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Gareth Matthews Profile and Player Statistics

Gareth Matthews

First name:	Gareth
Last name:	Matthews
Position:	Centre Back, Defender, Left Back, Right Back
Nationality:

Football Career Transfers and Statistics

We are going to show you the list of football clubs and seasons in which Gareth Matthews has played. It includes the total number of appearance (caps), substitution details, goals, yellow and red cards stats.

Competition	Season	Football Club
Leinster Senior League	2022/2023	Lucan United	1	0	0	1	0	0
League Cup	2014	UCD	1	0	0	0	1	0
Premier Division	2014	UCD	32	2	2	0	3	0
Premier Division	2013	UCD	27	1	6	1	2	0
Premier Division	2012	Shelbourne	6	1	1	0	4	1
FAI Cup	2011	Shelbourne	1	1	0	0	0	0
First Division	2011	Shelbourne	7	2	2	0	3	0
League Cup	2011	Shelbourne	1	0	1	0	0	0
Premier Division	2010	UCD	3	2	0	0	1	0

Gareth Matthews has played in the following competitions and football tournaments.

Now showing: All Competitions

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
13/11/2022	Lucan United	3 - 0	Wayside Celtic	0-0	H2H	+
Jake Ellis 52'		1 - 0
Gareth Matthews 67'		2 - 0
Dave Mooney 88'		3 - 0
			90+1'
24/10/2014	UCD	1 - 0	Drogheda United	1-0	H2H	+
			13' Carl Walshe
			36' Ciarán McGuigan
Conor Cannon 39'		1 - 0
Mark Langtry 57'
D. Tobin 57'
			61' Gavan Holohan
			67' Declan O'Brien
			67' Cathal Brady
			67' Stephen Maher
			67' Paul Crowley
			72' Daire Doyle
			84' Daire Doyle
			84' Paul Andrews
Samir Belhout 84'
Colm Crowe 84'
Conor Cannon 87'
G. Sloggett 87'
17/10/2014	Derry City	0 - 1	UCD	0-1	H2H	+
			31' Robbie Creevy
		0 - 1	34' Mark Langtry
B. McNamee 44'
Seán Houston 44'
Barry Molloy 45+2'
			46' R. Benson
			52' Conor O'Donnell
			59' Mark Langtry
			59' D. Tobin
Rory Patterson 66'
R. Curran 66'
			66' G. Matthews
			70' Conor Cannon
			70' James Kavanagh
Patrick McEleney 77'
Michael Duffy 77'
			78' Robbie Creevy
			78' Colm Crowe
M. Timlin 88'
			89' James Kavanagh
10/10/2014	UCD	0 - 4	Cork City	0-2	H2H	+
		0 - 1	13' R. Gaynor
			18' R. Gaynor
Chris Mulhall 18'
H. Douglas 26'
		0 - 2	27' Billy Dennehy
A. Mohamed 46'
Conor Cannon 46'
Samir Belhout 52'
Samir Belhout 54'
Gary Burke 63'
Colm Crowe 63'
		0 - 3	64' G. Buckley
			70' Billy Dennehy
			70' Liam Kearney
Chris Mulhall 75'
T. Molloy 75'
			75' J. Kavanagh
			75' J. O'Shea
			79' Mark O'Sullivan
			79' David O'Leary
		0 - 4	87' G. Buckley
04/10/2014	Sligo Rovers	4 - 0	UCD	0-0	H2H	+
			28' Colm Crowe
Éamon Zayed 34'		1 - 0
G. Armstrong 51'		2 - 0
Paul O'Conor 53'		3 - 0
			67' Colm Crowe
			67' Gary Burke
G. Armstrong 69'
Ryan McManus 69'
D. Ledwith 76'		4 - 0
Éamon Zayed 80'
