Nickname |
Matty |
Date Of Birth |
19/2/79 |
Place Of Birth |
Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland |
Big Team |
Liverpool |
Wee Team |
Cork City |
Favourite Player Ever |
Roy Keane |
Position |
Midfielder or wing back |
Distinguishing Features |
Obscure football tops, blistering pace, hair
from the Dougie Watt school of mop management (and
associated headband), mountain bike, hi-viz jacket |
Lookalike |
Johnny Ramone, Eugene Hütz out of Gogol
Bordello or Croatian wizard Luca Modrić. |
Battlecry |
Anything ending with ' ... lads!' |
Claim To Fame |
Probably the fittest Real player ever.
Married to Austria's (considerably younger) answer to Mary Berry.
Has only got one ear (it took Gaffer Bill 17 years to
notice this!)
|
Road To The Real |
Part of the Irish Invasion of 2006/07 - specifically
remembers Bucko and Tom Rydings getting him involved |
Debut Date
|
5/6/07 |
5s Appearances in 2007 |
17 out of 42 (40%) |
5s Appearances in 2008 |
23 out of 48 (48%) |
8s Appearances in 2009 |
36 out of 46 (78% - joint highest) |
8s Appearances in 2010 |
32 out of 43 (74%) |
8s Appearances in 2011 |
35 out of 49 (71%) |
8s Appearances in 2012 |
39 out of 49 (80%) |
8s Appearances in 2013 |
33 out of 48 (69%) |
8s Appearances in 2014 |
22 out of 50 (44%) |
8s Appearances in 2015 |
42 out of 51 (82%) |
8s Appearances in 2016 |
30 out of 50 (60%) |
8s Appearances in 2017 |
38 out of 49 (78%) |
8s Appearances in 2018 |
25 out of 46 (54%) |
8s Appearances in 2019 |
33 out of 50 (66%) |
8s Appearances in 2020 |
8 out of 18 (44%) |
8s Appearances in 2021 |
13 out of 32 (41%) |
8s Appearances in 2022 |
7 out of 47 (15%) |
8s Appearances in 2023 |
12 out of 47 (26%) |
Total Appearances |
445 (2nd highest) |