M. Pennington · career
Matthew Pennington
Full Back · Bradford · season-by-season, by competition, and every match.
Career report
Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
Peak: 2023/24Trending downBreakout: 2021/22
The record covers 7 seasons (2020/21–2025/26) across 3 clubs — 211 appearances with 17 goal contributions from defence.
His best campaign on record is 2023/24 at Blackpool — Season rating 40, 2 goals and 0 assists in 40 games. 2021/22 was the leap — Season rating up 21 points at Shrewsbury. Form has slipped 19 Season points across his last 3 full seasons. The gap to his peak is 19 Season points.
By season
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Rating | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | Bradford | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 21 |
| 2025/26 | Bradford | 28 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 21 |
| 2024/25 | Blackpool | 37 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 17 |
| 2023/24 | Blackpool | 40 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 40 |
| 2022/23 | Shrewsbury | 37 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 23 |
| 2021/22 | Shrewsbury | 45 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 39 |
| 2020/21 | Shrewsbury | 19 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 18 |
| 2020/21 | Everton U23 | 9 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2019/20 | Hull CityLoan | 14 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2018/19 | IpswichLoan | 30 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 2018/19 | Everton U23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2017/18 | LeedsLoan | 24 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2016/17 | Everton U23 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2016/17 | Everton | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 2015/16 | Everton | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2015/16 | WalsallLoan | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2014/15 | Coventry | 24 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2013/14 | TranmereLoan | 9 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Honours
Premier League 2×2Premier League Asia Trophy×2
By competition
| Competition | Apps | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League Cup | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 7.9 |
Schedule · 2026/27
0 played14 not in squad· 0 min, 0g 0a
| Date | Competition | Opponent | Res | Status | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4 | Friendlies Clubs | A United of Manchester | 2-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 11 | Friendlies Clubs | A FC Halifax Town | 6-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 17 | Friendlies Clubs | A Accrington ST | 0-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 24 | Friendlies Clubs | A Gmunden | 4-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 29 | Friendlies Clubs | H Preston | 3-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 1 | Friendlies Clubs | A Salford City | 2-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 8 | League Cup | H Rochdale | 2-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 15 | League One | H Peterborough | 2-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 20 | League One | A Sheffield Wednesday | 1-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 26 | League Cup | H Burnley | 0-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 29 | League One | A Plymouth | 0-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Sep 1 | League One | H Cambridge United | 1-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Sep 5 | League One | H Mansfield Town | 1-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Sep 12 | League One | A Notts County | 1-0 | Not in squad | — |