Mum was a teacher and Dad had various jobs in the construction industry. Then there was Phil and me, two brothers who were sports-mad and ultra-competitive. Arguing, fighting and always wanting to beat each other at football. Even if we didn’t have a football, we’d play with a plastic bottle top.
Both of us ended up getting to academy level with football and, like most kids in Merseyside, my dream was to play professionally. At 17 I was signed to Tranmere Rovers, so while other lads were getting girlfriends and going to the pub, I went into tunnel vision mode. Then one day I was called into the office and told they were letting me go. I was good but not good enough. OK, start
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Phil, 31, at his house in the northwest of England with his red fox labrador, Bertie, and Tom, 34
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