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

You started your career at West Ham but hardly played. What happened? In my last season in West Ham’s youth team, I scored 19 goals from midfield. In today’s football, I’d probably have got a five-yea

You’re known as a footballer and as a musician. Which was your first love? Oh, football. I was crazy about it from as early as I can remember – both playing and watching. Like most people, it wasn’t u

Born and raised in Melbourne, you joined Celtic’s academy as a teenager. How did that move happen? A youth scout in Australia spotted me and arranged a trial that, to my surprise, ended in an offer fo

SOUTHAMPTON 1NEWCASTLE 0 First Division, 1989 “I joined mid-season from Millwall – when we played Newcastle, we hadn’t won for more than 20 games and were staring at relegation. In the last minute, th

Everywhere Christian Vieri went, he scored goals. Only two players have ever won both Serie A’s Capocannoniere award and La Liga’s Pichichi Trophy, as top scorer: Vieri, then Cristiano Ronaldo. Born i

The former Premier League midfielder sits down with World Soccer to discuss his coaching career in Cyprus