If you look at football over the last 50 years there has been a gradual decrease in goals, you don't see too many 10-nils these days, but two, three or four goals per game is a good spectacle.

I don't want to be modelling G-strings. It's not that good for my image – I'm a footballer not a tart

For me there's nothing better than putting the white shirt on for England and playing for England. I'd get worried if it wasn't like that.

As everyone knows I've got a passion for horses.

My Dad was briefly an Everton player and I used to follow them as a boy.

I don't get a lot of enjoyment out of sitting there for an hour and a half watching a game like we saw between Ireland and England last Sunday.

A lot of people have lost interest in watching England play. To get motivated to watch international football, you need your country to be having some form of success and England haven't had any for a long time now.