Matthew Lloyd

Matthew Lloyd was born in Melbourne in 1978 to parents John (a former VFL footballer who played 29 games for the Carlton Football Club from 1965–1967) and Bev Lloyd. The Lloyds moved to Scotland for three years because of John's work, and it was there that Matthew picked up rugby and soccer playing for his Currie club.

Lloyd attended St Martin De Porres Parish Primary School in Avondale Heights before moving to St. Bernard's College in Essendon.[http://sbc.melb.catholic.edu.au/groups/oc/wof.html St Bernard's Old Collegians Wall of Fame]{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He played junior football for Avondale Heights Football Club in the Essendon District Football League.

He supported the Fitzroy Football Club when he was young because in the first game he attended, Fitzroy player Bernie Quinlan kicked nine goals.{{cite web|url=http://www.afl.com.au/tabid/208/default.aspx?newsid=37730 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008000648/http://www.afl.com.au/tabid/208/default.aspx?newsid=37730 |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 October 2012 |title=Unforgettable time for Lloyd |publisher=Afl.com.au |date=2007-02-08 |access-date=2012-09-25}}

Lloyd was drafted into the AFL as a 16-year-old in the 1995 Pre-season Draft as a "compensatory selection" that was awarded to Essendon by the AFL in return for losing Todd Ridley to the newly formed Fremantle Football Club. The Bombers picked up what would be one of their all-time greats for a relative pittance in the draft. Lloyd was heralded as a future football star after his AFL debut in Round 14, 1995, where he scored a goal with his first kick in league football and three for the match.

The key features of Lloyd's game were his powerful marks on the lead (particularly overhead), his use of his body in a defensive capacity and accurate goal kicking, particularly from set shots on his left foot. He converted a large majority of set shots inside the 50-metre arc and kicked further than 50 metres on a regular basis.

Lloyd was known for his ritual when taking set shots at goal. Almost every time, he took time to go far back on the mark, pull both his socks up, and then grab some grass and throw it into the air to measure the wind and take a very long run-up before kicking; this was his method of following advice given to him by coaches to bring down his heart rate in order to focus better. In 2006, the AFL introduced a "shot clock" to limit the amount of time that players had to take set shots; although Lloyd's ritual was not the longest in the league, its quirks made it so well known that the rule became commonly known as the "Lloyd Rule".{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/afl/lloyd-rule-to-speed-up-goalkicking/2005/11/25/1132703381229.html |title=Lloyd Rule to speed up goalkicking |date=26 November 2005 |publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=2012-09-25}} Lloyd adjusted his ritual to fit into the new rule, and he still retained the most famous aspect (throwing grass) until the end of his career.

Lloyd's goal-scoring ability enabled him to top the Essendon goal scoring every year from 1997 to 2009, except for 2006 when he only played three games due to a serious hamstring injury.

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Lloyd was selected in the All-Australian team on five occasions (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003), won the Coleman Medal for kicking the most goals in the regular season three times (2000, 2001 and 2003){{cite web |url=http://www.afl.com.au/aflhq/awards/colemanmedal/previouswinners/tabid/15089/default.aspx |title=Coleman Medal - Previous Winners |publisher=Afl.com.au |date=2012-01-04 |access-date=2012-09-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924113126/http://www.afl.com.au/aflhq/awards/colemanmedal/previouswinners/tabid/15089/default.aspx |archive-date=24 September 2012}} and twice kicked more than 100 goals in a completed season (109 in 2000 and 105 in 2001; on both occasions he reached the milestone during the finals).

Lloyd was a member of Essendon's 2000 premiership team and was captain of Essendon from 2006 to 2009. He was recognised for his achievements at Essendon in 2002 when he was ranked the 22nd-greatest player ever to play for the club in the "Champions of Essendon" list.{{cite web|url=http://www.essendonfc.com.au/champions/ |title=Champions of Essendon |publisher=Essendonfc.com.au |access-date=2012-09-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812032019/http://www.essendonfc.com.au/champions/ |archive-date=12 August 2012 }}

