Matthew Knox

Matthew Knox (born 22 December 1999) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a striker for Warrenpoint Town in the NIFL Premiership. Knox has previously played for Livingston, East Fife, Berwick Rangers and Brechin City.

Matthew Knox

Personal information
Full name	Matthew Knox
Date of birth	(1999-12-22) 22 December 1999
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Playing position(s)	Striker
Club information
Current team	Warrenpoint Town
Youth career
2011–2015	Livingston
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2019	Livingston	17	(0)
2018	→ East Fife (loan)	10	(0)
2019	→ Berwick Rangers (loan)	5	(0)
2019-2020	Brechin City	15	(1)
2020-	Warrenpoint Town	0	(0)
National team
2015	Scotland U17	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:29, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

Career

Knox grew up in Prestonpans, East Lothian. He became the youngest player in Livingston's history when he made his first-team debut against St Mirren on Boxing Day, just four days after his 16th birthday.[1] Knox made his first starting appearance for Livingston on 26 April 2016, during which he set up the only goal in a 1–0 win against Rangers.[2]

Knox was loaned to East Fife in January 2018,[3] and Berwick Rangers in January 2019.[4]

During his time at Livingston, Knox went on trial at Rangers in 2016[5] and also had trials in England with Manchester United, Liverpool and Sunderland.[6]

On 11 July 2019, Knox signed for Scottish League Two club Brechin City.[7]

Career statistics

As of match played 4 January 2020

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Scottish Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Livingston	2015–16[8]	Scottish Championship	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
	2016–17[9]	Scottish League One	8	0	0	0	3	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	12	0
	2017–18[10]	Scottish Championship	2	0	1	0	2	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	6	0
	2018–19[11]	Scottish Premiership	0	0	0	0	1	0	2[lower-alpha 2]	1	3	1
	Total		17	0	2	0	6	0	4	1	29	1
East Fife (loan)	2017–18[10]	Scottish League One	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Berwick Rangers (loan)	2018–19[11]	Scottish League Two	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Brechin City	2019–20[12]	Scottish League Two	15	1	2	0	4	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	7	0
Career total			47	1	4	0	10	0	5	1	66	2

1. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
2. Appearances for Livingston under-21s in the Scottish Challenge Cup in which age-restricted sides from the Scottish Premiership clubs compete against senior clubs

References

1. "Rangers confident of signing Livingston teenager Matthew Knox". Stephen Halliday. The Scotsman. 25 March 2016.
2. "Matthew Knox: Livingston boss hopes to ward off interest in teenager". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
3. "Completed Transfers - Deadline Day January 2018". Scottish FA. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
4. "Knoxy heads out on loan". Livingston F.C. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
5. "Rangers take Matthew Knox on trial: Here's all you need to know about the Livingston wonderkid". Daily Record. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
6. Bryce, Liam (20 February 2018). "Manchester United, Liverpool and, er, East Fife? Matthew Knox lays bare incredible transfer story". Daily Record. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
7. Mew, Steven (11 July 2019). "Matthew Knox Signs". Brechin City F.C. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
8. "Games played by Matthew Knox in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
9. "Games played by Matthew Knox in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
10. "Games played by Matthew Knox in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
11. "Games played by Matthew Knox in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
12. "Games played by Matthew Knox in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 July 2019.

External links

• Matthew Knox at Soccerbase