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ALAN BRAZIL “TREVOR FRANCIS WENT INTO THE WOODS AND CAME BACK OUT WITH THIS SICK-STAINED £200 JUMPER”

Does it amuse you that some people don’t know you were a player?

I’ve got used to it now, but it’s still a bit weird. I’ve worked at talkSPORT for 20 years, so the younger listeners don’t realise I used to play, rather than just talk about the game. Some say, “Oh, he played football?” which is funny. I suppose I’ve been lucky to reinvent myself.

Have you ever told Sir Alex Ferguson that you regularly ruined his garden?

No I never have, so please don’t tell him! As a boy growing up in Glasgow, I used to walk past his house when he was a Rangers player. Because I was a Celtic fan, I’d pick the

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