Lloyd was appointed Essendon captain ahead of the 2006 season after James Hird elected to stand down following the side's disappointing 2005 season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-09-27/lloyd-to-lead-bombers/2112816|title=Lloyd to lead Bombers|date=27 September 2005|via=www.abc.net.au}} Lloyd's first match as Essendon captain resulted in a 27-point win over the defending premiers Sydney, where he kicked eight goals (six of them in the first quarter alone). It would be the only win that Essendon would enjoy under Lloyd's captaincy until exactly a year later.{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2006-04-01/bombers-upset-swans/1721794|title=Bombers upset Swans|date=1 April 2006|via=www.abc.net.au}}

In addition to serving as captain and earning life membership at Essendon,{{cite web |date=2004-12-17 |title=Lloyd A Life Member |url=http://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/news.asp?nid=4020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050717103921/http://essendonfc.com.au/news/news.asp?nid=4020 |archive-date=17 July 2005 |access-date=2012-09-25 |publisher=Essendonfc.com.au}}{{cite news |last=Johnson |first=Len |date=28 September 2005 |title=Lloyd tips a new era for Bombers |work=The Age |url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=nstore&docID=AGE050928HT6P05963JH}} Lloyd is also the team's all-time-highest goal scorer.{{cite web |url=http://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/news.asp?nid=2777 |title=A Record Breaking Performance |publisher=Essendonfc.com.au |date=2003-08-10 |access-date=2012-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050103162750/http://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/news.asp?nid=2777 |archive-date=3 January 2005 |url-status=dead }}

In 2013, Lloyd was inducted as a member of the Australian Football Hall of Fame{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/essendon-champion-matthew-lloyd-joins-afl-elite/story-fndv8gad-1226657195651 |title=Lloyd joins AFL elite |publisher=news.com.au |date=2013-06-05 |access-date=2013-06-05}} and as a Legend in the Essendon Football Club Hall of Fame.{{cite web|url=http://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/2013-03-04/greats-honoured |title=Essendon greats honoured |publisher=essendonfc.com.au |date=2013-03-04 |access-date=2013-06-05}}

Lloyd had a successful State of Origin career, kicking 8 goals in 3 games. He first played for Victoria in 1997, against South Australia, kicking 3 goals, including a snap kick along the ground from near the boundary line, which went one way and then curved back another.{{Citation|last=Costa Sports|title=That Was the Season That Was 1997 AFL|date=2015-04-18|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI5OoBus5dw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/qI5OoBus5dw |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|access-date=2016-03-31}}{{cbignore}} In 1998, Lloyd kicked two goals against The Allies, in Brisbane. Lloyd last played for Victoria in 1999 against South Australia in the second-last-ever State of Origin game, kicking 3 goals and being named in the best players.{{Cite web|url=http://cedric.slv.vic.gov.au/view/action/nmets.do?DOCCHOICE=2192339.xml&dvs=1459417201184~655&locale=en_AU&search_terms=&adjacency=&VIEWER_URL=/view/action/nmets.do?&DELIVERY_RULE_ID=4&divType=&usePid1=true&usePid2=true|title=Digitised Resource Viewer|website=cedric.slv.vic.gov.au|access-date=2016-03-31}}

In Round 20, 2007, Lloyd kicked a backheel goal whilst surrounded by opponents and was awarded the 2007 Goal of the Year.{{cite web|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/best-goal-mark-of-the-year-announced/story-e6frg7mx-1111114508240 |title=Best goal and mark of the year announced |publisher=Theaustralian.com.au |date=2012-02-17 |access-date=2012-09-25}}

In Round 18, 2008, against the Melbourne Demons, Lloyd took a spectacular mark above five players to win the 2008 Mark of the Year. Immediately after the mark, Lloyd recalled in a 2022 episode of The Sunday Footy Show that he roasted his opponent Matthew Warnock afterwards:{{Citation |title=Llordo reveals his cheeky sledge after taking mark of the year - Sunday Footy Show {{!}} Footy on Nine |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5n11x6Q6Xw |access-date=2023-04-12 |language=en}}

"You've always wanted to be on a footy card; now you'll probably be on one."

A haul of eight goals in that match gave Lloyd his best return since Round 1, 2006.

