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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.

I only started concentrating on football as a career when I left school at 18. I played golf for the Scottish and British boys' teams.

I'm not as big a soccer fan as people might imagine, being British.

There is a history of footballers in my family; my granddad played for Notts County and my dad played at county level.

I was not a very good football player when I started out.

Being a great believer in Scottish tradition, I followed the example of my fellow countrymen and moved to England.

I played a lot of football, and I was a goalkeeper, but I didn't really like playing in goal.

When I retired in 2006, I stayed for a further two years in England. I stayed because I wanted to be in England without being a footballer, without the rhythm. I wanted to enjoy the city.

At Leeds I've tried to concentrate on my club form, but you get caught up in all the World Cup fever once you come back to Ireland and see all the Irish boys again.