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‘Jason Tindall asked me to sing on stage. There was footage online and he was jumping up and down, waving arms in the air. That was a strange night’ Newcastle-born singer on his encounter with Magpies coach
EXCLUSIVE The Newcastle United assistant manager is just as entertaining away from St James’ Park
‘With Maradona around we’d have won USA 94. We lost our lighthouse, our leader - we struggled to change our mentality, to play as a team without him’ How Diego Maradona’s drug ban cost them another World Cup victory
EXCLUSIVE Diego Maradona failed a drugs test at the 1994 World Cup, marking the end of his Argentina career
'With five minutes left, I yelled at Frank Leboeuf that my dream had come true – he said, ‘What?! Just concentrate on the game!’ Then I scored to make it 3-0' Emmanuel Petit on France's 1998 World Cup win
EXCLUSIVE The former Arsenal star scored a memorable goal when France sealed their first World Cup victory
'Fabio Capello wasn’t my type of manager. He was incredibly strict and didn’t see us as individuals. It was a blanket, 'No, you’re not doing that – like it or lump it!'' Ben Foster's verdict on his England managers
EXCLUSIVE Former Manchester United and Watford stopper Ben Foster won eight England caps and was called up by four different managers
‘Paul Merson ran to the toilet in the ad break the other Saturday and he clearly didn’t realise how short the break was – I had to cover his match for him!’ Inside Soccer Saturday with Clinton Morrison
EXCLUSIVE The former Crystal Palace and Birmingham City striker takes us behind the scenes at Sky Sports
‘When we knew United had drawn at West Ham, it was just relief. It still gives me goosebumps talking about lifting the trophy, but my barnet was a regret!’ Tim Sherwood on what winning the Premier League meant
EXCLUSIVE Sherwood captained Blackburn Rovers to the Premier League title in the 1994/95 season
'I was trying to tell Nicole Scherzinger that Boro are a proper football club, but she asked, ‘Where are all of the trophies?’ I said, ‘Don’t worry about that…’' The celebrity Middlesbrough fan who attempted to recruit X Factor judge
EXCLUSIVE It’s fair to say Nicole Scherzinger has not been a Riverside regular in the years since
'Arsene Wenger came to watch a game on a Sunday morning, then told me, ‘From tomorrow, you’re training with us’. I never left the first team after that!' Emmanuel Petit recalls the moment Wenger took a gamble on him
EXCLUSIVE A teenage Petit was handed a senior debut by Wenger at Monaco
‘A striker getting the most red cards is no good, I don’t see myself as that person. Some of my reds were ridiculous. One was for singing to a referee!’ Duncan Ferguson feels he doesn’t deserve the Premier League record for most red cards
EXCLUSIVE One of Ferguson’s eight reds in the Premier League is particularly unusual…
‘Things are better for mothers in football now. You take the time with people who do an ACL – why can’t you do that with a pregnant woman? It’s the same’ England great Katie Chapman on how women’s football has changed
EXCLUSIVE The former Arsenal and Chelsea star racked up 28 trophies during her career
