I’ve played football for nearly two decades. In that time I have met hundreds, if not thousands of other players, and seen pretty much everything there is to see on a football pitch.

I’ve seen dogs taking a shit in the middle of the goal, fights and a personal favourite of mine, random people getting hit by footballs which seem to have a mind of their own.

One thing I have rarely seen, and I am grateful for this, is horror tackles or ones that make you wince when the challenge goes in.