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I come from a family where soccer has always been very present. My uncles, my father and my brother were all players.

Where I come from, all of us wanted to be footballers. We played all the time; that's all we did at school or wherever until it went dark and you couldn't see the ball.

I come from a very sporting family and played many sports as a lad.

My Mother is Swedish and my Father is Scottish, he played for Charlton in the 1960's and was in the Army, he captained the British forces team. We then moved to S.A. because a lot of players did that at the time.

Footballers are an easy target. They are offered big lines of credit. Every sport is vulnerable; it's such a big gambling industry, and there are problems with syndicates in other countries.

I have played football all my life, and my dad went to see Manchester United in 2005. Since then, I have been a fan.

My father, Tommy, who was a trained draughtsman, played for Preston North End in the Finney era. He liked football but did not love it as I do.

I started out in Scotland, not as a footballer of any note, and I didn't play to draw the attention of people abroad.

I played in the Premier League for Blackpool and earned the right to go to a club like Liverpool.

I come from a football family which has really helped.