“I’ve loved watching telly since I was a kid. Growing up, my normal after-school routine was to go out and play football with my mates and pop back home forNeighboursandHome

Date of birth12/10/81 Place of birthZaria, Nigeria NicknamePeople just call me Shola – I’m happy about that. Club supportedObviously Newcastle. I’ve also always supported Liverpool as well. Ever since I

Aberdeen’s Danish manager, Ebbe Skovdahl, evidently thinks a lot of his latest protégé, 18-year-old right-back, Kevin McNaughton. “One of the most talented full-backs I have seen in recent seasons,” he

You can’t think of Rod Stewart as anything other than a singer. In fact, the last thing you’d imagine him doing is plying his trade as a bit-part player in

“I’m enjoying it at the moment,” says 18-year-old West Ham striker Jermain Defoe. “It’s been good.” The latest young star to emerge from Upton Park’s conveyor belt of talent is

Haven’t you heard? These days, centre-backs are the most expensive commodities in British football. Whilst Wolverhampton Wanderers’ 18-year-old Joleon Lescott may be far more than a headed clearance away from

How good is Titus Bramble? Ask Thierry Henry, who didn’t get a touch when Arsenal played Ipswich in September and and left comparing Bramble to Marcel Desailly. Ask Roy Keane,

‘Martin Edwards is a f**king tit,’ laughs Mani, sitting back and taking another sip from his pint. ‘That geezer would slap Kipling Cakes all over the United shirt if he