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English footballer

Matt Bryant
Personal information
Full name	Matthew Bryant
Date of birth	(1970-09-21) 21 September 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth	Bristol, England
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1996	Bristol City	203	(7)
1989–1990	→ Gloucester City (loan)	7	(0)
1990	→ Walsall (loan)	13	(0)
1996–1999	Gillingham	103	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Matthew Bryant (born 21 September 1970) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League in the 1990s.

Born in Bristol, he started his career with Bristol City in 1990-91, and after a short loan spell with Walsall went on to make over 200 appearances for Bristol City, scoring 7 goals for them in all competitions.

In August 1990, during his loan spell at Walsall, he had the misfortune of scoring an own goal which was the first ever league goal scored at the Bescot Stadium.

Bryant moved to Gillingham for the 1996-97 season, making over 100 appearances for them before retiring due to injury.

References

Rollin, Jack, ed. (1995). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1995–96. Headline. p. 419. ISBN 978-0-7472-7823-8.
Clark, Timothy R.D.; Kujawa, Rob (2009). The Complete Record of Gloucester City AFC 1883–2009. Gloucester: Tiger Timbo Publications. ISBN 978-0-9557425-1-4.
Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. p. 70. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
^ Matt Bryant at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
^ Soccerbase stats
Leigh Edwards. "Ultimate Saddlers A-Z 3: Matt Bryant". Walsall FC. Archived from the original on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2011.

v t e Bristol City F.C. Player of the Season
1970–71: Sharpe 1971–72: Merrick 1972–73: Emanuel 1973–74: Gow 1974–75: Collier 1975–76: The Whole Squad 1976–77: Hunter 1977–78: Hunter 1978–79: Gow 1979–80: Merrick 1980–81: Mabbutt 1981–82: Award not given 1982–83: Riley 1983–84: Pritchard 1984–85: Walsh 1985–86: Hutchinson 1986–87: Newman 1987–88: Walsh 1988–89: Waugh 1989–90: B. Taylor 1990–91: Llewellyn 1991–92: M. Scott 1992–93: Welch 1993–94: Allison 1994–95: Bryant 1995–96: Kuhl 1996–97: S. Taylor 2004–05: Lita 2005–06: Brooker 2006–07: McCombe 2007–08: Basso 2008–09: Adebola 2009–10: Skuse 2010–11: Adomah 2011–12: Stead 2012–13: Heaton 2013–14: Baldock 2014–15: The Whole Squad 2015–16: Flint 2016–17: Abraham 2017–18: Reid 2018–19: Webster 2019–20: Diédhiou 2020–21: Bentley 2021–22: Weimann 2022–23: A. Scott 2023–24: Dickie

Bristol City F.C. Player of the Season

1970–71: Sharpe
1971–72: Merrick
1972–73: Emanuel
1973–74: Gow
1974–75: Collier
1975–76: The Whole Squad
1976–77: Hunter
1977–78: Hunter
1978–79: Gow
1979–80: Merrick
1980–81: Mabbutt
1981–82: Award not given
1982–83: Riley
1983–84: Pritchard
1984–85: Walsh
1985–86: Hutchinson
1986–87: Newman
1987–88: Walsh
1988–89: Waugh
1989–90: B. Taylor
1990–91: Llewellyn
1991–92: M. Scott
1992–93: Welch
1993–94: Allison
1994–95: Bryant
1995–96: Kuhl
1996–97: S. Taylor
2004–05: Lita
2005–06: Brooker
2006–07: McCombe
2007–08: Basso
2008–09: Adebola
2009–10: Skuse
2010–11: Adomah
2011–12: Stead
2012–13: Heaton
2013–14: Baldock
2014–15: The Whole Squad
2015–16: Flint
2016–17: Abraham
2017–18: Reid
2018–19: Webster
2019–20: Diédhiou
2020–21: Bentley
2021–22: Weimann
2022–23: A. Scott
2023–24: Dickie

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