Born: Boston January 30 1978. A £25,000 close season capture from Hull City after a successful loan period at Bootham Crescent in the closing weeks of last term. He was on Sheffield United's books as a junior before joining the Tigers in the summer of 1997 and was a first team regular in his time at Boothferry Park. A regular under Neil Thompson, he popped up with a last-gasp winner at Brighton and with a distinctive header against Barnet.