Matthew GIDLEY [
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Thu June 23, 2011
Source: www.newcastleknights.com.auHunter Sports Group CEO Troy Palmer, today announced the appointment of home town boy Matt Gidley as CEO of Football Operations for the Coal & Allied Newcastle Knights.
"Matt brings to the table a wealth of experience as a player and more recently as an Administrator both here and whilst in England," said Troy Palmer.
"It was vitally important for us that the right person was in this role, and that person had to be someone with strong ethics, a local, and significant rugby league knowledge. Matt ticks each and every one of those boxes, plus he is also a fantastic person," he said.
"Matt's position is unique in Australian sport. As we promised at the time of the Knights vote, Matt's position will focus solely on Football Operations and will not be frustrated with issues outside our core Rugby League business," said Palmer.
From a local Wests (Newcastle)Junior to Grand Final hero in 2001, Matt left the Knights in 2006 to spend four years in England with Super League Club, St. Helens.
Matt was welcomed back to the Newcastle Knights in January of 2011 as Business Development Manager, a position he has thrived on since his return.
"I have really enjoyed being a part of the business side of sport and particularly the Knights and I am really looking forward to the challenge in front of me," he said.
"I am honoured to be CEO of Football Operations for the Knights, it is something that was always in the back of my head but I never dreamed it would actually become a reality."
The challenge is what attracted Matt to the position, as well as his passion for the Club and the Town. Not to mention the opportunity to contribute and help shape the Knights in what is promising to be an exciting era.
"I sincerely thank the Hunter Sports Group for the opportunity and the faith they have put in me," he said.
Matt's playing career includes 221 games for the Knights, 15 Tests for Australia, 11 appearances for NSW and a Premiership with the Knights in 2001.
Matt's tenure as CEO of Football Operations will become effective once the Privatisation transaction has been completed.
"I see as a vital part of my position the need to communicate very clearly to the children in our community that it does not matter whether you are playing for your local club, school or backyard. If you are demonstrating the attitude we require in our footy club, the aptitude to learn our philosophies, we will provide an opportunity to represent your home town," said Gidley.
"I think a lot of traits that drove us to winning the Grand Final in 2001, will be transferrable into my new role. There are no excuses; we now, after a lot of hard work from past players, administrators and supporters, have a clear opportunity to fulfil our potential as a football club."
Wed October 28, 2009
Source: www.gillette4nations.co.ukAustralia's Kurt Gidley is relying on his brother to give him the inside track about the England team ahead of this Saturday's crucial Gillette Four Nations clash at Wigan's DW Stadium.
Kurt's brother is St Helens star Matt Gidley who has been lighting up the engage Super League since 2007, and the 27 year old Newcastle Knights player admits that his brother has been a useful source of information ahead of Saturday.
"He has given me some tips over the last few years," Gidley told the Gillette Four Nations website. "But I've also been keeping a close eye on the Super League over here so I know a few players.
"Matt gives me a few tips here and there but I think this week it's going to be tough no matter what."
Gidley who came on for Australia as a substitute in their thrilling 20 all draw with World Champions New Zealand last week has pinpointed Kyle Eastmond, one of his brother's St Helens team-mates as one of England's danger men.
"He's sharp. I watched that game last week and he's got great footwork and great speed. He seems to have the ball skills as well so it's an all round package. He's lightening fast so he's going to be one to watch this week," added Gidley.
A crowd in excess of 20,000 is expected at the DW Stadium on Saturday and after watching a number of passionate Super League games on TV, Gidley is excited at the prospect of experiencing an English crowd.
"Matt has played in front of some great crowds over here in the last few years. I can hear it through the TV, the rivalries and the noise comes through. It's going to be a great experience to hear it for myself."
Gidley is also hoping that Australia put in a better performance against England, a game the Kangaroos must win to stand any chance of making the Gillette Four Nations Final at Elland Road on Saturday November 14.
"It would have been nice to get off to a wining start with one from one," said Gidley. "But that wasn't the case. We were probably lucky to get a draw out of it in the end.
"We were disappointed in our own performance firstly not so much the result. We were probably lucky to get the draw as I didn't think we were the better team at the weekend, we may have been in patches, but we can certainly improve."
Tickets for Saturday's crucial England versus Australia Gillette Four Nations game at Wigan's DW Stadium are still available and prices start from £20.
Due to the planned postal strikes this week all tickets purchased after Tuesday lunchtime will not be posted out and will instead be available for collection from the DW Stadium ticket office on Saturday from 9am.
