The 20 Questions
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Favourite Player of all time? |
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Alan Shearer, simply the best |
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| 2. |
Best Player Played Against? |
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Both Jonathan Woodgate and Rio Ferdinand in training during my time at
Leeds |
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| 3. |
Favourite ground? |
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Villa Park, I scored a hat-trick for Leeds reserves in a game against
Villa. |
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| 4. |
Best Captain played under? |
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Peter Murphy, just because he's the only one!! |
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| 5. |
Best Player in your position? |
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Shearer/Henry |
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| 6. |
Best Atmosphere Experienced? |
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The LDV Final at Cardiff, when we faced Bristol City April 2003 |
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| 7. |
Best Manager played under? |
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Brian 'Pop' Robson - Leeds Youth Team Manager |
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| 8. |
Best friend in the game? |
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Peter Murphy- have to say that as he's my house mate! |
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| 9. |
Team Supported as a Boy? |
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Boro |
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| 10. |
Favourite foreign club? |
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Real Madrid |
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| 11. |
Best fans (other than own clubs) |
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For passion it has to be the Newcastle fans. But it’s easy
following the big teams, but when we went down to Swansea in April
2004 we beat them 2-1 and they gave us a standing ovation as we left the
pitch. A few days after the game we received a letter from their fan club
wishing us all the best for the rest of the season and hoping that we'd
stay up. When it was read out to us, we just sat there and couldn't quite
believe it. They reminded us that football is as much about the fans as
it is about the players. It's not every day that players are lost for words,
but every player in that room will always remember the Swansea supporters
as being something special. |
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| 12. |
Best Match and Why? |
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I was playing for Leeds Youth and we were being hammered 4-0 at half-time
against Liverpool. In the second we socred fiev without conceeding any...that's
what I call a come back. |
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| 13. |
Worst Match and Why? |
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There's been a few this season, but after doing all the hard work to get
to Cardiff, apart from the atmosphere and occasion, the LDV Final was a
big disappointment. |
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| 14. |
Best advice given? |
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I've probably heard every bit of football advice in world from 'Pop' Robson
and Dick Bates at national level, but I remember being told 'watch the best,
study and learn from the best'. |
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| 15. |
Best goal scored? |
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I hit a volley and scored for Leeds Youth team from over head 30 yards
out. |
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| 16. |
Funniest Football Incident? |
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Jon McCarthy, a fellow Boro boy signed for Carlisle and as a laugh someone
took his number plates. At the time he was living in Sheffield and on driving
home he was knicked by the Police!! |
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| 17. |
What was your ambition in football when you signed your first professional
contract? |
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To play at the highest level |
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| 18. |
Best transfer at any of your clubs? |
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Rio Ferdinand, class and proved that Leeds were going places...well it
seemed so at the time! |
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| 19. |
Team I Love to Hate |
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Arsenal |
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| 20. |
Biggest Regret? |
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I've not been in the game long enough to have one. |
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