“it takes an entire lifetime to escape a reputation you gained in one night as a young guy...”

The 27-year-old English coach has already enjoyed a unique career. Here, he talks about his journey thus far and future aspirations…

You recently arranged for Sunderland to be the opponents for your Hearts testimonial – how do you look back on your time at the Stadium of Light? To stay in the Premier League the entire time I was th

After joining the club as a schoolboy, John Terry rose to become one of Chelsea’s most iconic players and captains. Gianluca Vialli gave him his debut in 1998 but his breakthrough came in 2000-01, whe

QUEEN OF THE SOUTH 6DUNDEE 0 Scottish League Cup, 1977 “I was 20 and captain of Dundee for the second leg of a League Cup tie – we drew the first leg, then got hammered away. There’s a time in your li

Being someone who preferred ballet to the boozer, was your love of culture ever held against you as a player? I’d say so, but not as often as you’d think. Nobody really cared. They tried to take the r

Rarely have two points been such cause for celebration. Come the end of the 2015-16 Premier League campaign, that was all that would separate Sam Allardyce’s Sunderland, in 17th, from relegated rivals