Bill Ryan

Nickname	Badger, L(GB)T
Date Of Birth	27/7/70
Place Of Birth	Eugene, Oregon, USA
Big Team	Hibs
Wee Team	West Ham
Favourite Player Ever	Zidane, Scholes or Pirlo
Position	Anywhere across the back line - could probably do a decent job as a holding midfielder, too
Distinguishing Features	Nothing bar that wee American twang to his accent plus assorted MLS jerseys
Lookalike	Matthew Perry AKA Chandler out of 'Friends' ("Never could see that one myself – maybe when he looked like cr*p going through drug rehab ...")
Battlecry	Nothing specific - just general howls of rage when he's been left to deal with a 3 on 1 in front of his own goal
Claim To Fame	Met his celebrity lookalike in Cabo San Lucas airport in Mexico. Always gives the same three word answer to the weekly 'Can you play again next Tuesday?' email.
Road To The Real	Used to play 5s with Big Graeme on a Thursday at the Corn Exchange
Debut Date	31/3/15
8s Appearances in 2015	17 out of 51 (33%)
8s Appearances in 2016	33 out of 50 (66%)
8s Appearances in 2017	40 out of 49 (82% - joint highest)
8s Appearances in 2018	35 out of 46 (76%)
8s Appearances in 2019	42 out of 50 (84%)
8s Appearances in 2020	15 out of 18 (83%)
8s Appearances in 2021	25 out of 32 (78%)
8s Appearances in 2022	32 out of 47 (68%)
8s Appearances in 2023	8 out of 47 (17%)
Total Appearances	247 (10th highest)

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