0 win at Sheffield United.[6] Dolan only managed five appearances for Yeovil in his first spell on loan before returning to the Riverside due to injury.[7] On 27 March 2013, Dolan unexpectedly returned to Yeovil for a second loan spell this time until the end of the 2012–13 season.[8] On 29 March 2013, Dolan made his first appearance of his second loan spell for Yeovil as a second-half substitute in a goalless draw against Walsall.[9] On 1 April, he scored his first goal in professional football in the 2–1 away win at Notts County, with a goal scored direct from a free kick.[10] Dolan appeared as a second-half substitute in the 2013 League One play-off Final as Yeovil beat Brentford 2–1 to secure promotion to the Football League Championship.[11] Dolan returned to Middlesbrough having made 9 appearances for Yeovil in a loan spell hampered by injuries.

In August 2013, Dolan joined his home-town team Hartlepool United on a one-month loan deal, linking up with former Middlesbrough coaches Colin Cooper and Craig Hignett. This loan was extended in October.[12] Dolan then scored his first goal for the club, in a 3–1 win over Wimbledon on 22 October 2013.[13] This was followed up his second came on 26 December 2013, in a 1–1 draw against Chesterfield.[14] Dolan returned to Hartlepool United in January after making 20 appearance and scoring twice for the club.[15]

Under the management of Aitor Karanka, Dolan was the among players to be offload as part of Karanka's reducing the squad size.[16] So on 1 September 2014 Dolan agreed to join Bradford City on loan until the end of the season.[17]

Bradford City

On 6 May 2014, Dolan agreed to join Bradford City on a one-year contract.[18]

He moved on loan to Hartlepool United on 27 November 2014. He only made 2 appearances when he was recalled to Bradford City due to an injury.[19]

Yeovil Town

Following his release from Bradford City, Dolan agreed to sign for League Two side Yeovil Town on a two-year deal from the 1 July 2015.[20]

Newport County

On 7 June 2017, Dolan rejected the offer of a new contract from Yeovil to sign for fellow League Two side Newport County on a two-year contract.[21] He made his debut for Newport on the opening day of the 2017–18 season, in a 3–3 draw at Stevenage.[22] On 10 November 2017 Dolan scored his first goal for Newport in the 1–1 draw against Port Vale in League Two.[23] On 26 January 2019 Dolan scored the equalising goal in the 93rd minute against Championship club Middlesbrough in the FA Cup 4th round 1–1 draw.[24] Newport won the replay 2-0 and progressed to the FA Cup 5th round home tie against reigning Premier League champions Manchester City.[25] Manchester City won the match 4–1. Dolan scored the winning goal in the 2018-19 League Two playoff semi-final penalty shoot-out against Mansfield Town [26] In the League Two playoff final at Wembley Stadium on 25 May 2019 Newport lost to Tranmere Rovers, 1-0 after a goal in the 119th minute.[27] In June 2019 Dolan signed a two-year contract extension with Newport County.[28]

Career statistics

As of match played 10 March 2020[29]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Middlesbrough	2012–13[30]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2013–14[31]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Middlesbrough total		0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
Yeovil Town (loan)	2012–13[30]	League One	7	1	0	0	0	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	9	1
Hartlepool United (loan)	2013–14[31]	League Two	19	2	3	0	0	0	2[lower-alpha 2]	0	24	2
Bradford City (loan)	2013–14[31]	League One	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
Bradford City	2014–15[32]	League One	13	0	1	0	2	0	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	17	0
	Bradford City total		24	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	27	0
Hartlepool United (loan)	2014–15[32]	League Two	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	Hartlepool United total		21	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	26	2
Yeovil Town	2015–16[33]	League Two	39	3	3	0	1	0	4[lower-alpha 2]	0	47	3
	2016–17[34]	League Two	38	4	2	0	2	1	5[lower-alpha 3]	0	47	5
	Yeovil Town total		84	8	5	0	3	1	11	0	103	9
Newport County	2017–18[35]	League Two	40	3	5	0	2	0	1[lower-alpha 3]	0	48	3
	2018–19[36]	League Two	32	2	6	1	1	0	3[lower-alpha 4]	0	42	3
	2019–20[37]	League Two	22	0	3	0	2	0	7[lower-alpha 3]	1	34	1
	Newport County total		94	5	14	1	5	0	11	1	124	7
Career total			223	15	23	1	10	1	25	1	281	18

1. One appearance in Football League Trophy, one in League One play-offs
2. Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
3. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
4. Appearances in League Two play-offs

Honours

Yeovil Town

• Football League One play-offs: 2012–13

References

1. "Matthew Dolan". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
2. "First Team – Midfielder – Matthew Dolan". Newport County A.F.C. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
3. "Matthew Dolan". Middlesbrough F.C. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
4. "Matthew Dolan: Yeovil Town sign Middlesbrough defender on loan". BBC Sport. 4 January 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
5. "Leyton Orient 1–0 Yeovil". BBC Sport. 8 January 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
6. "Sheffield United 0–2 Yeovil". BBC Sport. 12 January 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
7. "Middlesbrough midfielder Matt Dolan may have played final Yeovil Town game". Western Gazette. 7 March 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
8. "Matthew Dolan: Yeovil bring back Middlesbrough midfielder". BBC Sport. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
9. "Yeovil 0–0 Walsall". BBC Sport. 29 March 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
10. "Notts County 1–2 Yeovil". BBC Sport. 1 April 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
11. "Brentford 1–2 Yeovil". BBC Sport. 19 May 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
12. "Matthew Dolan: Hartlepool extend loan of Middlesbrough midfielder". BBC Sport. 27 September 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
13. "Hartlepool United 3-1 AFC Wimbledon". BBC Sport. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
14. "Chesterfield 1-1 Hartlepool United". BBC Sport. 26 December 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
15. "Dolan Returns To Middlesbrough". Hartlepool United F.C. 9 January 2014. Archived from the original on 1 September 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
16. "Middlesbrough: Aitor Karanka wants squad size reduced". BBC Sport. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
17. "Dolan deal in place". Bradford City A.F.C. 6 February 2014. Archived from the original on 1 September 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
18. "DOLAN SIGNED UP". Bradford City A.F.C. 16 May 2014. Archived from the original on 1 September 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
19. "Bradford City midfielder returns to Hartlepool on loan". Bradford Telegraph and Argus.
20. "Matt Dolan: Yeovil Town sign midfielder". BBC Sport. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
21. "Matt Dolan: Midfielder joins Newport County on two-year deal". BBC Sport. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
22. "Stevenage 3–3 Newport County". BBC Sport. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
23. Dolan scores for Newport
24. Dolan scores against Middlesbrough
25. Newport beat Middlesbrough
26. Newport beat Mansfield
27. Tranmere beat Newport
28. Dolan extends Newport contract
29. "Matthew Dolan". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
30. "Games played by Matthew Dolan in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
31. "Games played by Matthew Dolan in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
32. "Games played by Matthew Dolan in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
33. "Games played by Matthew Dolan in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
34. "Games played by Matthew Dolan in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
35. "Games played by Matthew Dolan in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
36. "Games played by Matthew Dolan in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
37. "Games played by Matthew Dolan in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 August 2019.

External links

• Matthew Dolan at Soccerbase