Taken from the 1997-8 programme v Abingdon Town

Nickname: Rickstar
Date of Birth: 17-10-73
Lives in: Canning Town
Status: Seeing a dame
Occupation: Print finisher and lover
First job: YTS trainee at Charlton Athletic
Hobbies: Watching sport and partying
Previous clubs: Charlton Athletic, Dulwich Hamlet, Bromley
Honours: Too many to list here

Favourite newspaper: Anything with sport in it
Favourite TV programme: Match of the Day
TV programme you switch off: Emmerdale
Favourite drink: Guiness or Baileys
Favourite music: Soul, classic jazz, reggae
Favourite song: Spend A Lifetime – Jamiroquai

Favourite football teams: Liverpool, Brazil
Footballing heroes: Marco Van Basten, Robbie Fowler
Lease favourite football team: Everton, Wimbledon
Best ground played on: White Hart Lane
Worst ground played on: Plough Lane
Playing strengths: Speed, marking
Playing weaknesses: Don’t get forward enough
Football ambitions: To play as high as my ability takes me

Best player at the club: No need to ask, me of course
Best/worst dressed players: I won’t get involved, I just ake care of setting the trend
Who will win the Premiership: Liverpool – no joke
First buy if you win the lottery: Buy my mother anything she wants
Describe a typical half time team talk: “Keep up the work rate lads… Rick top class as ever son” – Thanks boss
Your most dangerous act: No comment, I’m just a dangerous player off the field.