In Round 3, 1999, Lloyd, aged just 21 at the time, kicked a record 13 goals against the Sydney Swans at the MCG, kicking the first goal of the game and breaking John Coleman's record for most goals kicked by an Essendon player against the Swans.[http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/seven-controversial-moments-in-career-of-essendon-champ-and-hall-of-fame-inductee-matthew-lloyd/story-fni5f6kv-1226657827182 Seven controversial moments of Essendon champ and Hall of Fame inductee Matthew Lloyd], Herald Sun, 5 June 2013

In his first game as Essendon captain, also playing against the Sydney Swans, Lloyd kicked eight goals (six in the first quarter against his opponent, Leo Barry) He kicked a total of 69 goals playing against the Swans throughout his career.[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/M/Matthew_Lloyd0.html Matthew Lloyd], AFL Tables

During Essendon's 1996 preliminary final against the Sydney Swans in Sydney, Lloyd ruptured his spleen in the second quarter. He suffered a large amount of blood loss and spent 10 days in intensive care in a Sydney hospital.{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/caring-dons-laud-dedicated-docs/story-0-1111117210036 |title=Caring Dons laud dedicated docs |publisher=Heraldsun.com.au |access-date=2012-09-25}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/i-would-ve-died-that-night-lloyd-s-other-1996-prelim-nightmare-20200326-p54e9l.html|title='I would've died that night': Lloyd's other 1996 prelim nightmare|publisher=The Age|first=Ronny|last=Lerner|date=26 March 2020|access-date=27 March 2020}}

In Round 6, 2002, against Fremantle, Lloyd ruptured a tendon in his right ring finger when it was caught in his opponent's guernsey. It required surgery to be reattached, and he was out for eight weeks.

Lloyd returned in Round 14 against the Western Bulldogs when Steven Kretiuk controversially targeted his injured hand.{{cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/07/07/1025667089931.html |title=Review on Kretiuk incident |date=8 July 2002 |publisher=Theage.com.au |access-date=2012-09-25}}

Midway through the third quarter of the Essendon vs. Western Bulldogs match on 16 April 2006 (which happened to be Lloyd's 28th birthday), opponent Brian Harris accidentally fell on Lloyd as he tried to mark the ball. Lloyd walked off the ground with the aid of trainers and did not return for the rest of the match. Following scans, a week later it was revealed that the hamstring tendon had been snapped off the bone. Surgery to repair the career-threatening injury took place, which ruled him out for the rest of the season.{{cite web |url=http://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/news.asp?nid=4662 |title=Lloyd Injury Shock |publisher=Essendonfc.com.au |date=2006-04-22 |access-date=2012-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070816043530/http://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/news.asp?nid=4662 |archive-date=16 August 2007 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2006/04/23/1621921.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120801120547/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2006/04/23/1621921.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 August 2012 |title=Lloyd Shattered By Hamstring Injury |publisher=Abc.net.au |date=2006-04-23 |access-date=2012-09-25}} Lloyd's absence from the team was felt hard, as the Bombers, despite high expectations, finished 15th on the ladder at season's end with a final win-loss record of 3–1–18.{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2006-09-01/bulldogs-earn-gritty-win/1254454|title=Bulldogs earn gritty win|publisher=ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)|date=1 September 2006|accessdate=14 October 2021}} As Lloyd was captain of Essendon and was unable to play for the remainder of the season (his first year of captaincy, in fact), David Hille was promoted to team captain in Lloyd's absence.

Lloyd made a successful comeback against Adelaide at AAMI Stadium in Round 1, 2007. He kicked two goals while working further up the ground, putting to rest any concerns about his injured hamstring. Essendon beat Adelaide by 31 points.

