Growing up there was always a very intense rivalry with the Villa. It was the big game and we just had to win it. (Some of my best mates were Villa fans). Never the case with the Blues, maybe because there were not so many fans amongst us. There was a branch of my family who were Blues fans and they used to wind me up but it still didn't matter that much. In my ***** I went 'steady' with a girl from a staunch Blues family and it was never an issue except for the 1968 semi final.

The first away ground I ever went to was St Andrews. I thought it was dark and depressing place.