What's your nickname? Dick. 

If you could be invisible for a day, what would you do? Be in goal for Nottingham Forest, my football team, to try to keep a clean sheet. 

When was the first time you got drunk and what did you drink? I was 18 and drinking Snakebites. 

What was the first music single you bought? I Can't Get No Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones. 

What did you want to be when you were a kid? A millionaire. 

What's your favourite book and why? Any Famous Five book. I used to read the series to my lads before they went to bed. 

What's your favourite movie and why? The Seven Samurai - a precursor to The Magnificent Seven. I think any storyline of "the few against the bullies" is great. 

What was your worst holiday and why? I got alcohol poisoning in Lido de Jeselo, Italy. The beer on the beach and the wine were so cheap! 

What was the most embarrassing moment in your life? Having a strippogram on my 35th birthday. My mum booked her and she came round to my mum's house and did her "thing" in front of my mum, my wife, and my son. I don't know who was more embarrassed, me or the stripper! 

Do you have any phobias? It used to be flying, but I've got over that. I can get claustrophobic and never go down mines or, since last year, into pyramids. 

If you could pick a celebrity to join your staff, who would it be and why? Bernard Manning - he would keep us in stitches. 

Who would you most like to sit next to on a plane? Jordan. 

What would you request as your final meal? It would have to last a long time and therefore I would choose an Italian lunch that would take at least four hours and include a bottle of Chianti. 

What's your favourite junk food? Fish and chips with mushy peas. 

What's the weirdest thing you've eaten? Bull's testicles. 

What luxury would you have on your desert island? A wind-up TV that can get Sky Sports.

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