“the missile sirens would start during training, so we’d have to go inside and take cover”

You made your debut for Rangers at a packed Ibrox against Panathinaikos in July – what was that like? The size of this club is mad. Playing in that Champions League qualifier was like nothing I had ex

Sir Alex Ferguson and yourself grew up in Glasgow’s Govan area around the same time, in the early 1940s… That’s right. Sir Alex went to Govan High School and I went to St Gerard’s, which was very loca

In recent years you’ve spent time working in China. That must have been quite an experience? I had two spells there. The opportunity first came not long after I left my job with the FA. My kids were g

Look through the Spain line-up that won the 2010 World Cup Final, or the Barcelona side that clinched the Champions League at Wembley a year later, and you’ll find only one name who’s still playing fo

Troy Deeney had been out of prison for just nine months when he scored the goal he’s most remembered for. The frontman would later find the net nearly 50 times in the Premier League, but he’ll forever

You left Barcelona’s famed La Masia academy to sign for Arsenal at 16. How did you find that experience? I was very inexperienced in both football and life. I feel that the UK made me an adult and a p