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Ability: Some people think you could have gone further and perhaps carved out a long career in the Football League. What's your take?

"Things just haven't gone for me. I turned down a contract at Doncaster thinking I could move higher up the league and it wasn't to be. I then moved to Chester in 2004 but in the second game in - a night match at Rochdale - I did my cruciate so I only played two games there. I have had a lot of trouble over the years with my knees - I have had five ops - and even now I can't train after matches."

NCE League: You moved from the non-league basement with Garforth Town to Doncaster Rovers in 1999. How did that come about?

"I moved for £25,000, which was quite a lot of money for a non-league player then. And it was a good bit of business for Garforth because I hadn't been there long. I'd missed a lot of football because when I was 15 I was captain of my age-group at Leeds United and my dad passed away. My dad was a massive influence, he used to take me everywhere, and when he died I lost all interest. I didn't play football for three years, I packed it in completely. Someone then phoned me from Garforth and I went up there. I only played a few games and I had five or six clubs watching. I had a choice of where to go, including Huddersfield Town, but I ended up going to Doncaster."

Dream move: That was a big move, but you were seemingly heading to Sunderland and the Premiership in 2003. What happened?

"Doncaster killed that. They were asking for too much money for me. I was on a two-week trial at Sunderland, Peter Reid offered me a contract but he only offered Doncaster £125,000. Doncaster wanted £200,000, Sunderland weren't prepared to go any higher and that stopped me going."

Your biggest regret: If you could go back in time what would you do differently?

"I do regret not signing a new contract at Doncaster when the move to Sunderland fell through. They offered me a four-year deal but I was listening to agents telling me I could go here and go there and if it didn't come off I could always go back to Doncaster and sign the deal they were offering. But Doncaster went out and signed someone else instead, football changes quickly, and I soon found myself at the bottom of the pile."

Worst dresser: You have requested to mention Simeon Bambrook.

"I just have to say he has got some horrendous gear. He is definitely the worst dresser at the club. I think he tries to look a bit like Knowlsey - they must go on nights out together in Garforth - and it's not quite happening for him. He's 36 now and he's trying to be a young lad again. He really does need to buy some decent clothes."

Animal magic: I understand you've brought a new meaning to the term "relaxing" before games?

"We went on the away trip to Grays, we set off in the morning and stopped at a hotel in the afternoon. John Deacey told us to go to our rooms and sleep but me and Downsey sneaked into the zoo next door. I didn't want to sleep so we just went and watched the monkey show, stuff like that."

TV Times: Put us in the picture regarding your "other job".

"I have got a shop with my brother-in-law selling electrical goods. We sell Plasma televisions and things like that. I have always been full-time and it is only in the last couple of years I have had to find work."

Sporting alternative: Are you good at any other sports?

"I have just got my golf handicap down from eight. If I played every day I could probably play off scratch. I played quite a lot when I was full-time at Doncaster. I was on the golf course virtually every afternoon and I got down to about four or five. I would have loved to have been a pro but I don't think I would have been good enough for that."

On the doorstep: After the ups and downs earlier in your career, you now seem settled at Farsley Celtic.

"Yes. It's not too far away and I am 30 next so I don't want to be travelling too much. Farsley are a good club as well, you can see what they want to do and see where they want to go. They are doing things professionally and building year by year. It's been a good move for me."

Number One: Who is the best karaoke singer at Farsley?

"I get up for the karaoke all the time, I sing Neil Diamond's Cracklin Rose, but Amjad Iqbal's the best. He does Peter Andre!"