Exciting things Quote by Frank Skinner

I used to see Michael Vaughan play at the club and then to watch him captain England was inspiring.

— Joe Root

Johnny Giles is my favourite Leeds player, without doubt. He was a fierce competitor. I met him once, at a black-tie event in Dublin,…

— Ardal O'Hanlon

My mind became so frazzled by the end of the 1974 season that I decided the thing to do was give up playing for…

— Geoffrey Boycott

Playing for England was a massive honour and when I was in the team, that was all I wanted to focus on.

— Mike Tindall

From my youth team all the way through, I was encouraged to play that way by Keith Hill when I was at Barnsley, and…

— John Stones

I was happy playing at Wigan.

— Reece James

I had the chance to play with Alan Shearer to join the list of class players I'd played with at a young age at…

— James Milner

Everyone remembers Stuart Pearce as a determined, aggressive player, who played with great heart and enthusiasm that gave him a great career in the…

— Alex Ferguson

It has always been an honour to play for England.

— Wayne Bridge

Roy Hodgson's appetite to want to work at the age of 75 is admirable. Roy was my manager at Blackburn in 1997-98 when I…

— Chris Sutton

When I was a kid at Middlesbrough, we had the best captain ever in Gareth Southgate who was absolutely brilliant.

— Lee Cattermole

I watched a lot of the Chelsea games when Michael Essien and Didier Drogba played for the club.

— Edouard Mendy