Matthew Blinkhorn
Personal information
Full name	Matthew David Blinkhorn
Date of birth	March 2, 1985 (1985-03-02) (age 24)
Place of birth	Blackpool, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Striker
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001-2007 2004 2006-2007 2007 2007-2009 2009-	Blackpool → Luton Town (loan) → Bury (loan) → Morecambe (loan) Morecambe Sligo Rovers	44 0(5) 02 0(0) 10 0(0) 12 0(8) 41 (10) 15 (6)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 29, 2007. * 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.

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]

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.Pats, it was just his 3rd appearance.

[edit] Honours

Blackpool

• LDV Vans Trophy: 2004
• League One play-off final winner: 2006-07

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Matthew Blinkhorn career stats at Soccerbase
• Profile at PlayerHistory.com

[edit] References

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