“WHEN GLENN HODDLE CALLED TO SAY I’D BEEN PICKED FOR LE TOURNOI, I HUNG UP THE PHONE!”

Aged 19 in 1994, you appeared in FFT’s first ever issue in our Boy’s A Bit Special section. Do you remember it?

I remember being called “the best left winger since Arthur Scargill”, which I really enjoyed! I’ve used the line ever since. FourFourTwo was new, so no one knew it was going to grow into the biggest football magazine, but being picked made me proud. Now I’m happy I was first.

What was it like being a teenage talent at Norwich in the early-90s?

I was naive, and I didn’t realise the world was my oyster. You don’t know until you look back. I was involved in the England squad, I played against Bayern Munich for Norwich. I thought it would