Career
Born in Felixstowe, Suffolk, Bloomfield started his career as a trainee with Ipswich Town in August 2001 and was at one point a player scouted by Newcastle United and an England under-19 international player. But with a plethora of midfielders at Portman Road, was released by manager Joe Royle to join Wycombe Wanderers on 22 December 2003, having appeared just once for Ipswich"s first team Bloomfield"s debut came in the 2–0 home defeat against Rushden & Diamonds on 28 December, and he scored his first goal for the club against Queens Park Rangers in March 2004.
In July 2008, Bloomfield finally signed a two-year contract extension.
Recovering from a long-term injury at the time, Wycombe had decided not to offer him a pay rise. Bloomfield finally signed after Wycombe"s new manager Peter Taylor said he would look to get Bloomfield a better deal when he had returned to fitness and was back in the first team
At the end of season 2009-2010 he featured heavily in the side that failed to keep Wycombe in League One. Despite this his performances persuaded manager Gary Waddock to further extend his contract until summer 2011.
He has since kept his place in the team at the start of season 2010-2011 scoring his first goal of the season against Accrington Stanley.
He then once again extended his contract for a further year taking him into his eighth season at the club amassing over 250 appearances. To date he has suffered two relegations and equally two promotions. He was also part of the proud Wycombe side that reached the League Cup semi finals in 2006 losing 5–1 on aggregate to Chelsea.
On 16 July, Wycombe Wanderers held Matt Bloomfield"s testimonial against Chelsea.
The score was 0-5 to Chelsea. The likes of John Terry, Branislav Ivanovic and Jose Mourinho were at Adams Park to celebrate Matt Bloomfield"s testimonial.
As of November 2010 he is studying to complete a degree in Professional Sports Writing and Broadcasting at Staffordshire University, alongside former teammate Kevin Betsy. Bloomfield regularly writes blogs for the British Broadcasting Corporation website and has appeared on regional football show "Late Kick off".
Bloomfield was the first football player to sign the Football Versus
Homophobia "charter for action" in October 2011. Matt often takes on an ambassadorial role at the club and regularly participates in community scheme activities.