Martin Lawlor

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 or Eugene Hütz out of Gogol Bordello.
Battlecry	Anything ending with ' ... lads!'
Claim To Fame	Probably the fittest Real player ever. Married to Austria's (considerably younger) answer to Mary Berry.
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)

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