Matt Richbell

South Coast Correspondent

Biography

Matt lives and breathes football. A former trainee professional at AFC Bournemouth, he swapped the pitch for the press box and now writes about the game at every level. He is Sports Editor of The Mid Hampshire Observer, part of the Hampshire Media Series, and the Non-League Paper’s columnist for the Wessex League, where he champions the clubs, players and volunteers who keep grassroots football going. A lifelong Cherries fan, Matt has been to 635 AFC Bournemouth matches at 106 different grounds. His appetite for the game doesn’t stop there: as a dedicated groundhopper, he has now seen 1,350 matches across 270 grounds, from Premier League stadiums to non-league outposts. Off the terraces, he is the founder of “Clean Sheet Dirty Nappies”, a daddy-daughter football vlog on TikTok and YouTube that follows the joys and chaos of sharing the beautiful game with the next generation. By trade, he is a Hotel General Manager, which might explain how he juggles it all. Visit "Clean Sheet Dirty Nappies" on You Tube or Tik Tok to see Matt and his daughter Grace's travels around the country.