To purchase tickets, please call 0844 856 11 13 or visit
www.rugbyleaguetickets.co.uk.
For the latest information on the Gillette Four Nations, please visit
www.gillette4nations.co.uk.
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 2010 engage English Super League
St Helens
24 games; 6 tries, 24 points.
[View] Round 1 [06 Feb 10] L 12-32 v Hull FC (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 2 [14 Feb 10] W 38-6 v Bradford (A). [CT]
[View] Round 3 [20 Feb 10] W 42-12 v Les Catalans (A). [CT] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 4 [26 Feb 10] W 22-16 v Wakefield (H). [CT]
[View] Round 7 [19 Mar 10] W 28-18 v Warrington (H). [CT]
[View] Round 8 [28 Mar 10] W 24-6 v Huddersfield (A). [CT]
[View] Round 9 [02 Apr 10] L 10-18 v Wigan (H). [CT]
[View] Round 10 [05 Apr 10] W 52-18 v Castleford (A). [CT]
[View] Round 14 [15 May 10] L 34-42 v Salford City (A). [CT]
[View] Round 15 [21 May 10] W 68-12 v Hull KR (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 16 [04 Jun 10] L 26-27 v Hull FC (A). [CT]
[View] Round 17 [11 Jun 10] W 30-22 v Huddersfield (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 18 [20 Jun 10] W 26-24 v Wigan (A). [CT]
[View] Round 19 [25 Jun 10] W 58-34 v Salford City (H). [CT]
[View] Round 20 [03 Jul 10] L 24-28 v Leeds (A). [CT]
[View] Round 21 [09 Jul 10] L 20-30 v Catalans (H). [CT]
[View] Round 22 [18 Jul 10] W 32-18 v Harlequins (H). [CT]
[View] Round 23 [25 Jul 10] W 50-6 v Wakefield (A). [CT]
[View] Round 25 [13 Aug 10] W 60-12 v Bradford (H). [CT]
[View] Round 26 [21 Aug 10] W 36-10 v Crusaders (A). [CT]
[View] Round 27 [04 Sep 10] W 40-30 v Castleford (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Finals Week 1 [10 Sep 10] W 28-12 v Warrington (H). [CT]
[View] Finals Week 3 [24 Sep 10] W 42-22 v Huddersfield (H). [CT]
[View] Grand Final [02 Oct 10] L 10-22 v Wigan. [CT]
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2009 engage English Super League
St Helens
27 games; 9 tries, 2 goals, 40 points.
[View] Round 1 [13 Feb 09] W 26-14 v Warrington (H). [CT] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 2 [22 Feb 09] W 23-6 v Huddersfield (A). [CT]
[View] Round 3 [27 Feb 09] L 19-20 v Hull KR (H). [CT]
[View] Round 4 [07 Mar 09] W 4-0 v Celtic (A). [CT]
[View] Round 5 [13 Mar 09] W 38-12 v Salford City (H). [CT]
[View] Round 6 [20 Mar 09] W 26-18 v Leeds (H). [CT] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 7 [27 Mar 09] W 42-18 v Wakefield (A). [CT] 8 Pts; 1t, 2g
[View] Round 8 [09 Apr 09] W 19-12 v Wigan (A). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 9 [13 Apr 09] W 44-22 v Hull FC (H). [CT]
[View] Round 10 [19 Apr 09] W 68-22 v Castleford (A). [CT]
[View] Round 12 [02 May 09] L 18-38 v Wigan. [CT]
[View] Round 13 [16 May 09] W 32-28 v Les Catalans (A). [CT]
[View] Round 14 [22 May 09] W 22-12 v Harlequins (H). [CT]
[View] Round 15 [05 Jun 09] W 30-6 v Hull FC (A). [CT]
[View] Round 16 [12 Jun 09] W 50-10 v Castleford (H). [CT]
[View] Round 17 [21 Jun 09] W 44-18 v Bradford (A). [CT]
[View] Round 18 [26 Jun 09] W 30-0 v Celtic (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 21 [17 Jul 09] L 20-22 v Wakefield (H). [CT]
[View] Round 22 [25 Jul 09] W 44-24 v Harlequins (A). [FB]
[View] Round 23 [31 Jul 09] W 10-6 v Wigan (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 24 [16 Aug 09] L 10-26 v Hull KR (A). [CT]
[View] Round 25 [21 Aug 09] W 12-10 v Huddersfield (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 26 [04 Sep 09] L 10-18 v Leeds (A). [CT]
[View] Round 27 [11 Sep 09] L 12-24 v Les Catalans (H). [CT]
[View] Finals Week 1 [19 Sep 09] W 15-2 v Huddersfield (H). [CT]
[View] Finals Week 3 [03 Oct 09] W 14-10 v Wigan (H). [CT]
[View] Grand Final [10 Oct 09] L 10-18 v Leeds. [CT]
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2008 engage English Super League
St Helens
27 games; 10 tries, 4 goals, 48 points.
