Matthew Clarke made his 350th appearance for Linfield in today’s win in Portadown.

Matthew signed for Linfield on a 2 year contract on May 23, 2013 and he made his Linfield debut in 2-0 win away to IF Fuglafjordor (Faroe Islands) in the Europa League on July 3, 2013.

He scored his first 2 goals in a 2-1 win away to Coleraine on August 16, 2014.

With 39 appearances in Europe, Matthew is second behind Jamie Mulgrew in Linfield’s all time list of appearance makers in European competition.

His full statistical record with Linfield is as follows

2013/14 – 22 appearances (3 as sub)

2014/15 – 23 appearances (1 as sub) and 2 goals

2015/16 – 45 appearances and 2 goals

2016/17 – 36 appearances (1 as sub) and 2 goals

2017/18 – 35 appearances (1 as sub) and 2 goals

2018/19 – 33 appearances (8 as sub)

2019/20 – 40 appearances (5 as sub) and 2 goals

2020/21 – 31 appearances (5 as sub)

2021/22 – 44 appearances (1 as sub) and 2 goals

2022/23 – 41 appearances (2 as sub)

Total – 350 appearances (27 as sub) – 12 goals