You played with Robert Snodgrass at Leeds. What are your memories of him, as he was a big character at West Ham United?
“He’s a character! What an incredible guy!
“He’s a fantastic person and footballer, and was absolutely crazy both on and off the pitch.
“He’s always trying to look to stitch somebody up, whether it's phoning them, because he can do impersonations of many different people.
“He stitched me up a couple of times just by phoning me.
“I've heard he doesn't live too far from Rush Green, so I hope he's going to come around and say hello!”
Then, you joined Brighton & Hove Albion, where you became a cult hero again, having spent eleven years there, and were part of the squad which won promotion from League One to the Championship and, in 2017, the Premier League. That would’ve been a special time for you?
“I was looking at different options but ended up going to Brighton with Gus Poyet and signed two days before the season started.
“The League One promotion campaign was special in many ways because we played excellent football, and the togetherness in the squad was unbelievable.
“It was a fantastic achievement because there were some big teams in League One that year, and I had a really good season, winning League One Player of the Month twice in the same season.
“I also kept 20 clean sheets that season, which is something I look back at with pride, and to be part of the promotion to the Premier League, even if I didn’t play, was fantastic, and I couldn’t have asked for a more fitting end to my career.
“I spent a long time there. A good club with good people. I had a really good time there.”
Bruno Saltor, who is also at West Ham as a First-Team Coach, was your captain at Brighton & Hove Albion. What was he like as a captain, and did you always envisage him having a successful coaching career?
“He's a very good professional, and he was a good footballer.
“I got on with him really well, and we always sat at the same table on our away days, and we always sat together anywhere.
“We became good friends more or less straight away because of his personality and being a great professional, and he ended up being my captain at Brighton as well.
“To be fair, I could see him being as successful as he has been because I think when he puts his mind to something, he is very good at it.
"No matter what Bruno decided to do in his career, he'd be good at it because that's the type of person he is.
"He's very strong mentally, and he's good with people.
“Obviously, he's got a great understanding of football, and as soon as he decided to become a coach, I knew he was going to do well.”
After retiring in 2017, you were taken in as part of Ben Roberts’ goalkeeping coaching staff at Brighton. Did you always want to pursue a career in coaching?
“The club offered me the role as assistant goalkeeping coach under Ben Roberts, who I've learnt a lot from.
“I started doing my coaching badges early.
“When I went from second choice to third choice at Brighton, I started doing my coaching badges. Even when I was still the third choice, still playing, I started taking sessions in the academy.
“Brighton were brilliant with me, and Ben (Roberts) was really good. I think he probably spotted my passion for coaching before I really knew because he was always telling me to go to the academy and work with the young keepers and learn as much as I could.
“He has been a mentor to me, and I owe him a lot.”