[View] Round 1 [10 Feb 08] L 22-24 v Hull KR (A). [CT]
[View] Round 2 [15 Feb 08] W 30-22 v Warrington (H). [CT]
[View] Round 3 [22 Feb 08] W 22-16 v Bradford (A). [CT]
[View] Round 4 [02 Mar 08] W 34-30 v Wakefield (H). [CT]
[View] Round 5 [07 Mar 08] W 30-29 v Hull FC (H). [CT]
[View] Round 6 [15 Mar 08] L 10-24 v Les Catalans (A). [CT]
[View] Round 7 [21 Mar 08] W 46-10 v Wigan (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 8 [24 Mar 08] L 26-28 v Huddersfield (A). [CT]
[View] Round 9 [28 Mar 08] L 10-14 v Leeds (H). [CT]
[View] Round 10 [06 Apr 08] L 24-30 v Castleford (A). [CT]
[View] Round 11 [11 Apr 08] W 58-12 v Harlequins (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 12 [25 Apr 08] W 30-22 v Warrington (A). [FB]
[View] Round 13 [04 May 08] W 57-16 v Wigan. [CT] 2 Pts; 1g
[View] Round 14 [17 May 08] W 28-10 v Les Catalans (H). [CT]
[View] Round 15 [25 May 08] W 16-8 v Hull FC (A). [CT]
[View] Round 16 [06 Jun 08] W 52-10 v Hull KR (H). [CT] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 18 [20 Jun 08] W 26-12 v Leeds (A). [CT]
[View] Round 19 [29 Jun 08] W 46-16 v Huddersfield (H). [CT]
[View] Round 20 [05 Jul 08] W 54-0 v Harlequins (A). [CT]
[View] Round 21 [11 Jul 08] W 68-12 v Castleford (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 22 [18 Jul 08] W 46-12 v Wigan (A). [CT] 6 Pts; 1t, 1g
[View] Round 23 [03 Aug 08] W 42-10 v Wakefield (A). [CT] 2 Pts; 1g
[View] Round 24 [09 Aug 08] W 17-16 v Warrington (H). [CT]
[View] Round 25 [17 Aug 08] W 32-16 v Harlequins (A). [CT] 2 Pts; 1g
[View] Round 27 [05 Sep 08] D 16-16 v Wigan (H). [CT] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Finals Week 2 [19 Sep 08] W 38-10 v Leeds (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Grand Final [04 Oct 08] L 16-24 v Leeds. [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
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2007 World Club Challenge
St Helens
1 games; [View] WCC [23 Feb 07] W 18-14 v Broncos (H). [CT]
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2007 engage English Super League
St Helens
27 games; 15 tries, 60 points.
[View] Round 1 [09 Feb 07] L 6-14 v Harlequins (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 2 [18 Feb 07] L 22-29 v Wakefield (A). [CT]
[View] Round 3 [04 Feb 07] W 18-10 v Huddersfield (A). [CT]
[View] Round 4 [02 Mar 07] W 34-22 v Bradford (H). [CT]
[View] Round 5 [09 Mar 07] W 48-12 v Warrington (A). [CT] 12 Pts; 3t
[View] Round 6 [17 Mar 07] L 12-24 v Hull FC (A). [CT]
[View] Round 7 [23 Mar 07] W 42-14 v Hull KR (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 8 [06 Apr 07] W 32-14 v Wigan (A). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 9 [09 Apr 07] W 48-4 v Salford City (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 10 [13 Apr 07] W 53-10 v Catalans (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 12 [29 Apr 07] W 44-6 v Harlequins (A). [CT] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 13 [05 May 07] W 34-18 v Wigan. [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 14 [18 May 07] W 34-14 v Wakefield (H). [CT] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 15 [28 May 07] W 40-12 v Warrington (A). [CT]
[View] Round 17 [17 Jun 07] W 40-0 v Hull KR (A). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 18 [30 Jun 07] W 54-4 v Huddersfield (H). [CT]
[View] Round 19 [06 Jul 07] L 10-22 v Leeds (H). [CT]
[View] Round 20 [13 Jul 07] L 4-10 v Bradford (A). [CT]
[View] Round 21 [20 Jul 07] W 19-12 v Wigan (H). [CT]
[View] Round 22 [03 Aug 07] W 31-20 v Hull FC (H). [CT]
[View] Round 23 [11 Aug 07] L 0-21 v Les Catalans (A). [CT]
[View] Round 24 [17 Aug 07] W 32-20 v Salford City (A). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 25 [31 Aug 07] W 32-10 v Harlequins (H). [CT]
[View] Round 26 [07 Sep 07] W 36-16 v Warrington (H). [CT]
[View] Round 27 [14 Sep 07] L 12-20 v Wigan (A). [CT]
[View] Finals Week 2 [28 Sep 07] W 10-8 v Leeds (H). [CT]
[View] Grand Final [13 Oct 07] L 6-33 v Leeds. [CT]
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2006 NRL Telstra Premiership
Newcastle Knights
26 games; 9 tries, 36 points.