R. Donelon 80'
			80' James Kavanagh
			80' D. Tobin
Raffaele Cretaro 84'
R. Keating 84'
			87' Chris Mulhall
			87' T. Molloy
30/09/2014	Shamrock Rovers	3 - 0	UCD	0-0	H2H	+
Ryan Brennan 6'		1 - 0
Sean O'Connor 18'		2 - 0
Patrick Cregg 22'
Robert Bayly 22'
			43' Colm Crowe
			43' K. Strawbridge-Simon
			55' H. Douglas
G. McCabe 55'		3 - 0
Ciaran Kilduff 67'
Dean Kelly 67'
			69' Chris Mulhall
			69' Samir Belhout
G. McCabe 75'
C. Kavanagh 75'
			76' Conor Cannon
			76' James Kavanagh
05/09/2014	UCD	1 - 3	Limerick	0-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	13' R. Gaffney
			30' J. Doherty
		0 - 2	58' R. Gaffney
Conor Cannon 63'		1 - 2
Conor Cannon 65'
Samir Belhout 65'
		1 - 3	65' Ian Turner
H. Douglas 68'
James Kavanagh 68'
			68' Robbie Williams
			68' Tony Whitehead
			70' Michael Leahy
			74' Prince Agyemang
			74' S. Tracy
G. Sloggett 75'
Gary Burke 75'
			80' J. Doherty
			80' Kieran Djilali
G. Matthews 88'
29/08/2014	Bray Wanderers	2 - 0	UCD	0-0	H2H	+
Ismahil Akinade 11'		1 - 0
A. Mitchell 43'
Robert Maloney 43'
			52' Colm Crowe
			52' Chris Mulhall
Gareth McDonagh 60'
Jake Kelly 60'
			69' Conor Cannon
			69' T. Molloy
			70' H. Douglas
Jake Kelly 73'		2 - 0
			79' Ian Ryan
			79' G. Sloggett
David Scully 89'
18/08/2014	UCD	1 - 1	Athlone Town	0-0	H2H	+
Conor Cannon 9'		1 - 0
T. Molloy 46'
Colm Crowe 46'
		1 - 1	63' John Mulroy
			63' James O'Brien
			63' Eric Foley
			63' Sean Brennan
			63' Ian Sweeney
			71' Eric Foley
A. Mohamed 82'
Chris Mulhall 82'
Conor Cannon 84'
Tom O'Halloran 84'
			85' John Mulroy
			90+1' K. Dillon
			90+1' D. Ebbe
			90+3' Dylan Hayes
15/08/2014	St Patrick's	3 - 2	UCD	1-0	H2H	+
Derek Foran 29'
Keith Fahey 45'		1 - 0
G. Bolger 57'
			59' Colm Crowe
			64' G. Matthews
			64' A. Mohamed
			64' Colm Crowe
			64' T. Molloy
Conan Byrne 69'		2 - 0
			73' Chris Mulhall
			73' Conor Cannon
I. Bermingham 76'		3 - 0
K. Brennan 79'
A. Greene 79'
C. Forrester 85'
Ger O'Brien 85'
		3 - 1	87' H. Douglas
Christy Fagan 87'
L. Fitzgerald 87'
		3 - 2	90+3' R. Benson
08/08/2014	UCD	0 - 0	Bohemians	0-0	H2H	+
			34' Steven Beattie
			39' Roberto Lopes
			45+1' Anthony Murphy
			45+1' David Mulcahy
Tom O'Halloran 67'
A. Mohamed 67'
T. Molloy 70'
Samir Belhout 70'
			70' Patrick Kavanagh
			70' K. Moore
			79' Kevin Devaney
			79' J. Byrne
James Kavanagh 81'
Conor Cannon 84'
Chris Mulhall 84'
			85' E. Wearen
01/08/2014	Drogheda United	4 - 0	UCD	1-0	H2H	+
Gavin Brennan 7'		1 - 0
Gavan Holohan 11'
Ciarán McGuigan 50'
			57' T. Molloy
			57' G. Sloggett
			57' Samir Belhout
Gary O'Neill 58'		2 - 0
Cathal Brady 60'		3 - 0
Gary O'Neill 66'		4 - 0
Carl Walshe 67'
Peter McGlynn 67'
