| Nickname | Matty, Four Star | 
                  
                    | 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%) | 
                  
                    | 8s Appearances in 2024 | 16 out of 49 (33%) | 
                  
                    | Total Appearances | 461 (2nd highest) |