“believe me, i’m not proud to be the last villa boss to win a trophy”

Who were your heroes, growing up? Being a footballer is the dream for many boys and girls – I was no different. My dad used to work near Loftus Road, so despite having Arsenal and Palace fans in the f

So, you made your professional debut for George Graham’s Arsenal in 1990... I went down there as a 16-year-old, having just scored for Scotland in the 1989 Youth World Cup Final in front of 50,000 peo

How did your move to Southampton come about in 1996? I was scoring loads of goals in Norway and I went to Southampton on trial for a few days. They liked what they saw. It was a dream come true: every

O wen Hargreaves is one of English football’s most curious cases. The son of a Welsh mother and an English father, he was born in Canada before moving to Bayern Munich as a teenager. There, he broke i

You recently retired aged 40 after playing over 900 games. Why now? I’d been thinking about it for close to two years and had become quite comfortable with calling it a day. But as soon as I actually

Matt James puts the MN readers’ questions to the queen of competition PR – and of so many other things besides