			70' Robbie Creevy
			70' Gary Burke
			70' Samir Belhout
			70' Chris Mulhall
Gary O'Neill 75'
Declan O'Brien 75'
Cathal Brady 83'
G. Brady 83'
27/07/2014	UCD	1 - 6	Derry City	0-2	H2H	+
		0 - 1	19' Michael Duffy
Chris Mulhall 37'
Samir Belhout 37'
		0 - 2	41' Rory Patterson
		0 - 3	50' Michael Duffy
		0 - 4	52' Michael Duffy
R. Benson 54'		1 - 4
			56' Danny Ventre
			56' B. McNamee
			63' Nathan Boyle
			63' Patrick McEleney
Mark Langtry 67'
D. Tobin 67'
A. Mohamed 75'
Gary Burke 75'
			78' Michael Duffy
			78' Stephen Dooley
		1 - 5	90' Barry Molloy
		1 - 6	90+5' Rory Patterson
18/07/2014	Cork City	2 - 1	UCD	0-0	H2H	+
		0 - 1	6' Robbie Creevy
G. Buckley 14'
			33' H. Douglas
Billy Dennehy 35'		1 - 1
			45' Robbie Creevy
			45' Sean Coyne
David O'Leary 46'
John O'Flynn 46'
J. O'Shea 60'
Robert Lehane 60'
			65' T. Molloy
			65' A. Mohamed
			72' Conor Cannon
			72' K. Strawbridge-Simon
Mark O'Sullivan 75'		2 - 1
G. Buckley 75'
Cillian Morrison 75'
			85' Mark Langtry
			90+2' Conor O'Donnell
13/07/2014	UCD	1 - 0	Sligo Rovers	0-0	H2H	+
Samir Belhout 2'		1 - 0
			5' Raffaele Cretaro
			5' D. Ledwith
			31' Eric Odhiambo
Mark Langtry 46'
Sean Coyne 46'
Samir Belhout 62'
Chris Mulhall 62'
			65' Eric Odhiambo
			65' Sean Maguire
Conor Cannon 74'
Gary Burke 74'
Robbie Creevy 75'
			79' Gavin Peers
27/06/2014	UCD	0 - 2	Shamrock Rovers	0-2	H2H	+
		0 - 1	27' Ronan Finn
			40' Sean O'Connor
		0 - 2	45' Dean Kelly
			56' Robert Bayly
Chris Mulhall 64'
Timothy 'Timmy' Molloy 64'
			70' Sean O'Connor
			70' Karl Sheppard
Robbie Benson 72'
Gary Burke 72'
			75' Dean Kelly
			75' Ciaran Kilduff
			83' Robert Bayly
			83' Shane Robinson
			90' Robert Cornwall
13/06/2014	Limerick	2 - 1	UCD	1-0	H2H	+
Tom McManus 2'		1 - 0
Shane Duggan 48'		2 - 0
		2 - 1	59' Samir Belhout
			67' Robbie Creevy
			67' B. McCabe
Tom McManus 72'
R. Mann 72'
Shane Duggan 76'
Prince Agyemang 80'
			86' Gary Burke
			86' Dwayne Wilson
			90+1' Colm Crowe
02/06/2014	Dundalk	5 - 2	UCD	0-0	H2H	+
		0 - 1	3' Chris Mulhall
P. Hoban 7'		1 - 1
K. Byrne 30'		2 - 1
Daryl Horgan 32'		3 - 1
B. Gartland 44'		4 - 1
A. Boyle 51'
R. Towell 66'
R. Towell 70'
R. Higgins 70'
Dane Massey 70'
Mark Rossiter 70'
		4 - 2	75' R. Benson
K. Byrne 86'
J. Mountney 86'
			86' Samir Belhout
			86' Dwayne Wilson
P. Hoban 90'		5 - 2
30/05/2014	UCD	0 - 0	Bray Wanderers	0-0	H2H	+
			45' D. Webster
James Kavanagh 54'
Ian Ryan 54'
			61' Ciarán Byrne
			61' Ismahil Akinade
			66' Graham Kelly
Chris Mulhall 66'
H. Douglas 68'
			77' Eric McGill
			78' J. McGlynn
			78' Jake Kelly
M. Barker 78'
Cillian Morrison 78'
H. Douglas 90+3'
23/05/2014	Athlone Town	2 - 0	UCD	0-0	H2H	+
