Q: What position did you play on the pitch?
A: When I first started my career I actually signed as a centre forward but unfortunately I didn't grow tall enough and I made my debut as a professional as a right back.

Q: How old were you when you started playing football?
A: When I first started playing football as a Junior I was 6 years of age. I played for a local team and I was lucky enough to have a decent coach at the time and progressed. I signed for Cardiff City as an apprentice when I left school at 16. I was lucky enough to make my debut before my 18th birthday and then signed a professional contract two weeks later when I was 18. I finished my professional career at Reading when I was 32 and played for non league teams, Newport AFC was one. I finished playing competitively when I had a bad knee injury at the age of 36.

Q: What was your diet and nutrition like when you played for your club?
A: Diets have changed quite a lot. Believe it or not when i played, a pre match meal which you'd have around 12pm before 3pm kick off used to be fillet steak. Now with all the technology they're realising it takes you too long to digest it and at moment it's more or less pasta or something like that. When I was playing, the technology wasn't there so it was a fillet steak.

Q: How many goals have you scored?
A: Been a defender I've haven't scored a great amount of goals. My goal scoring was very few and far between. But when I was playing for Reading one year I was moved up into midfield and I actually scored 8 goals and that was the highest tally for me in one season.

Q: During your career which is the best stadium you've played at?
A: I'd have to say the Old Wembley. I was lucky enough to make an appearance at the old Wembley stadium so that was the best stadium but I've played at quite a few stadiums which have teams currently in the Premiership; Goodison Park, White Hart Lane, Highbury, which naturally is no longer used any more, but for surfaces the best won was Ninian Park which was used for Welsh international games too. But for atmosphere I'd have to say - probably West Ham. The crowd were right up on the pitch and you'd get a great atmosphere there at Upton Park.

Q: Have you ever been capped during your career?
A: Yes I've been capped numerous times for the Welsh under 21 squad but never capped for the full international side although I've been in the squad on numerous occasions. I've been on the subs bench quite a lot and one game I was on the subs bench for was against Brazil back in the early 80s when we played them at Ninian Park. Unfortunately I didn't make a full appearance for the Welsh International first squad.

Q: Best achievements?
A: I must say, getting caped for my country under 21, making the first team squad for the Welsh international squad, making an appearance at Wembley and getting promotion with various clubs. But obviously there are low points as well and getting relegated and injured is the worst points.

Q: Have you suffered any major injuries in your career?
A: Quite a lot actually- they vary from ligament damage to tendon damage. I was lucky enough not to break any major bones apart from my nose a few times but the main injuries we receive are ligament damage, tendon damage, but I've also had fractured ribs, punctured lung. I've had liver and kidney damage from a kick in the side - so there's been quite a lot of injuries - but we had good care the physio and medical teams in football get you fit as quick as possible.

Q: Who's the best player you've played against?
A: I was lucky enough to play against George Best when he was playing at Fulham. One of the other players I found was Peter Beagrie - unfortunately I had to mark him on 3 times and he gave me a bit of a run around. Peter Beagrie was one of them but my idle was always George Best and I was lucky enough to play against him, so I'd have to say George Best.

Q: Have you got any advice for kids starting out trying to play football now?
A: The advice you can get is you can never have too much practice but you've also got to remember that the rest is important as well. A lot of the youngsters at the moment are playing too much football at times and not concentrating on the rest and the brakes in between. Practise, take all the advice you can get, obviously a clean healthy living, a good varied diet, no smoking and of course no drinking. But basically listen to the coaches but mainly enjoy yourself, football at the end of the day is about fun and if you don't enjoy it, its pointless turning up if you don't enjoy it. The enjoyment side of it needs to come out and basically train hard, listen to your coaches, and do the best of your ability at all times.

Q: What would you say was the best part of your career?
A: I believe every professional would say it - it's walking out on that pitch on a Saturday afternoon with thousands of people there, coming along to support you. I've never had a bigger buzz in anything at all other than that. I was lucky enough when I played at Wembley there were 65,000 supporters there - it wasn't full capacity but for a player who hasn't played at the premiership, a 65,000 crowd and knowing that your family is within that 65,000 is a really big buzz, and I got a winners medal too!

Q: Is there anything in your career you regret doing and if you could what would you change about it?
A: You regret every time you get book and every time you get sent off, but at the end of the day it a professional sport. The biggest regret I suppose was getting sent off in my second professional game. At the time I was only 17 but I put that down now looking back over the years to a little bit of inexperience and too much adrenalin going through your blood being so proud being out there and wanting to win for your club, especially with your family watching. But when I was 17 probably first time I cried was when I got sent off against Blackburn it was a feeling of letting your team mates down. That's the first thing that comes to mind - you've left 10 boys there playing against 11.

There is times you regret doing things - you can regret things on the pitch every 2 minute I wish I'd played that ball with football when your on the pitch your not trying to make a mistake, you make a mistake but then it's gone. There's no professional footballer who's trying to make a mistake. How do I not make that mistake again. Goalkeepers get a lot of stick if they make a mistake because most times the ball is in the back of the net.

Q: How has football changed since you finished?
A: It's changed quite a lot actually. One of the things that have changed is the diet. Technology has got so much better that they use technology in football - one of the things they use at the moment is heart monitors. They don't actually use them while playing but while they training a lot of the players now and a lot of the clubs are using heart monitors and with the technology they can tell you when you're going to be ill before you know. That is one of the things that has really changed - the development of using technology.

Q: What is your job now, involved with Swansea City?
A: I've been lucky enough to stay within football. Football has given me a lot of pleasure and the career I've chosen now is coaching. I've qualified now as a UEFA A licence coach but my aim is to give things back to the community and especially the children. My job title now is Football in the Community Officer which means we try to cater for football throughout the whole community. Lucky enough we're based at the Liberty Stadium and we target children because in the remit part of the job is try to increase participation, promote good behaviour, good citizenship while your watching football.

We target schoolchildren from 4 year of age upwards and to basically educate them that football is fun, not just playing it but watching it too. We try to educate them when they come to stadiums to watch games good behaviour doesn't stop them enjoying themselves. If we can get enough children playing football and doing things worth while it's great. Obviously we're trying to keep them off the streets, and by doing something worth while, showing them that football is fun and by playing football we can hopefully get them to lead a healthy lifestyle as well. So basically it's anything to do with the community, girls football, disability football as well. We cover a wide range of children and adults and the aim is to increase participation and promote healthy lifestyles

Q: What key skills do you teach?
A: When we talk about Key skills in football terms are ; taught to the child from a young age - you do the basics right - fitness, basic control of the ball if you can't control the ball and passing If you can't take a ball from a to b if basically control and passing

Q: What are the wider key skills issues such as problem solving and communication you teach?
A: Based on football problem solving is e.g If you've got 2 defenders and 3 attackers coming towards you - you've got a problem to solve. It's the quickness of your mind, which one is the most dangerous and basically in football we say whoever's got the football is the most dangerous so if in the 2 against 3 situation if go and mark the 2 who haven';t go the ball the other one can go straight ahead and score a goal. Again it's quickness of thought, asses the situation as quickly as possible and working out which is the basic problem you need to solve.