"My dad bought me the best football boots money could buy. We were poor and all that kind of stuff, like most people in those days, I think, but I was never short of anything. My memories are Tottenham playing in the old gold uniform, that far back (1958), players like George Robb. It’s amazing. It’s the oldest cliché in the book, but it’s every schoolboy’s dream, born and bred 15 minutes down the road, it’s amazing, it really is."

"My mum never went to games, not because she didn’t want to, she just didn’t. I remember going to pre-season on the back of a flatbed lorry, taking the mattresses, the skips, crazy. Just being around the Club, everything is what you wanted, but you didn’t know what to expect. We had our own camaraderie amongst the apprentices, then maybe you made it into the 18s, the reserves and some people were fortunate, some not. The gap is minimal. On reflection, yes, it was quite daunting becoming part of the first team squad, that’s a good word, but you get out there and go with the flow, do what you can. To have my parents there, my girlfriend, now wife of 54 years... she used to go with my dad. She always used to say, ‘don’t sit me with your dad again’. My dad… even now, I get a bit emotional. His belief in me was tremendous. Maybe at the time you don’t appreciate that. Now, on reflection, it was amazing. The UEFA Cup Final was what it was. It turned a bit sour in 1974. I was on the bench in 1972 against Wolves. To reach that level, that’s what you dream of. That’s what you want. That’s why you turn up again day, train hard, work hard, sometimes you get the rewards."

"So we did that in 1977, St Louis. I came back and between that and the following year, I went to Fulham. By then, the St Louis franchise had been sold to an outfit in Anaheim, California - California Surf, as it was then, to play that summer. I went home and told my wife and she said, ‘where’s Anaheim?’. It was a little different to St Louis. Some big names went out there. Later, going back to Fulham, playing with George Best, he was out there in Los Angeles. We had some good times. At the time, America was a breath of fresh air, almost recharging the batteries, even though I was playing pretty much all-year round for three years. We’ve been out there 42 years now. I don’t coach specifically now, but I’m still involved in our local club. Football doesn’t leave you, really, and that’s been a great way to stay in touch with the game."