Matt Gadsby

Matthew John " Matt" Gadsby ( born September 6, 1979 in Sutton Coldfield, † September 9, 2006 in Harrogate ) was an English footballer.

Career

Gadsby moved from the youth of Walsall FC 1998 in the senior squad and was on 2 May 1998 his league debut in the Second Division against Wycombe Wanderers. In 1999 he became the first time with the club at the time the second highest English league. The rise followed immediately again the descent, with Gadsby came just three league operations. In 2001, he was in all the three Promotion Playoffs for Walsall on the pitch and so also witnessed the 3-2 victory over FC Reading and direct resurgence associated.

The following season, he went to 22 missions in the second division, left the clubs and then moved free transfer to Mansfield Town in the third division, increased with the club but at the end of the season in the Football League Third Division from. After the descent, he moved in 2003 to the local league rivals Kidderminster Harriers, with whom he won a place in the midfield at the end of the season.

For the season 2004 /05 Gadsby joined the Non- League football field and played from then on for Forest Green Rovers in the Conference National. In two years, he went to a total of 66 League Appearances, escaped both times one while only reaching relegation. In 2006, he again left the club and joined Hinckley United, who played in the Conference North, at.

Death

On September 9, 2006 Gadsby collapsed during an away match at his club Harrogate Town in the Conference North. Despite several attempts to revive him, he died later in Harrogate District Hospital.

The following games of the association were canceled after the tragedy and the Association made ​​it possible not to assign the number 5, which had worn Gadsby in the season and instead to let players run up to the seat number 18 in the starting line-up.

Outside the stadium, the club, the Marston 's Stadium, an area was set up in memory of condolence. Gadsby left a wife and a daughter.