Matthew John William Crossley (born 18 March 1968) is an English former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a

central defender In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

Playing career

Born in

Basingstoke Basingstoke ( ) is the largest town in the county of Hampshire. It is situated in south-central England and lies across a valley at the source of the River Loddon, at the far western edge of The North Downs. It is located north-east of Southa ...

, Crossley played for

Aldershot Aldershot () is a town in Hampshire, England. It lies on heathland in the extreme northeast corner of the county, southwest of London. The area is administered by Rushmoor Borough Council. The town has a population of 37,131, while the Alders ...

, Basingstoke Town, Newbury Town, Overton United,

Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They play their home ...

, Rushden & Diamonds,

Kingstonian Kingstonian Football Club is an English semi-professional football club based in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, southwest London which currently plays in the Isthmian League Premier Division. The club was founded in 1885 by YMC ...

and Aldershot Town.

Management career

Crossley was appointed assistant manager at

Woking Woking ( ) is a town and borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in northwest Surrey, England, around from central London. It appears in Domesday Book as ''Wochinges'' and its name probably derives from that of a Anglo-Saxon settlement o ...

in November 2002, to work alongside

Glenn Cockerill Glenn Cockerill (born 25 August 1959) is an English retired footballer who played more than 700 games in The Football League in a 22-year career. He was a skilled central midfielder renowned for his passing and shooting skills. Playing career Co ...

. During Woking's 1-0 victory over York City on 29 December 2006, Crossley head-butted York substitute

James Dudgeon James Fleming Dudgeon (born 19 March 1981) is a football coach and former professional footballer who is assistant manager of Dodworth Miners Welfare. As a player he was a defender who played between 1998 and 2012, most notably in the Footbal ...

, after he had tried to intervene as a peacemaker during a touchline tussle between

Neal Bishop Neal Robert Bishop (born 7 August 1981) is an English professional Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder and is player/manager of Gainsborough Trinity F.C., Gainsborough Trinity. He previously played in the Football Leagu ...

and Woking's Danny Bunce. Crossley and Cockerill were sacked by Woking in March 2007.

Honours

Wycombe Wanderers *

FA Trophy The Football Association Challenge Trophy, commonly known as the FA Trophy, is a men's football knockout cup competition run by and named after the English Football Association and competed for primarily by semi-professional teams. The compet ...

: 1990–91, 1992–93

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Crossley, Matt 1968 births Living people Sportspeople from Basingstoke English footballers Men's association football defenders Wycombe Wanderers F.C. players Kingstonian F.C. players Aldershot Town F.C. players Andover F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Footballers from Hampshire