Neil Ruddock

Yeah, I mean, I mean, with- the big difference between West Ham and, uh, and Liverpool.

But it's interesting 'cause Graeme Souness signed Julian Dicks at the same time as Neil Ruddock.

It- I think it's so clear to me, he was trying to sign players in his own image.

Yeah.

Ooh.

Neil Razor Ruddock.

[laughs]

Yeah.

Uh, and I kind of, uh, we lost 5-0, as we did at the beginning.

We were Swindon Town, newly promoted, and we played Liverpool, and it was 3 or 4-0 down, and I, I tried to get the free kick, uh, uh, against Liverpool, and, uh, Neil Ruddock, the racer-

Oh

... one of the toughest guys around.

Footballers are so surreptitiously, like, tactile and loving with each other.

You know, for all that they like, Neil Ruddock style, take shits in each other's shoes and cut their clothes.

I wouldn't say they all are I wouldn't say they all are I think that's just that's a good relationship yeah I mean yeah I wouldn't like say it's a certainty that everyone within that team will completely have that feeling you know forever but it does seem like there's sort of groups within that team do have that bond

I just mean a sort of like there's more of an intimacy than they can be given credit for.

So in goal, they've got David James, a back three of Mark Wright, who seems to be playing on the right-hand side of the back three, bringing the ball out.

John Scales with his pace in the middle, Razor Ruddock on the left of the back three.

In the wing-back positions, they've got Rob Jones, right-footed Rob Jones, playing left wing-back.

Jason McAteer with all of his energy down the right.

No, that suit got ripped up.

Neil Ruddock's suit, I think, ended up, or Phil Babb's suit, on Eros' statue in the Piccadilly Circus.

Have you seen

Eros' statue? Yeah, yeah.

I'll, I'll run, run through them for you if you like.

Uh, we've got Paul Allen, Michail Antonio, Eyal Berekvetz, Louis BoaMorte, Wayne Bridge, Henri Kamara, David Connolly, Maxwell Cornet, Christian Daly, Callum Davenport, Flynn Down, Ian Dowie, Justin Fashanu, Matheus Fernandes, uh, Jose Fonte, Richard Hall, Danny Ings, Tommy Jenkins, Joe Kirkup, uh, Ted MacDougall, Divine Mubama, Ian Pierce, Darren Powell, Nigel Quashie, Neil Ruddock, Peter Shilton, Robbie Slater, David Speedie, Kyle Walker-Peters, James Ward-Prowse, and Richard Wright.

And Brave.

There's a lot.

A little bit wrinkly but, um, generally quite fit.

Uh, so lot of players that played for both as well actually.

So you got Paul Allen, Bartosz Bielkowski, Mel Blyth, Tony Byrne, Richard Chaplow, Andy Cook, Ron Davies, Kevin Davies, uh, Kerry Dixon, Ricardo Fuller, Michael Gilks, Dan Harding, Austin Hayes, Jos Hooiveld, Terry Hurlock, uh, Paul Jones, Casey Keller, George Lawrence, George Long, Jason McCarthy, Scott McDonald, Paul Moody, Danny Ngwa Michael Obafemi, Alex Pearce, Vincent Pericard, Jason Puncheon, Neil Ruddock, Frank Suell, Will Smallbone, Mike Taylor, Joe Tessam, Danny Wallace, Russell Watkinson, Peter Wells, Dennis Wise, Jermaine Wright, Steve Wood.

Quite a lot again.