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Where & when were you born?
   
Blackburn, Lancs - 10th May 1973.
 

Where do you now live?
   
Over in Surrey- Banstead/Epsom Downs way.
 

Where did you get the 'Wild Thing' nickname from?
   
1999 pre-season training we all went to Nigel Mansell's hotel in Exeter. One day Egil decided to give us all a day off, so all the lads decided to have a round of golf. I ended up smashing the window of a golf buggy, nearly killing Kenny Cunningham with a drive that was inches from his head. Then, on the next drive I smashed my ball against a tree & it flew back at me and ended up 25 yards behind my original position. Watching all this was Carl Leaburn and Marcus Gayle who started singing the 'Wild Thing' song and it just stuck from that day. The name kinda suits me and I don't mind it.
 

Did you always want to be a footballer?
   
Yes, I remember the careers teacher coming to see us at school - he said I needed to set my sights on something realistic.
 

Is there anything else you would have tried?
   
I would have loved to have followed in my Mum's footsteps as a singer. She sang professionally and was offered a record deal by EMI records but turned it down and married my Dad. I'm the lead singer in a band with Trond (guitar) and the groundsman Chris Perry, and we are sounding OK after only 3 months together. We haven't got a name yet though!
 

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