Stephen Quigley 41'
K. Dillon 51'		1 - 0
Sean Brennan 61'		2 - 0
Graham Rusk 69'
			71' Tom O'Halloran
			71' Dwayne Wilson
Stephen Quigley 72'
Neil Harney 72'
			73' Gary Burke
			73' B. McCabe
J. Marks 76'
Ian Sweeney 76'
Sean Brennan 87'
Philip Gorman 87'
16/05/2014	UCD	1 - 1	St Patrick's	1-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	10' Christy Fagan
Samir Belhout 27'		1 - 1
Colm Crowe 34'
Colm Crowe 51'
Gary Burke 51'
			65' Conan Byrne
			65' K. Brennan
			71' Christy Fagan
			71' D. Kavanagh
Tom O'Halloran 73'
M. Barker 73'
			82' L. Lynch
			82' Mark Quigley
R. Benson 84'
09/05/2014	Bohemians	0 - 0	UCD	0-0	H2H	+
			28' Cillian Morrison
Roberto Lopes 31'
			49' Samir Belhout
			60' Mark Langtry
Kevin Devaney 63'
Craig Walsh 63'
			74' Colm Crowe
			74' Gary Burke
			77' Cillian Morrison
			77' Tom O'Halloran
Derek Pender 77'
02/05/2014	UCD	2 - 1	Drogheda United	0-1	H2H	+
			23' Stephen Maher
			23' Paul Crowley
		0 - 1	31' Gary O'Neill
			34' Alan McNally
			52' Michael Daly
			55' Ciarán McGuigan
			74' Paul Crowley
			76' Declan O'Brien
			76' Philip Hughes
Robbie Benson 78'		1 - 1
			82' Cathal Brady
			82' Carl Walshe
Cillian Morrison 83'		2 - 1
Samir Belhout 90+3'
Gary Burke 90+3'
25/04/2014	Derry City	1 - 1	UCD	1-1	H2H	+
12'
Jon-Paul McGovern 13'
		0 - 1	35' R. Benson
Michael Duffy 44'		1 - 1
David Elebert 46'
Aaron Barry 46'
Jon-Paul McGovern 70'
Mark Stewart 70'
Patrick McEleney 81'
Raymond Foy 81'
21/04/2014	UCD	0 - 1	Cork City	0-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	7' Billy Dennehy
			29' Darren Dennehy
			30' Billy Dennehy
G. Matthews 51'
G. Matthews 53'
M. Barker 53'
			62' D. Murphy
			62' Liam Kearney
Mark Langtry 85'
Tom O'Halloran 85'
Chris Mulhall 86'
M. Scott 86'
18/04/2014	Sligo Rovers	5 - 0	UCD	2-0	H2H	+
D. Cawley 14'
			25' Tomas Boyle
			25' Tomás Boyle
Alan Keane 26'		1 - 0
			28' Gary Burke
			28' M. Barker
Paul O'Conor 36'		2 - 0
D. Cawley 46'
John Russell 46'
D. Ledwith 64'
Joseph Ndo 66'
D. North 66'
A. Greene 66'		3 - 0
D. Ledwith 68'		4 - 0
D. Ledwith 70'
Eric Odhiambo 70'
			75' Cillian Morrison
			75' Colm Crowe
			75' Mark Langtry
			75' Tom O'Halloran
Eric Odhiambo 78'		5 - 0
11/04/2014	UCD	1 - 4	Dundalk	1-1	H2H	+
Robbie Benson 18'
Gary Burke 23'		1 - 0
			30' Stephen O'Donnell
Chris Mulhall 38'
		1 - 1	43' Pat Hoban
		1 - 2	58' Stephen O'Donnell
		1 - 3	59' Mark Langtry
			68' Stephen O'Donnell
			68' Ruaidhri Higgins
Gary Burke 70'
Dwayne Wilson 70'
			76' Daryl Horgan
			76' Darren Meenan
Hugh Douglas 79'
Chris Mulhall 80'
Tom O'Halloran 80'
Cillian Morrison 81'
James Kavanagh 81'
			83' Kurtis Byrne
			83' David McMillan
		1 - 4	86' Pat Hoban
