Career
Bristol Rovers signed him up on schoolboy terms but he was released just before he left school. Matthews then spent six years playing for a number of clubs in the Screwfix League including Welton Rovers, Paulton and Mangotsfield, before signing for Geoff Butler"s Salisbury City. The following season Matthews signed for Nuneaton Borough, though it was only a couple of months before he was invited to join Exeter City, where he spent the 1999–2000 season, giving him his only taste of Football League action.
He followed this by moving over the Welsh border to Aberystwyth Town for a year before joining Clevedon Town.
lieutenant was from Clevedon that Geoff Butler signed him for Weymouth in 2002, where he has stayed (and stayed almost unrivalled #1 keeper) for nearly five whole seasons. On 17 March 2007, he scored his first ever career goal for Weymouth in a Conference National match against Southport.
lieutenant was all the more remarkable as it was from his own penalty area, in the last minutes of the game, and was the winning goal. lieutenant was the first ever goal a Weymouth goalkeeper has scored from open play in the entire history of the club
Adie Britton brought Matthews to Bath City on 22 June 2011.
lieutenant has been stated that Matthews will start off as second choice keeper but both player and manager are hoping he puts pressure on current first team keeper Glyn Garner. Matthews signed a one-year contract at Dorchester Town in May 2012. In June 2013 Matthews returned to Weymouth on non contract terms for the 2013-2014 season.
When Brendon King was sacked he was made temporary Player/Manager at Weymouth.
On 12 January 2014, Matthews was appointed player/manager on a full-time basis, after winning four of his seven games.