I went to the same Grammar school as Mick Hucknall.
Called the above a "fuc
king ginger tosser" whilst drunk in a local pub.
Used to play on the same football team as Will Mellor, actor in Hollyoaks and Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps Please.
Once counted Lee Hartney (another actor) as a friend. He played the weird cult leader in the crap soap opera Brookside.
Played football against L*******l's Alan Kennedy, in a charity football match and spent 90 minutes trying to kick him as hard as I could...but couldn't even get close enough to him to do it.