Matthew Done (born 22 July 1988) is an English former professional footballer who is a Player Development Phase Coach at EFL League Two club Port Vale.
He spent the 2010–11 campaign with Rochdale, where his performances earned him a move to Championship club Barnsley in June 2011.
In two-and-a-half seasons with the club, he made 87 appearances and helped United to win promotion as champions of League One at the end of the 2016–17 campaign.
[9][10] Done broke into the first-team squad at the start of the 2006–07 season and scored his first goal for Wrexham in a 3–0 home win over Grimsby Town on 8 August.
[16][17] On 17 June 2008, Done was signed by League One club Hereford United for an undisclosed fee, where manager Graham Turner had been an admirer for some time.
[19] He scored his first goal at Edgar Street in a 2–1 defeat by Swindon Town in the Football League Trophy on 8 October.
[31] He scored his first goal for the club in the Football League Trophy, in a 2–1 defeat at Port Vale on 31 August.
[41][42] Done made his Barnsley debut in the first round of the League Cup on 9 August, where he played 27 minutes in a 2–0 loss against Morecambe.
[45][46] After returning to the first-team against Bristol City on 29 October,[47] he appeared in a handful of games and scored again on 26 December, in a 3–1 loss against Blackpool.
[55] On 31 January 2013, Done signed for Scottish Premier League club Hibernian on loan until the end of the 2012–13 season.
[59] He made his second debut for the club, coming on as a second-half substitute, in a 3–0 win over Hartlepool United in the opening game of the 2013–14 season.
[61] Despite suffering setbacks due to injuries and suspension,[62][63] Done played 38 times in Dale's promotion-winning season, and as a result he signed a new two-year contract on 27 May.
[69] In a 3–1 win over Doncaster Rovers on 22 November, he scored but was sent off in the second half for a foul on James Coppinger; the club launched an unsuccessful appeal against the suspension after the match.
[72] Following his move to Sheffield United, Done said that he loved playing every minute for Rochdale and he was emotional at the prospect of leaving Spotland.
[88] After recovering from a hamstring injury he sustained against Bradford City on 28 December,[89] Done scored twice on his return on 12 January, in a 3–3 draw with Wigan Athletic.
[98] However, as the season progressed, Done's first-team opportunities soon became limited, due to his lack of his goal-scoring form, as well as Wilder's preference of striker Billy Sharp.
[103][104] After agreeing to a mutual termination of his contract with Sheffield United at the end of the 2016–2017 season,[105] Done rejoined Rochdale on a two-year deal on 3 August 2017,[106] announcing that he was "excited to be back".
[108][109] In June 2019, he signed a new two-year contract with the club, with manager Brian Barry-Murphy stated that the player still retained hunger and ambition.
[114] The 2021–22 season would be his last as a professional, and he scored one goal in 28 matches to leave himself in the top ten of the club's all-time appearances list.
[117] He was put in interim charge of the first-team, along with fellow academy coaches Will Ryder and Danny Lloyd, on 6 February 2024, following the sacking of Andy Crosby.