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MY FOOTBALL

What was the first game that you ever attended?

My first ever game was in fact a Spurs game! I played for Boulthurst Athletic Under-11s, a local team to Hurst Green in Surrey where I grew up. Phil Beal was the local boy who played for Spurs at the time – for some reason, he adopted our club and would occasionally come along. Then one day, he got all of us in for a Tottenham evening game. It was brilliant, but quite funny for me – I was already an Arsenal fan.

What was your finest moment as a footballer?

I played for Homerton Academicals as an adult in a pan-London league. Every year

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