“i knew of the politics but not the match atmosphere at st pauli. it’s like a festival every week!”

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

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

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

Would you say your long-range strike against Spain, which sent England to the Euro 2022 semi-finals, has been your career highlight to date? That tournament was a bit of a rocket for me. I was able to

BEST: Gordon Marshall, Stuart Kennedy, David Weir, John Hughes, Gary Gillespie, Scott MacKenzie, Simon Stainrod, Russell Latapy, Derek McWilliams, Scott Arfield, Kevin McAllister. WORST: Leo Fasan, Jo