“I MADE THE ERROR OF GOING TO WATCH EVERTON – SOMEONE HIT ME ON THE HEAD WITH A MEAT PIE!”

Is it true you found out you would make it in football from a Ouija board?

It is! That was when I was about 16, at Bournemouth, and hadn’t yet played a game. There were eight youth-teamers around a table and we asked, “Who’s going to make it as a footballer?” I don’t like those sorts of things, but the glass moved towards me – I’ve never known such fear and elation at the same time! After that it moved to Keith Rowland, who ended up having a career with Bournemouth, West Ham and QPR. We were both scared stiff, but it didn’t move to anyone else, so you can imagine