07/04/2014	Shamrock Rovers	2 - 0	UCD	0-0	H2H	+
42'
R. Finn 57'		1 - 0
			58' Chris Mulhall
			68' Gary Burke
			68' James Kavanagh
			76' Chris Mulhall
			76' Tom O'Halloran
Sean O'Connor 78'
K. Waters 78'
			79' D. Clarke
			79' Samir Belhout
L. Byrne 82'
Ryan Brennan 85'		2 - 0
R. Finn 88'
Robert Bayly 88'
G. McCabe 88'
Karl Sheppard 88'
04/04/2014	UCD	1 - 1	Limerick	0-0	H2H	+
			11' Robbie Williams
			17' Stephen Folan
			52' Prince Agyemang
			52' Craig Carl Curran
Tomás Boyle 55'		1 - 0
A. Mohamed 60'
Colm Crowe 60'
			77' James McGrath
			77' Tom McManus
M. Barker 86'
G. Matthews 86'
Cillian Morrison 88'
Dwayne Wilson 88'
Colm Crowe 90'
		1 - 1	90+2' J. Hughes
28/03/2014	Bray Wanderers	3 - 5	UCD	2-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	3' Cillian Morrison
Graham Kelly 5'
			8' Tomás Boyle
Shane O'Connor 16'		1 - 1
David Cassidy 22'		2 - 1
			33' Ian Ryan
			33' H. Douglas
		2 - 2	61' Cillian Morrison
S. Byrne 68'
David Scully 68'
		2 - 3	71' Mark Langtry
			76' Robbie Creevy
			76' James Kavanagh
			76' D. Clarke
Shane Redmond 81'
			81' M. Barker
Jake Kelly 82'
S. McGuinness 82'
			85' A. Mohamed
			85' Dwayne Wilson
Graham Kelly 87'
Shane O'Neill 87'
David Cassidy 87'		3 - 3
Shane O'Neill 90'
		3 - 4	90' Cillian Morrison
		3 - 5	90+4' D. Clarke
21/03/2014	UCD	2 - 1	Athlone Town	1-0	H2H	+
R. Benson 26'
Robbie Creevy 34'		1 - 0
			34' Conor McMahon
A. Mohamed 49'		2 - 0
			52' J. Marks
			59' J. Marks
			59' James O'Brien
		2 - 1	69' Philip Gorman
A. Mohamed 72'
Cillian Morrison 76'
James Kavanagh 76'
			76' Graham Rusk
			76' Ian Sweeney
Mark Langtry 84'
			86' A. Byrne
			88' Conor McMahon
			88' D. Brennan
D. Clarke 89'
H. Douglas 89'
			90+2' D. Prendergast
14/03/2014	St Patrick's	3 - 2	UCD	1-2	H2H	+
Conan Byrne 25'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	39' Chris Mulhall
Ken Oman 41'
		1 - 2	42' Chris Mulhall
L. Lynch 46'
D. Kavanagh 46'
Ger O'Brien 46'
C. McCormack 46'
Keith Fahey 57'
James Chambers 57'
			63' Mark Langtry
			63' G. Matthews
Conan Byrne 64'		2 - 2
			66' Robbie Creevy
Kenny Browne 69'
G. Bolger 78'
			78' A. Mohamed
			78' Samir Belhout
			89' D. Clarke
			89' Gary Burke
Christy Fagan 90+2'		3 - 2
10/03/2014	UCD	0 - 3	Bohemians	0-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	11' Kevin Devaney
			19' Philip McCabe
H. Douglas 25'
Dwayne Wilson 34'
Chris Mulhall 34'
			54' Derek Pender
			54' Steven Beattie
		0 - 2	55' J. Byrne
James Kavanagh 79'
D. Clarke 79'
M. Scott 79'
B. McCabe 79'
			80' Stephen Traynor
			80' Jake Hyland
G. Matthews 83'
		0 - 3	84' Jake Hyland
			86' Keith Buckley
			86' Patrick Collins