[View] Round 1 [11 Mar 06] W 25-6 v Eels (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 2 [19 Mar 06] W 70-32 v Raiders (A). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t (62nd)
[View] Round 3 [24 Mar 06] W 46-22 v Bulldogs (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 4 [02 Apr 06] L 22-26 v Warriors (H). [CT] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 5 [08 Apr 06] W 54-6 v Dragons (A). [CT]
[View] Round 6 [16 Apr 06] L 16-18 v Cowboys (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 7 [22 Apr 06] L 6-52 v Storm (A). [CT]
[View] Round 8 [30 Apr 06] W 24-18 v Rabbitohs (A). [CT]
[View] Round 9 [07 May 06] W 32-30 v Broncos (H). [CT]
[View] Round 10 [14 May 06] W 18-16 v Tigers (A). [CT]
[View] Round 11 [20 May 06] W 22-12 v Raiders (H). [CT]
[View] Round 12 [26 May 06] L 12-38 v Dragons (H). [CT]
[View] Round 13 [03 Jun 06] L 22-38 v Bulldogs (A). [CT]
[View] Round 15 [18 Jun 06] L 18-30 v Warriors (A). [CT]
[View] Round 16 [24 Jun 06] L 16-26 v Sharks (H). [CT]
[View] Round 17 [30 Jun 06] W 26-12 v Sea Eagles (A). [CT]
[View] Round 18 [08 Jul 06] L 12-46 v Eels (A). [CT]
[View] Round 19 [16 Jul 06] L 16-24 v Storm (H). [CT]
[View] Round 20 [22 Jul 06] W 24-18 v Rabbitohs (H). [CT]
[View] Round 21 [28 Jul 06] W 22-18 v Sharks (A). [CT]
[View] Round 22 [06 Aug 06] W 32-18 v Roosters (A). [CT]
[View] Round 23 [11 Aug 06] L 14-16 v Sea Eagles (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 24 [19 Aug 06] W 19-12 v Cowboys (A). [CT]
[View] Round 25 [26 Aug 06] W 40-4 v Panthers (H). [CT] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Finals Week One [08 Sep 06] W 25-18 v Sea Eagles (H). [CT]
[View] Finals Week Two [16 Sep 06] L 6-50 v Broncos (H). [CT]
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2005 NRL Telstra Premiership
Newcastle Knights
12 games; 2 tries, 8 points.
[View] Round 1 [13 Mar 05] L 10-48 v Storm (A). [CT]
[View] Round 2 [19 Mar 05] L 14-39 v Raiders (A). [CT]
[View] Round 4 [02 Apr 05] L 18-52 v Cowboys (A). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t (28th)
[View] Round 5 [10 Apr 05] L 12-37 v Souths (A). [CT]
[View] Round 6 [17 Apr 05] L 26-30 v Warriors (H). [CT]
[View] Round 7 [24 Apr 05] L 20-24 v Bulldogs (H). [CT]
[View] Round 8 [01 May 05] L 10-14 v Raiders (H). [CT]
[View] Round 10 [15 May 05] L 16-32 v Tigers (H). [CT]
[View] Round 11 [21 May 05] L 16-18 v Dragons (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t (65th)
[View] Round 13 [05 Jun 05] L 16-34 v Broncos (H). [CT]
[View] Round 21 [30 Jul 05] W 37-18 v Storm (H). [CT]
[View] Round 23 [14 Aug 05] W 22-14 v Sea Eagles (H). [CT]
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2004 NRL Telstra Premiership
Newcastle Knights
1 games; [View] Round 1 [12 Mar 04] W 20-14 v Panthers (A). [CT]
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