In Round 22, 2009, Lloyd hit Hawthorn player Brad Sewell with a heavy bump that left him unconscious and with facial injuries, and it led to a brawl between the two teams.{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/matthew-lloyd-bump-fires-up-essendon/story-e6frfb9x-1225767349823 |title=Matthew Lloyd bump fires up Essendon |publisher=Heraldsun.com.au |access-date=2012-09-25}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=714jxXF7LLc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/714jxXF7LLc |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|title=Matthew Lloyd clashes with Brad Sewell footage |publisher=YouTube |date=2009-08-29 |access-date=2012-09-25}}{{cbignore}} The Essendon–Hawthorn rivalry is fierce, first reaching a flashpoint in the 1980s and peaking in the infamous Line in the Sand Match in 2004. In the bitter aftermath of the 2009 match in which four players were suspended for a total of seven matches and $27,000 in fines were handed out, Hawthorn's Campbell Brown called Lloyd "one of the biggest snipers in the game" and said that "his time is coming".{{cite web|last=Barrett |first=Damian |url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-premiership/campbell-brown-says-matthew-lloyd-is-one-of-the-biggest-snipers-in-the-game/story-e6frf3e3-1225767452130 |title=Brown Slams Lloyd The 'Sniper' |publisher=Foxsports.com.au |date=2009-08-30 |access-date=2012-09-25}} Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson threatened Lloyd and abused an interchange steward and had to be restrained by Hawthorn football manager Mark Evans as the teams left the field.{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/what-hawthorns-alastair-clarkson-really-said-to-essendons-matthew-lloyd/story-e6frf9jf-1225769304064 |title=What Clarkson Said To Lloyd |publisher=Heraldsun.com.au |access-date=2012-09-25}} AFL CEO Andrew Demetriou defended Lloyd's reputation;{{cite web|url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/afl-finals-matthew-lloyd-no-sniper-andrew-demetriou/story-e6freck3-1225768274699 |title=Matthew Lloyd No Sniper |publisher=Adelaidenow.com.au |date=2009-09-01 |access-date=2012-09-25}} Clarkson was fined for his comments{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/alastair-clarkson-fined-for-matthew-lloyd-spray/story-e6frf9jf-1225769275418 |title=Alastair Clarkson fined for Matthew Lloyd comments |publisher=Heraldsun.com.au |access-date=2012-09-25}} and later apologised for the outburst.{{cite web|url=http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/afl/5898826/clarkson-sorry-for-post-match-outburst/ |title=Clarkson sorry for post-match outburst |publisher=Au.news.yahoo.com |date=2009-08-31 |access-date=2012-09-25}}

Essendon went on to win the match by 17 points after trailing by 22 points at the time of the incident, and in the week after the match, Lloyd was given a six-match suspension by the match review panel for the hit on Sewell. This was reduced to four matches after he decided not to appeal the sanction.{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/afl-finals-matthew-lloyd-bombers-accept-penalties/story-e6frf9jf-1225768125484 |title=Lloyd, Bombers accept penalties |publisher=Heraldsun.com.au |access-date=2012-09-25}} Lloyd only served one match of his suspension, missing Essendon's 96-point elimination final loss to {{AFL Ade}} at AAMI Stadium, before announcing his retirement on 23 September 2009.

:{{cite web |url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/M/Matthew_Lloyd0.html |title = AFL Tables - Matthew Lloyd - Stats - Statistics}}

{{AFL player statistics legend}}

{{AFL player statistics start}}

|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1995

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Ess}}

| 18 || 5 || 7 || 6 || 31 || 17 || 48 || 22 || 1 || 1.4 || 1.2 || 6.2 || 3.4 || 9.6 || 4.4 || 0.2

|-

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1996

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Ess}}

| 18 || 11 || 18 || 7 || 78 || 34 || 112 || 46 || 11 || 1.6 || 0.6 || 7.1 || 3.1 || 10.2 || 4.2 || 1.0

|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1997

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Ess}}

| 18 || 20 || 63 || 33 || 212 || 125 || 272 || 125 || 17 || 3.2 || 1.7 || 10.6 || 3.0 || 13.6 || 6.3 || 0.9

|-

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1998

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Ess}}

| 18 || 23 || 70 || 38 || 249 || 77 || 326 || 156 || 24 || 3.0 || 1.7 || 10.8 || 3.3 || 14.2 || 6.8 || 1.0

|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1999

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Ess}}

| 18 || 22 || 87 || 40 || 239 || 54 || 293 || 142 || 22 || 4.0 || 1.8 || 10.9 || 2.5 || 13.3 || 6.5 || 1.0

|-

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2000

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Ess}}

| 18 || 25 || bgcolor="DD6E81"| 109 || bgcolor="DD6E81"| 60 || 323 || 68 || 391 || 186 || 21 || bgcolor="DD6E81"| 4.4 || bgcolor="DD6E81"| 2.4 || 12.9 || 2.7 || 15.6 || 7.4 || 0.8

|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2001

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Ess}}

| 18 || 21 || bgcolor="DD6E81"| 105 || bgcolor="b7e718"| 36 || 244 || 49 || 293 || 158 || 23 || bgcolor="DD6E81"| 5.0 || bgcolor="b7e718"| 1.7 || 11.6 || 2.3 || 14.0 || 7.5 || 1.1

