My football

BENJAMIN KAYSER , the TV pundit and former France hooker, on how his rugby life began

You worked with the great Brian Clough at Sunderland, Derby and Nottingham Forest. How was your relationship with him? Initially, I was in his bad books. When I joined Sunderland as an apprentice, he

The England legend talks Denis Charvet, punditry and the magic of the Champions Cup

Many kids come from council estates, but not many came from a council estate in Camden Town, when Britpop was at its peak. It was the ’90s, Oasis were huge and Noel Gallagher would go to the boozer wi

You were subbed on and off in 11 minutes on your Blackburn debut, then scored the winning penalty in a League Cup tie in your second game. That must have been a whirlwind? Blackburn are my hometown cl

You’ve been described as ‘the voice of football’. How does that feel? It’s weird because it’s been my voice all my life, so I don’t really see it like that. My dad, Alan, had a better voice. He was a