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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When I started to play football, when I was around 15, 16, I remember the players that played on the national team and noticed that it was only typically Swedish guys.
I started out in Scotland, not as a footballer of any note, and I didn't play to draw the attention of people abroad.
Growing up as a kid my father was British and a soccer player. His idol was a guy that passed the ball a lot, Stanley Matthews. Our family thought if you could be unselfish your teammates would always like you.
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 was captain of Wales; I've been captain of numerous football clubs.
I played for 30 years, 20 with England and I did it by setting goals.
I was a keen sportsman, and became school captain in soccer and cricket.
I come from a very sporting family and played many sports as a lad.
I played professional hockey in Europe. I played in the German third league and the Dutch elite league.
There is a history of footballers in my family; my granddad played for Notts County and my dad played at county level.