|-

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2002

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Ess}}

| 18 || 16 || 47 || 29 || 143 || 40 || 183 || 96 || 11 || 2.9 || bgcolor="CFECEC"| 1.8 || 8.9 || 2.5 || 11.4 || 6.0 || 0.7

|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2003

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Ess}}

| 18 || 22 || bgcolor="DD6E81"| 93 || 30 || 204 || 66 || 270 || 140 || 21 || bgcolor="DD6E81"| 4.2 || 1.4 || 9.3 || 3.0 || 12.3 || 6.4 || 1.0

|-

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2004

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Ess}}

| 18 || 24 || 96 || 39 || 228 || 49 || 277 || 134 || 35 || 4.0 || 1.6 || 9.5 || 2.0 || 11.5 || 5.6 || 1.5

|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2005

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Ess}}

| 18 || 20 || 59 || 29 || 181 || 51 || 232 || 104 || 23 || 3.0 || 1.5 || 9.1 || 2.6 || 11.6 || 5.2 || 1.2

|-

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2006

|style="text-align:center;"|Essendon

| 18 || 3 || 13 || 3 || 34 || 17 || 51 || 23 || 1 || 4.3 || 1.0 || 11.2 || 5.7 || 17.0 || 7.7 || 0.3

|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2007

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Ess}}

| 18 || 19 || 62 || 31 || 214 || 59 || 273 || 124 || 33 || 3.3 || 1.6 || 11.3 || 3.1 || 14.4 || 6.5 || 1.7

|-

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2008

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Ess}}

| 18 || 21 || 62 || 16 || 199 || 83 || 282 || 144 || 35 || 3.0 || 0.8 || 9.5 || 4.0 || 13.4 || 6.9 || 1.7

|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2009

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Ess}}

| 18 || 18 || 35 || 27 || 131 || 88 || 219 || 104 || 26 || 1.9 || 1.5 || 7.3 || 4.9 || 12.2 || 5.8 || 1.4

|- class="sortbottom"

! colspan=3| Career

! 270

! 926

! 424

! 2710

! 812

! 3522

! 1704

! 304

! 3.4

! 1.6

! 10.0

! 3.0

! 13.0

! 6.3

! 1.1

|}

• Team
• AFL Premiership (Essendon): 2000
• McClelland Trophy (Essendon): 1999, 2000, 2001
• Pre-Season Cup (Essendon): 2000
• Individual
• Coleman Medal: 2000, 2001, 2003
• All-Australian: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003
• Essendon F.C. Leading Goalkicker: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009
• Essendon F.C. Captain: 2006-2009
• Australian Representative Honours in International Rules Football: 2001
• Jim Stynes Medal: 2001
• Goal of the Year: 2007
• Alex Jesaulenko Medal - Mark of the Year: 2008
• AFL Rising Star Nominee: 1996 (Round 19)
• Champions of Essendon - No. 22
• Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee

On 23 September 2009, Lloyd announced his retirement to a packed media conference at the Essendon Football Club Hall of Fame. Although he had been offered another contract,{{cite web |url=http://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/news.asp?nid=7035 |title=Lloyd requests more time |publisher=Essendonfc.com.au |access-date=2012-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923004305/http://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/news.asp?nid=7035 |archive-date=23 September 2009 |url-status=dead }} Lloyd said that "now is my time from a physical and mental point of view" and that he would "...prefer to go a year too early than a year too late."{{cite web|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/85180/default.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090925152221/http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/85180/default.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 September 2009 |title=Lloyd quits |publisher=Afl.com.au |date=2009-09-23 |access-date=2012-09-25}}

To celebrate Lloyd's career, the Coventry End of Docklands Stadium is renamed the Lloyd End for Essendon home games.{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/honour-a-fitting-end-for-matthew-lloyd/story-e6frf9jf-1225809744183 |title=Honour a fitting end for Matthew Lloyd |publisher=Heraldsun.com.au |access-date=2012-09-25}}

