Sol Campbell

But an amazing ground.

I remember going to watch Arsenal reserves there, to Arsenal play against Barnet in a pre-season friendly, standing in the middle with Arsene Wenger and asking him about Sol Campbell and the move.

And then he said, oh, I'm not answering that.

I'm not answering that.

so the next two would have been more Spurs than Leeds.

Sol Campbell, Ian Hart, and the final player, Ileana Wright.

Well played, Amo.

Any inkling from Nigel Martin?

Injuries,

could be.

Sol Campbell?

Oh, God.

I think it's got to be Southampton.

I know that's Sol Campbell playing for Forest.

Yeah.

That's all I know.

You can't necessarily get away with that as much right now, maybe in the modern game, but you would have done.

Look, you only need to look back as far as Maybe somebody like Sol Campbell or someone like this.

Sol Campbell, within the game, because he wasn't in a relationship with someone, was considered gay.

Because Graham LaSalle read The Guardian, he was considered gay and considered very different.

and treated very differently maybe by his peers within the game as well you only need to look at maybe that that wasn't that long ago Ger that our views on somebody being a little bit different within the game and Made them stand out and made them feel different from or within a dressing room environment and probably from the coaching perspective.

No.

He looks a bit like Sol Campbell, to be honest.

I was about to say Sol Campbell.

No, it's not.

No, it's not, Matt.

I'm sure we played Stoke, and that three-man defense featured Saul Campbell, Fabrizio Colaccini, and Mike Williamson.

Williamson was 27, Colaccini was 28, and Sol Campbell was 36.

Right, okay.

What I want to say, right, so Premier League era, I would say that's probably our oldest ever.

So the top end of the list is pretty heavy with goalies.

Do you want to guess who's second?

Did you say, well, Sol Campbell sounded pretty old at 36 before.

So Sol Campbell's fourth on the list, 36 years and six months, but second is another goalie.

And then when you do, if you're playing against a great centre-half, which invariably you do, playing against Arsenal, against the Invincibles, they'd have 70% of the ball.

So as soon as you get it for one minute and then Sol Campbell's behind you, it's like...

John Terry, Rio Ferdinand.

I mean...

Competition was extraordinary.

England could select from Rio Ferdinand, John Terry, Sol Campbell, Ledley King and other leading defenders.

Carragher's versatility sometimes worked against him.

Managers valued his ability to cover several positions, but that did not guarantee a starting role in the centre.