Matt, along with his brother Hugh, arrived at Liverpool from Leith Athletic in Scotland only two months into the club's very first season. Matthew, so named after his grandfather, had eight siblings in total, three brothers and five sisters. They lived in Harthill in North Lanarkshire, a small village of only couple of hundred inhabitants that made their living in the coalmines. Matt's father, Peter, was a roadman at the pit, preparing and repairing underground passageways. He later became a Coal Oversman, supervising the safety of the working...
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