Matthew Dixon (born 19 December 1994) is an English semi-professional

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who plays as a

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for club

Whitby Town Whitby Town Football Club is an English football club based in Whitby, North Yorkshire. The club participates in the Northern Premier League, the seventh tier of English football. Founded in 1880, Whitby are one of the oldest clubs from the Nor ...

. He has played in

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for

York City York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system, as of the 2024–25 seas ...

. Dixon started his career with hometown club

Hull City Hull City Association Football Club is a professional association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. They compete in the , the second level of the English football league system. They play their home ...

, signing a professional contract in May 2013. He had a loan spell with

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club

Gainsborough Trinity Gainsborough Trinity Football Club is a Association football, football club based in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England. Established in 1873, the club became members of the English Football League, Football League i ...

in the 2014–15 season, before making his first-team debut for Hull in a League Cup match in August 2015. Dixon signed for League Two club York City in January 2016, although the club was

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to the

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in 2015–16. He signed for National League club

North Ferriby United North Ferriby United Association Football Club was a semi-professional football club in North Ferriby, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. At the time of their demise they were members of the Northern Premier League and played at Grange Lane. F ...

in February 2017 before spending 2017–18 with

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club Spennymoor Town.

Early life

Dixon was born in

Kingston upon Hull Kingston upon Hull, usually shortened to Hull, is a historic maritime city and unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies upon the River Hull at its confluence with the Humber Est ...

, Humberside. He was raised in

Brandesburton Brandesburton is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately west of Hornsea and north-east of the market town of Beverley. The civil parish is formed by the village of Brandesburton and t ...

and attended Hornsea School.

Career

Hull City

Dixon began his career with

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at the age of eight and went on to

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the under-18 and under-21 teams. After progressing through the youth teams at the club, he signed a professional contract in May 2013. He joined

club

one a one-month

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on 23 December 2014, making his debut three days later starting in a 3–0 home win over

. Dixon finished the loan with seven appearances. He made his first-team debut for Hull on 11 August 2015 in a League Cup match against

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York City

Dixon signed for League Two club

on 15 January 2016 on a one-and-a-half-year contract on a free transfer. He was signed as a replacement for

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, who had left York for

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club

Norwich City Norwich City Football Club is a professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk, England. The club competes in the Championship, the second tier of English football. The club was founded in 1902. Since 1935, Norwich have played their h ...

. His debut came on 23 January 2016 as a starter in York's 1–1 away draw with

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, and manager

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commented that he was "excellent for his debut and passed the ball well on a difficult afternoon". According to Dave Flett of ''

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'', however, Dixon "found it difficult to impose himself on proceedings", and that he would "need to come to terms with the speed of the professional game if he is to progress next season". He made seven appearances for York in 2015–16 as they were

to the

after finishing bottom of League Two. In January 2017, Dixon was told he was surplus to requirements by York manager Gary Mills. Having made 14 appearances in 2016–17, Dixon left York by mutual consent on 3 February 2017.

Later career

Dixon signed for National League club North Ferriby United on 7 February 2017. He finished 2016–17 with 15 appearances for North Ferriby, as the club was relegated to the

with a bottom-place ranking in the National League. Dixon signed for newly promoted National League North club Spennymoor Town on 3 July 2017. He was released at the end of 2017–18. After a successful trial, Dixon signed for newly promoted

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Premier Division club Scarborough Athletic on 22 July 2018. He signed for Scarborough's divisional rivals

on 12 June 2019.

Career statistics

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dixon, Matty 1994 births Living people Footballers from Kingston upon Hull English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Hull City A.F.C. players Gainsborough Trinity F.C. players York City F.C. players North Ferriby United A.F.C. players Spennymoor Town F.C. players Scarborough Athletic F.C. players Whitby Town F.C. players National League (English football) players English Football League players 21st-century English sportsmen