I’ve had a lot of good things in my life. I’ve never been married. I have always liked football and at school I was very good at cross country. I’ve never been quick but I had stamina. The funny thing is when I was 12 I started playing bowls and most people think that bowls is an old man’s thing. But when you get to competition level you've got to be very good. so for quite a few years I played that game.

I’ve been on TV and played at Blackpool. I’ve won competitions. I've always played football as well and enjoyed that. The difference is football is a team game whereas with bowls I am by myself. I enjoyed both. I stopped playing a few years ago because I got a bit fed up of it.