A Lot Of People Don't

I Had My Footballing Heroes Such As Bryan Robson And Diego Maradona But My Dad Was A Rugby League Star, And He Was My Real Hero. But The Relationship With My Mum Was Rocky And We Saw Things That Would Affect Any Youngster.

He Was A Professional Rugby Player In The Area That I Played As A Youngster. So A Lot Of People Who I Went To School With Knew Who He Was And Knew That He Was Black. So I Would Get Racist Taunts In School.

I Like To Let My Football Do The Talking, I'm Respectful Of Other Good Teams Such As Arsenal.

I Am Proud Of My Black Roots And Of The Black Blood That Runs In My Veins.

Where I Grew Up, People Obviously Knew My Dad Because It's A Small Place And He Was The Top Player For Swinton - They'd Go And Watch Him Play, See Him In The Papers, So They Knew He Was Black.