PLAY | The game you missed
It’s not technically one I missed, but it was one where I wish I’d have got more time as I came off the bench late in the game, and that was the 1998 FA Cup semi-final against Arsenal at Villa Park. I think if I’d have had more time on the field, we’d have had a chance. Robbie Keane and I were on the bench and we had Don Goodman and Steve Claridge up front. I thought if we’d have started with me and Keany, we’d have given Steve Bould and Tony Adams a good go. I just wished both me and Keany would have had more time in that game.
DELETE | The game you would remove
It wasn’t my worst Wolves game in performance, but it was the worst one in terms of position, and that was when we played Bolton in the 1995 play-offs – the second leg at Burnden Park. They beat us up there 2-0 and that was the lowest of the low because I’d thought we’d done enough that season to have gone up. When you’ve got the likes of John McGinlay scoring twice for Bolton, who shouldn’t have been on the pitch for what he did to David Kelly, that’s one game I always think about and would like to remove it from my memory.
REPLAY | The game with a different outcome
That’s a difficult one. I wouldn’t be able to pick an exact game, but I would say every time we lost to those lot down the road. You never want to lose to the Albion, and there were a couple of games when I was playing and games since I retired when I’ve been sitting in the stands watching along thinking, ‘I wish I could be playing in this game,’ because I want to help the lads out and show them how it’s supposed to be done. There’s nothing worse than losing to your local rivals.
REWIND | The game with the same outcome
I know all the Wolves fans would think I would say the first time I played against West Brom, returning to the Hawthorns and winning 2-1 away, scoring the winner at their end. But I can’t decide between Newcastle away on New Years Day 1990 when I scored four goals and we won 4-1, I’d love to relive that moment again because all the fans flew up on the aeroplanes, so it would be good for the fans to relive it as well. It was a great outcome, a great atmosphere and I would love to do that all over again. The other is a 3-2 win against Birmingham at home in 1996 where we were losing 2-1 with two minutes to go. Thommo scored a penalty to take it to two-all, and I thought, ‘I’d take that draw all day long’, and then in the final minute, the ball went over the top and I hit it, it flew in the bottom corner and I legged it in front of the John Ireland Stand, in front of their fans, giving it to all the bluenoses!
Our local hero 😉
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Did anyone fly to Newcastle to watch Bully score four on new year's day?
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FAST-FORWARD | The game since you left the club
It would probably be the play-off final against Sheffield United at the Millennium Stadium. What a day and what a game that was. It was absolutely unbelievable. I was in a box with all my mates watching it, I was biting my nails, and after 45 minutes I was wishing I was part of it, because the celebrations were going to be absolutely mental after! I was part of it from a supporter’s view, but I would’ve loved to have been walking round the pitch with those hats, scarves and golden wigs on waving to all our fans, saying, ‘We’ve done it. We’ve finally done it’.
