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November 1978 in Grimsby. Position: centre half or striker.
Lincoln City
career: 71+(39) appearances plus 4 goals between
March to May 2002 and January 2003 to May 2006.
Previous clubs:
Grimsby Town, Hull City, Telford United, Lincoln
City and Cambridge United.
Matt Bloomer
originally joined Lincoln City in March 2002,
when he signed a month's loan contract from Hull
City, during which he made 5 appearances for The
Imps. Speculation surrounded a summer 2002 return
to Lincoln City; however, Hull required a
transfer fee so Lincoln's severe financial
troubles prevented any deal.
Unable to break
into the Hull first team, Bloomer joined Telford
United on loan in August 2002, where he played
alongside other ex-Imps including Grant Brown and
Tony Lormor. Upon returning from his loan spell
in November 2002, he was still unable to gain
first team football and in early January 2003,
Hull City released him. With Lincoln still short
of cash, Bloomer was offered and signed on
non-contract terms thereby beating competition
from both Gainsborough Trinity and Telford
United.
Bloomer came to
Lincoln as a defender but former Imps' manager
Keith Alexander often deployed him in his
original position of striker.
Despite making 110
appearances for The Imps, his time at Lincoln was
mixed, as he failed to hold down a first team
place. In March 2006, he joined Conference club
Cambridge United on loan. Cambridge were
sufficiently impressed by Bloomer and following
his release from Lincoln City in May 2006, they
opted to sign him permanently. In January 2007,
he made the shock return to League football when
he re-signed for Grimsby Town - however, he only
stayed six months before being released.
Bloomer is a third
generation professional footballer, who has
followed in his grandfather Jimmy's and his
father Bob's footsteps by playing as a
professional at Grimsby Town.
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Born: 8th
July 1966 in Slough.