A mate owned a Bryan Robson top. We were kicking about, and I asked if I could be Robbo for a while. My dad looked out and went ballistic. He wasn’t having his kid dragging the Gerrard name through the gutter. I thought we’d have to move!

The last player you want the ball to go to is the best player on the planet.

I watched Italia '90 with my Mum and Dad and my brother, you know, leaping around the house when the penalties were on... It would be great to be part of that, to have that kind of impact.

As club captain all I want to do is help us get back up the table and into the Champions League.

Football is all about winning things as a team but it's also important to pick up individual awards along the way.

I listen to the phone-ins on the way home and I know how the fans feel.

Hopefully it'll give us a bit of luck on the night, but I'm not really a superstitious person.