The rest of the Spice Girls wanted to invite the entire Bayern Munich team because they reckoned they'd never known blokes to be on top for 90 minutes and still come second.

We're at the top of the cliff and we can either fall off the edge or keep climbing.

Playing for England was one long roller-coaster: some ups and downs, but also quite a few moments when you're not really sure if you're enjoying the ride.

With good coaching, proper motivation and the right club structure with organic growth, you can achieve an awful lot in football.

Nothing improves your confidence and brings a team together more than winning a cup.

Paul Scholes. The best! Great player, person, friend!

I would have been about seven years old when the formative years of my competitive football education began. I was playing in the local leagues around Manchester, playing against lads from tough areas who had been taught they had to fight for everything.