Matthew Barnes-Homer
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matthew Brian Barnes-Homer | ||
| Date of birth | 25 January 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Dudley, England | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Hednesford Town | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2004 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004 | Syracuse Salty Dogs | 10 | (1) |
| 2004 | Aldershot Town | ||
| 2005 | Hednesford Town | ||
| 2005–2006 | Bromsgrove Rovers | 24 | (4) |
| 2006 | Tividale | ||
| 2006–2007 | Willenhall Town | (15) | |
| 2007 | Wycombe Wanderers | 1 | (0) |
| 2007–2010 | Kidderminster Harriers | 98 | (45) |
| 2009 | → Luton Town (loan) | 10 | (15) |
| 2010–2012 | Luton Town | 64 | (40) |
| 2011–2012 | → Rochdale (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| 2012 | Nuneaton Town | 4 | (0) |
| 2012 | Östersunds FK | 11 | (5) |
| 2012–2013 | Macclesfield Town | 37 | (29) |
| 2013–2014 | Forest Green Rovers | 18 | (15) |
| 2014 | Cambridge United | 14 | (10) |
| 2014 | → Tamworth (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 2014 | Whitehawk | 9 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Macclesfield Town (loan) | 6 | (5) |
| 2014–2015 | Macclesfield Town | 24 | (10) |
| 2015–2016 | Aldershot Town | 15 | (5) |
| 2015 | → Kidderminster Harriers (loan) | 7 | (7) |
| 2016 | Farnborough | 5 | (0) |
| 2016 | Wilmington Hammerheads | 29 | (3) |
| 2017 | Brackley Town | 1 | (0) |
| 2017 | Kettering Town | 0 | (0) |
| 2017–2021 | AFC Telford United | 20 | (1) |
| 2017 | → Halesowen Town (dual reg.) | 3 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Stourbridge (dual reg.) | 1 | (0) |
| 2022 | Bromsgrove Sporting | 6 | (2) |
| 2022–2023 | Gloucester City | 13 | (2) |
| 2023 | Brackley Town | 0 | (0) |
| 2024– | Hednesford Town | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2009–2011 | England C | 5 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:35, 28 March 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:00, 23 April 2022 (UTC) | |||
Matthew Brian Barnes-Homer (born 25 January 1986) is an English professional footballer who plays for Hednesford Town.
Barnes-Homer started his career as a youth player at Wolverhampton Wanderers, where he spent three years. In 2004 he transferred to Aldershot Town. He then played for various wasnon-league clubs in his local West Midlands region between 2005 and 2007 until League Two side Wycombe Wanderers signed him on a short-term contract in March 2007. He was released shortly afterwards, where he joined Conference National side Kidderminster Harriers. After a lean first season at the club, Barnes-Homer established himself as top scorer in the next campaign with 25 goals, averaging almost one goal for every two games.
A similar goal return during 2009–10 prompted interest from former Football League club Luton Town, who signed him in January 2010. He finished the 2010–11 season as Luton's top scorer with 29 goals. He left Luton in early 2012, going on to spend four months at Swedish side Östersunds FK, before returning to the Conference with Macclesfield Town for the start of the 2012–13 season. In August 2013, he signed a two-year contract with Forest Green Rovers. On 10 January 2014, Barnes-Homer signed for Cambridge United on a free transfer until the end of the season.