“QPR GAVE ME THEIR GOAL OF THE SEASON PRIZE IN AUGUST – THEN SINCLAIR DID HIS OVERHEAD KICK”
Having supported QPR as a kid, how special was your Premier League debut for them in October 1994?
I grew up through the QPR system from nine years old. To make my debut against Aston Villa and score was what dreams were made of. Paul McGrath was a brilliant defender, and I thought I might face him and not get a sniff, but he was approaching the end of his career. Scoring my first goal was amazing, in front of my friends and family.
Les Ferdinand joined Newcastle in 1995, so you became QPR’s first-choice striker aged 20 – did you feel any pressure?
When you’re young, you don’t really feel the pressure – you play
