Matthew Berkeley

Matthew Anthony Berkeley (born 3 August 1987) is a footballer who plays as a forward. Born in England, he made two appearances for the Saint Kitts and Nevis national team in 2011.

Matthew Berkeley
Berkeley playing for Hyde
Personal information
Full name Matthew Anthony Berkeley
Date of birth (1987-08-03) 3 August 1987
Place of birth Manchester, England
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2007 Gretna 16 (2)
2006 → Workington (loan) 9 (4)
2007 Altrincham 2 (0)
2007 Workington 27 (11)
2008 Droylsden 0 (0)
2008 Leigh Genesis 12 (0)
2008 Mossley 4 (0)
2008–2009 Hyde United 1 (0)
2009–2011 The New Saints 63 (13)
2011–2012 Hyde 20 (7)
2012 Workington 6 (0)
2012–? Colwyn Bay 11 (2)
2013 Droylsden
2013–? Stafford Town
2014 Stafford Rangers
International career‡
Saint Kitts and Nevis U20
2011 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 06:55, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 November 2011

Club career

Born in Manchester, Berkeley began his career with Gretna. He spent nine games on loan at Conference North side Workington in 2006. He made his debut for Workington on 4 February 2006. He scored his first goals of the loan period, netting a hat-trick against Northwich Victoria at Borough Park on 18 February. It was announced before Workington's trip to Northwich on 23 March that he would return to Gretna to help their Scottish Cup campaign. He finished his loan spell by scoring the opening goal of the game, although Workington eventually lost 4–1. He was released by Gretna in 2007.

After his release, he joined Altrincham but was released in late September 2007 after only three games for the club.

On 4 October 2007, he re-signed for Workington. He scored his first goals since returning to the club on a permanent basis, scoring two in a 5–0 win over Stalybridge in the FA Cup third qualifying round on 13 October. He moved to Droylsden on 22 June 2008 to join up with manager David Pace, But a month later he joined Leigh Genesis. After a change in management in late October 2008, he left Leigh and joined up with joined up with Mossley before signing for Hyde United the following month.

Berkeley then signed for Welsh Premier League side The New Saints in the 2009 January transfer window and went on to score 3 goals in 13 games in his first season.

He re-joined Hyde in August 2011 after a successful trial.[1] He made his debut for Hyde in a 2–1 opening day win against Worcester City.[2]

In March 2012 he re-joined Workington.[3]

He signed for Colwyn Bay in June 2012.[4] In February 2013 he re-joined Droylsden .[5]

He joined Stafford Town F.C in 2013 but later left to join Stafford Rangers in January 2014.[6]

International career

At the youth level he played in the 2007 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, scoring against Costa Rica and Jamaica.[7]

In September 2011 he was called up to the Saint Kitts and Nevis national team for their 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against St Lucia and Puerto Rico.[8] He made his debut in November 2011 against Canada.[9]

References
  1. "New Signings". hydefc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  2. "Players". hydefc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 November 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
  3. "One In, One Out at Hyde". NonLeagueDaily.com. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
  4. "Manager has completed his second new signing". Colwyn Bay FC. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  5. "New players". Droylsden FC. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  6. "Stafford Rangers boss brings in three new signings ahead of crucial basement clash". Staffordshire Newsletter. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  7. "CONCACAF 2007 Under-20 Tournament Recap". Issuu. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  8. Glennon, Tony (30 September 2011). "Striker Matthew Berkeley earns World Cup call after great start". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
  9. "CANADA DRAWS ST. KITTS, MOVES ON IN WORLD CUP QUALIFYING". TSN. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
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