1. Full Name - Adam Matthews
1.2. Nicknames - Adz, Ad, Matthews, Senior Fuse, Stanley, Bernard,
2. Age - 23
3. Place of Birth - Clarendon Wing, Leeds
4. Position - Right Midfield / Striker - Club Captain. Champ Manager says - AMRCF
5. Boots - Nike ID Total 90 Laser II, Nike Air Zoom Total 90, Adidas Predator
6. Playing History - Old Mods, Old Centralians. Sunday - Old Ball FC. Juniors - Old Mods, Thinsill Dynamos, Lawnswood Lazers, Leeds United Academy, Leeds City Boys.
7. Best Player/s you have played with - James Milner and Aaron Lennon from my academy days. At the mods id have to say my Dad, best game reader and passer of the ball in amateur football and Steve Pyle, just his presence in the starting 11 made everyone beleive we had a chance of winning. He was a quiet bloke but when he spoke you listened and you took it on board! When you heard, in his strong aberdeen accent, the words 'Good Boy' you knew you'd done something right!
8. Best Player you have played against - Wayne Rooney. Richard Cresswell and Matty Ireland.
9. Football Idol - Gary Kelly, when i signed for Leeds i was a right full back beleive it or not and been a massive leeds fan he was my idol. Kell's would come over and get involved at training and give me and some of the other lads some advice. Top bloke, model pro, donated all his testimonial money to cancer research in memory of his sister, and loyal to the Leeds cause to the death! When i heard from Cressy how he was treated in the end by Leeds and Dennis Wise i was absolutely gutted. Hope all is well Gary lad!
10. Favourite supporting football memory - Leeds vs Maritimo at Elland road in the Uefa cup. Much speculation before the game due to Oleary's comments that Leeds werent interested in the competition, 38000 turned up on a midweek september night and the atmosphere was electric especially when Harry Kewell used to set off down that left flank! The Maritimo fans were great fun aswell.
11. Worst supporting football Memory - Leeds losing to Valencia in the 2001 Champions League semi final. I was helping Byron move house and we couldnt watch it as the Tv hadnt arrived yet, i remember sitting in an empty room on the floorboards listening to it on an old radio. After listening to Jaun Sanchez bumble the ball over the line with his hand to put Valencia 1-0 up we sat in complete silence for the rest of the game. Leeds dominated most of the play but just couldnt keep Mendietta quiet. Who knew then it would cost us so much more than a place in the final.
12. Greatest playing memory/achievment - Lining up alongside Milner, Lennon and Hall against Evertons academy team at the Littlewoods training ground in the Academy Shield, we won and i got MOM - a week later i was released!
Winning the Doube with the Old Ball in our final season together, best team ive ever played in and was an absolute pleasure to partner Jamie Duffy and Ryan Unsworth upfront as we ripped that league apart. We lost the county cup final that season too, infront of a sell out Bracken Edge crowd.
But right up there at the top is definitely been asked to take on the Club Captains role at The Mods by a legend of the club, its an absoulute honour, especially with the lads we have this season right through the ranks and with legends such as Chris Roy, Tony Mullin and Ricky 'Subby' Hoole still playing. I hope i can do them and all the lads justice.
13. Worst Mods or previous club memory - Having to sit out a full season and have two operations due to tearing my cartilage and medial ligament twice. The most frustrating time of my life, made even worse by having to watch the 1st team get relegated and not been able to do anything to help.
14. Mods Hero - Chris Roy and Rich Hoole are up there. A lot of people have named Clive for lots of different reasons and rightly so. For me, its his passion for the club that breeds everything else he brings to the party and we would definitely not be in the position we are at the minute without him. You wouldnt even beleive the amount of thought, time and pints of Tetleys Clive puts into his role as chairman.
15. Best ground you've played at - Blackburn Rovers training ground is fantastic. Recently though i'd have to say Nostell Miners Welfare. Played there last season twice and one time was under lights. They had about 75 people watching in a stand, and they film every game!
16. Favourite Band/Artist and Track at the moment - Lipps Inc - Funky Town...enough said. At the minute im Loving what Dizzee and Calvin are knocking out.
17. Pre-match preperation routine - Wake up after 5 hours of Mods chat with the skipper Pouncett. Knock back 3 Weetabix, 2 boiled eggs and a strong brew while watching soccer am. Give Skybet £10 to look after untill till 5pm, reply to Rob Wrights text asking what time were meeting and clear Duffy's 39 missed calls from my phone. Wait for Si to pick me up or vice versa and head up to HQ nice and early to avoid getting fined!
18. What do you do on a Saturday when not playing football - I always try grab a shirt with Gary Lovelace's barmy army and look forward to playing with Hilts, Andy Morris and Pete Forster! If not il get up to watch a game. In the summer i release my new found cricket talent at the Mods and knock Byron, Si and Mods superfan Willber around on the golf course.
19. Best Friend/s at the club - I love everyone at the club which is what makes The Mods so good, but my oldest pals are Byron Wilkinson, Si Oliver, Richard March and James Coulson.
20. If you could change 1 thing about the club what would it be? - Give Hooley his legs from the 90's back!
Its a no brainer for me and your probably bored of me banging on about it, but it would be to move the 1st's and eventually the Res's into the West Yorkshire league. Id love to play in that league with the lads we have at the minute and under the guidance of the current Heirarchy, i think it would be a great experience and would benefit the club and the players we have coming through.