In 2009, Lloyd was appointed assistant coach at the AIS-AFL Academy;{{cite web |url=http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/sports/australian_football/news/afl_stars_lloyd_and_oloughlin_lend_support_to_emerging_talent |title=Lloyd and O'Loughlin Lend Support To Emerging Talent |publisher=Ausport.gov.au |access-date=2012-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110330165928/http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/sports/australian_football/news/afl_stars_lloyd_and_oloughlin_lend_support_to_emerging_talent |archive-date=30 March 2011 |url-status=dead }} however, he ruled out applying for an AFL coaching position.{{cite web |url=http://www.theadvocate.com.au/news/local/sport/football-australian-rules/lloyds-coaching-aspirations-on-hold/2370200.aspx |title = Lloyd's coaching aspirations on hold {{!}} The Advocate {{!}} Burnie, TAS| date=24 November 2011 }}

Lloyd co-hosted children's AFL show Auskick'n Around on Fox Footy Channel with Brad Johnson from the Western Bulldogs from 2003 until it was cancelled at the end of 2005.

In 2006, Lloyd had a weekly spot as a panelist on Fox Footy's White Line Fever and, after being forced to spend extended time off the field because of injury, he became recognised for his informative views on all things football – his roles included being a special comments commentator on Triple M's football coverage as well as more regular appearances on The AFL Footy Show as a panelist.

In 2009, Lloyd appeared as a regular panelist on a new show, One Week at a Time, as well as doing special comments on Network Ten and writing a regular column for The Age newspaper. Following his retirement, Lloyd has been heavily involved in the media.

Lloyd signed with the Network Ten{{cite web|url=http://onehd.com.au/shows-matthew-lloyd.htm| title = OneHD: Matthew Lloyd profile| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110723224346/http://one.com.au/shows-matthew-lloyd.htm | archive-date=23 July 2011}} AFL team as an expert commentator for the 2010 and 2011 AFL seasons on Channel Ten and One HD (he had already provided special commentary during various matches of the 2009 AFL season for the network), until Ten Sport lost the rights at the end of the 2011 AFL season. He also worked for radio station SEN, was a co-host of The Game Plan on One HD during 2011, and continued working for The Age.{{Cite web |url=http://www.theage.com.au/afl/by/matthew-lloyd |title=The Age: Matthew Lloyd |access-date=31 March 2011 |archive-date=1 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110401095447/http://www.theage.com.au/afl/by/matthew-lloyd |url-status=dead }}

Lloyd's autobiography (co-authored with Andrew Clarke), Straight Shooter, was released in July 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/matthew-lloyds-final-stand-for-the-bombers/story-e6frf9jf-1226098631937 |title=Lloyd's Final Stand for the Bombers |publisher=Heraldsun.com.au |access-date=2012-09-25}}{{cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/a-fear-of-failure-was-my-greatest-spur-from-the-very-start-20110720-1howe.html |title=A fear of failure was my greatest spur from the very start |date=20 July 2011 |publisher=Theage.com.au |access-date=2012-09-25}}

After Network Ten lost the AFL broadcasting rights, Lloyd joined the Nine Network for 2012 to be a panelist on The Footy Show and The Sunday Footy Show.{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/tv-radio/channel-9-signs-matthew-lloyd/story-e6frf9ho-1226171130199 |title=Channel 9 signs Matthew Lloyd |publisher=Heraldsun.com.au |access-date=2012-09-25}} He also left SEN to join 3AW's AFL special comments team.

In 2013, he joined Footy Classified as a panelist alongside Gary Lyon, Craig Hutchison and Caroline Wilson; as well as continuing his regular roles on The Sunday Footy Show and 3AW Football. Lloyd is also a recurring panelist on The Footy Show and on occasion appears on Nine News Melbourne to provide insights into the weekly round of matches.{{cite tweet |user=9NewsMelb |number=1045595844425072641 |date=28 September 2018 |title=Tomorrow's Grand Final tips with @MatthewLloyd18. Who will win? #9News }}

