I watched 'Match of the Day' growing up every week and I'm talking until I was 29-years-old.

If there is ever one thing you learn as a professional footballer, you have a lot of critics and you have the chance to silence your critics.

I grew up desperate to be a professional footballer and I was willing to do anything to be one.

Players want a manager you feel in your gut you want to play for - they can have the best tactics and philosophy in the world but if you have lost a player in his heart or head, you have lost him in every other department.

My dad was a good athlete. My mom had longevity. There were some athletic genes that certainly got passed down.

People are often quite surprised by the sport and leisure activities practised by the blind. For example, tandem cycling is very popular.

We've got to have a radical rethink of the way the sport is funded to help the young players develop.

EA SPORTS has a strong partnership with adidas and through this relationship they approached adidas about using some of their top players from around the world.