There was a big possibility that I would have had to leave Newcastle had Ruud Gullit stayed as manager.

I always dreamed about scoring at St. James' Park. I fancied my chances and the ball flew into the net. I was ecstatic.

The managers are getting paid very well by their respective clubs to do a job for their clubs not the country they are working in.

You have to go out onto the pitch feeling good about yourself. That can give you that extra 30 per cent.

I spend time with my family. I have got two daughters who are too young to know their Dad's a footballer. They just want to play with their Dad. I like to play golf, too, but apart from that, that's me, I'm afraid.

When I go home every night, I can look in the mirror and say I have given 110 per cent for Newcastle United. If people aren't happy with that, I can't give any more.

If you ask footballers to pick out the player they most admire, so many of them will pick Paul Scholes.