MARK KENNEDY

Let's go all the way back to the start because joining from Wimbledon, how did that kind of come about at the time?

Pretty straightforward.

When City, obviously the famous year when they went up through the playoffs, when obviously Dickey scored the late goal and I'm guessing Weaves, I think Weaves saved the penalty.

City tried to take me on loan that year.

And obviously I was playing in the Premier League with Wimbledon.

So wrongly, I think, when I look back in it, I was like, I'm not going to play in League One.

I didn't want to do that.

So that was a straight no.

So as soon as they got promoted, which they did, thankfully, and huge credit to Joe and Willie for coming back in, they came back in for me.

Because normally with things like that, I think once you turn somebody down once, people go, you're not for me.

So they came back in for me.

I mean, you shouldn't cut your nose off to spite your face, but I think my own impression of that would be if somebody turned me down once, I'd move on.

So credit to Joe for that.

With it being the club they are, the size of the club, it was a no-brainer.

And also my own position at the time.

I'd signed for Wimbledon, although we were in the Premier League.

I met him out of respect originally and I really probably shouldn't have.

But I like the fact I did.

I think it's good, it's important to show good manners and decency.

I was only there a month and I went in to see the manager and I was like, look, I've made a big mistake.

You've made a big mistake.

It's a dual mistake if you like.

So finding an exit strategy was really important.

I just couldn't believe...

My excitement, I would say, more than anything, that it was City because they're just such a huge, huge club.