I'm always have been in my life a big protector of women. If I see a guy slap a girl I would rip their head off; I'm very like that.

Over the years, I've had about 80 stitches in my head and face from football incidents and bar incidents, so I have lots of scars. I don't think I look intimidating, but I'm sure other people have their opinions.

Football became my life at five or six. The earliest memory I have is of playing in my first boots, a pair of black and white Alan Balls. It was 1970, four years after the World Cup, and I scored three goals at school.

For some people, becoming a parent does change them, but it never changed me.

I always want to try new things, and 'Mean Machine' has given me that chance. I have got plans to carry on acting and would love to play all sorts of roles - you'll see that there's more strings to my bow!

My parents split when I was 13. For a youngster, it's quite devastating. One minute you're all happy families, then everything changes.

John Wayne never ever disappointed his fans, because he was a cowboy.