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Matt Brunton

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Matt Brunton
Personal information
Full name Matthew Brunton[1]
Date of birth 20 April 1878
Place of birth Burnley, England
Date of death 29 December 1962(1962-12-29) (aged 84)[2]
Place of death Burnley, England
Position(s) Inside forward
Youth career
Vale XI
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1899–1900 Preston North End 8 (2)
1900–1901 Accrington Stanley
1901–1902 Burnley 30 (8)
1902–1904 Accrington Stanley
1904–1905 Leicester Fosse 5 (0)
1905–1906 Nelson
1906–1907 Accrington Stanley
1907–1908 Oldham Athletic 1 (0)
1908–1909 Southport Central 30 (8)
Great Harwood
Haslingden
Darwen
Accrington Stanley
1910–11 Rossendale United 12 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Matthew Brunton (20 April 1878 – 29 December 1962) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward in the Football League for Burnley, Preston North End, Leicester Fosse and Oldham Athletic.[1][3]

Personal life

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Brunton was a soldier in the South Lancashire Regiment and was bought out of the army to become a professional footballer.[4][5] Prior to the First World War, he worked at the Burnley Corporation Baths.[4] He served as a sergeant in the South Lancashire Regiment during the war and was wounded in the leg in January 1916.[4][6]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Leicester Fosse 1904–05[7] Second Division 5 0 1 0 6 0
Southport Central 1908–09[2] Lancashire Combination First Division 30 8 1 0 2[a] 1 33 9
Career total 35 8 2 0 2 1 39 9
  1. ^ Appearances in Lancashire Senior Cup

Honours

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Accrington Stanley

Oldham Athletic

  • Lancashire Combination First Division: 1906–07[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 43. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ a b c d "Player Details". Port Online. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  3. ^ Rogan, David (4 November 2021). Rossendale United Football Club 1898-2011: A Season by Season History. Grosvenor House Publishing Limited.
  4. ^ a b c "Burnley Express". 26 January 1916. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  5. ^ Matt Brunton on Lives of the First World War
  6. ^ "Matthew Brunton | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Matt Brunton | Leicester City career stats". FoxesTalk. Retrieved 25 July 2018.