In March 2022, Lloyd announced on Footy Classified that he had Bell's palsy, a form of facial paralysis.{{Cite web |date=2022-03-14 |title=AFL great Matthew Lloyd reveals shock health diagnosis |url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/teams/essendon-bombers/afl-news-2022-matthew-lloyd-former-essendon-player-diagnosed-with-bells-palsy-facial-paralysis-symptoms-how-to-treat/news-story/e2aac72b5b973c3b6a14e7c9a7404d4a |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=Fox Sports |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2022-04-28 |title=A footy legend said 'heart issues and Bell's palsy has gone through the roof since the boosters'. Is he correct? |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-29/checkmate-matthew-lloyd-vaccine-side-effects-bells-pallsy-heart/101022222 |access-date=2023-10-02}}{{Cite web |title=Matthew Lloyd opens up on his Bell's Palsy battle {{!}} "The worst part of it is I can't blink or shut my right eye properly, so your eye continually dries out, you have to tape it down to sleep." Matthew... {{!}} By Footy on Nine {{!}} Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/FootyonNine/videos/matthew-lloyd-opens-up-on-his-bells-palsy-battle/364868498983381/ |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en}}

On 14 November 2014, it was announced that Lloyd would return to the Essendon Football Club as a part-time forwards coach, working closely with the club's forwards.[http://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/2014-11-14/lloyd-back-in Lloyd Back In for 2015], Essendon Football Club official website, 14 November 2014

He currently coaches the school football side at Haileybury College in Melbourne.{{Cite web |title=Matthew Lloyd {{!}} TLA {{!}} Powered by TGI Sport |url=https://tlaworldwide.com/talent/matthew-lloyd/ |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=TLA}}

Lloyd's parents are John and Bev Lloyd. John Lloyd played 29 games for Carlton from 1965–1967 and coached the Braybrook Football Club to three premierships. The family moved to Scotland for three years because of John Lloyd's work and it was there that Lloyd played rugby and soccer for his Currie club.

Lloyd has two older brothers, Simon, who is an assistant coach at the Geelong Football Club,{{cite web |url=http://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/7009/newsid/104367/default.aspx |title=Assistant coaching role for Simon Lloyd |publisher=Fremantlefc.com.au |date=2010-10-22 |access-date=2012-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302075336/http://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/7009/newsid/104367/default.aspx |archive-date=2 March 2011 |url-status=dead }} and Brad, who is a former Hawthorn player (and former captain of the Williamstown Football Club) and now head of football at the Carlton Football Club,{{cite web|url=http://www.fremantlefc.com.au/Default.aspx?tabid=7009&newsId=55446 |title=National Recruiting Manager appointed |publisher=Fremantlefc.com.au |date=2008-02-20 |access-date=2012-09-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706104827/http://www.fremantlefc.com.au/Default.aspx?tabid=7009&newsId=55446 |archive-date=6 July 2011 }} as well as one older sister, Kylie, who is the Finance Manager at Nine Network Australia.

On 9 November 2002, Lloyd married his childhood sweetheart, Lisa-Marie Caparello, usually known as "Lisa", at Xavier College Chapel. Their wedding was covered by New Idea magazine, and a documentary of the day, titled One Day in November, was also aired on Fox Footy Channel.

Lisa Lloyd appeared on The Footy Show's singing competition, Screamers, in 2005{{cite web |url=http://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/news.asp?nid=4209 |title=Support our latest Bomber star |publisher=Essendonfc.com.au |date=2005-04-28 |access-date=2012-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050619023559/http://essendonfc.com.au/news/news.asp?nid=4209 |archive-date=19 June 2005 |url-status=dead }} and was also a regular presenter on Fox Footy's Living With Footballers.{{cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/03/31/1080544543170.html |title=Living With Footballers |publisher=The Age |date=2004-04-01 |access-date=2012-09-25}}

The Lloyds have three children: Jaeda Ruby (born December 2006),{{cite web |url=http://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/news.asp?nid=4978 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913230751/http://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/news.asp?nid=4978 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-09-13 |title=Lloyd Family Grows By One |publisher=Essendonfc.com.au |date=2006-12-16 |access-date=2012-09-25 }} Kira Grace (born September 2009){{cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/another-baby-girl-for-lloyd/story-e6frf7jo-1225769757156 |title=Another baby girl for Lloyd |publisher=Heraldsun.com.au |access-date=2012-09-25}} and Jacob Matthew (born November 2012).{{cite web |url=http://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/a/Lloyd-family-welcomes-baby-boy/10227 |title=Lloyd family welcomes baby boy |publisher=Essendon footy Club |access-date=2012-11-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130214636/http://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/a/Lloyd-family-welcomes-baby-boy/10227 |archive-date=30 November 2012 |url-status=dead }}

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