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Matthew Rushe
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D.O.B. :06/08/1971
Matthew James Rush (born 6 August 1971 in Hackney, London) is a former professional footballer. He played as a winger.

Rush signed apprentice forms with West Ham United in 1988 and professional forms in March 1990. He made his debut for the first-team as a substitute in a 7–1 win over Hull City in a Second Division match in October 1990. He made five league appearances and one in the League Cup in the 1990–91 season, and also gained two caps for the Éire Under 21 team, for whom he qualified through his Irish mother. West Ham were promoted to the First Division in 1991–92 and Rush made ten appearances, scoring two goals, both against Norwich City in April 1992, as West Ham battled against relegation and ultimately went down into the First Division again. His only appearances in the 1992/93 season against Cosenza and Pisa in the Anglo-Italian Cup in December 1992 as manager Billy Bonds preferred experience to youth in a successful bid to get West Ham promoted again. Unable to break into the first-team, Rush joined Cambridge United on loan in March 1993 until the end of the season, where he made ten appearances.

West Ham were promoted to the Premiership at the end of the 1992–93 season but injuries and competition for places meant that Rush made only one appearance as substitute in the first half of the 1993–94 season. Billy Bonds sent him out on loan to Swansea City in January 1994, where he helped Swansea to progress to the semi-finals of the Autoglass Trophy. He was recalled to West Ham in March and started the final nine games of the season, scoring in the first against Ipswich Town with a strike from 25 yards. He signed a three-year contract in the summer of 1994, turning down interest from Kevin Keegan and Newcastle United. He made 26 league and cup appearances in the 1994–95 season, scoring twice. At the end of the season, manager Harry Redknapp was willing to release Rush and he joined Norwich City in August 1995.
Qualified for Ireland through his Irish born mother




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Matthew Rushe's playing record
Season Openin. Subst. Goals Yellows Reds
1991 1 1 0 0 0
1992 2 0 0 0 0
Total 3 1 0 0 0
By season | In opening squad | Substituted in | Goals | Yellow cards | Red cards



Matthew Rushe's full debut
15.10.1991 at 19:00 European Qualifier H Poland 0 - 2


Last 10 games where Matthew Rushe started | Show All
17.11.1992 at 15:00 European Qualifier A Spain 1 - 2
13.10.1992 at 19:00 European Qualifier A Denmark 2 - 3
15.10.1991 at 19:00 European Qualifier H Poland 0 - 2


Games in which Matthew Rushe was a Substitute.
12.11.1991 European Qualifier A Turkey 1 - 2
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