07/03/2014	UCD	0 - 3	Bohemians	0-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	35' Patrick Kavanagh
			43' Craig Walsh
			57' David Mulcahy
			57' Ryan McEvoy
A. Mohamed 60'
Samir Belhout 60'
		0 - 2	63' D. Corcoran
			76' K. Moore
			76' Keith Buckley
Robbie Creevy 77'
James Kavanagh 78'
Cillian Morrison 78'
			86' D. Corcoran
			86' J. Byrne
		0 - 3	87' J. Byrne
27/09/2013	Cork City	2 - 0	UCD	2-0	H2H	+
Ian Turner 9'		1 - 0
Ian Turner 15'		2 - 0
Daniel Murray 31'
Shane Duggan 34'
			53' G. Matthews
			53' H. Douglas
			55' Cillian Morrison
			55' D. Clarke
Ian Turner 58'
Colin Healy 58'
			65' Michael Leahy
			70' Robbie Creevy
Gearoid Morrissey 79'
John Dunleavy 79'
			81' Robbie Creevy
			81' Craig Walsh
Danny Morrissey 82'
Robert Lehane 82'
20/09/2013	UCD	0 - 3	Sligo Rovers	0-0	H2H	+
			47' D. North
			48' Gavin Peers
		0 - 1	50' Kieran Djilali
Robbie Creevy 60'
Samir Belhout 60'
		0 - 2	65' Joseph Ndo
D. Clarke 66'
Gary Burke 66'
			75' Joseph Ndo
			75' Seamus Conneely
			75' L. Lynch
			75' D. McMillan
		0 - 3	90' D. North
			90' A. Greene
			90' Liam Martin
08/09/2013	Bray Wanderers	1 - 1	UCD	1-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	22' Cillian Morrison
J. Byrne 35'		1 - 1
Danny O'Connor 44'
A. Mitchell 46'
			68' Tomás Boyle
			68' R. Benson
			77' D. Clarke
			77' Samir Belhout
			82' Michael Leahy
Ismahil Akinade 85'
John Mulroy 85'
Gary Dempsey 89'
K. Knight 89'
30/08/2013	UCD	0 - 2	Dundalk	0-0	H2H	+
			30' P. Hoban
			48' Stephen O'Donnell
Samir Belhout 55'
Cillian Morrison 55'
Michael Leahy 57'
M. Kelly 57'
M. Kelly 57'
M. Kelly 60'
		0 - 1	66' P. Hoban
			79' K. Byrne
			79' Tiarnan Mulvenna
		0 - 2	82' R. Towell
			87' P. Hoban
			87' V. Faherty
Craig Walsh 87'
B. McCabe 87'
			88' Dane Massey
			89' Dane Massey
			89' Jordan Keegan
16/08/2013	Limerick	1 - 3	UCD	1-2	H2H	+
			2' Robbie Creevy
Craig Carl Curran 2'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	25' D. Clarke
		1 - 2	42' Stephen Folan
Joe Gamble 69'
Joe Gamble 73'
R. Gaffney 73'
			75' Samir Belhout
			75' Cillian Morrison
A. Bossekota 77'
D. Rainsford 77'
Stephen Folan 79'
			79' G. Matthews
			79' M. Kelly
David O'Leary 81'
		1 - 3	87' Cillian Morrison
			89' Craig Walsh
Shaun Kelly 90'
09/08/2013	UCD	1 - 3	Derry City	0-2	H2H	+
		0 - 1	34' Rory Patterson
		0 - 2	36' Rory Patterson
			45+1' Shane McEleney
M. Kelly 46'
Samir Belhout 46'
H. Douglas 48'
Samir Belhout 53'		1 - 2
		1 - 3	60' Michael Duffy
H. Douglas 66'
Tomás Boyle 66'
Robbie Creevy 68'
B. McCabe 68'
			73' D. McDaid
			73' Seán Houston
			81' Seán Houston
			88' Michael Duffy
			88' B. McNamee
			90+1' Rory Patterson

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