Ahead of the BBC Football Focus football shirt special on Saturday 6th April we caught up with Dan Walker about football shirt cushions, Tony Vessey and shinning volleys.
What was your first ever football shirt?
My 1st ever shirt was the Spurs FA cup shirt of 1981. My Dad was a Spurs fan and tried to brainwash me from an early age but I turned my back on him and went for my home team of Crawley Town instead.
What is your favourite ever football shirt?
Tony Vessey Crawley Town
I have recently had a few old kits turned into cushions but my wife has already chucked them in the attic.
I caused a bit of a mini riot at our school when I turned up in a green German second strip in the 1990’s but my top kit would be my Crawley Town shirt with ‘Vessey’ on the back – that’s club legend ‘Tony Vessey’ by the way.
As it happens Vess, I've found the original article and it seems that you were being more modest than appreciated...
There are two photos, one is of some fella called Zidane and the other is a curly-haired bloke holding a trophy aloft at Town Mead... and I dunno if the crowd nearby includes a young Dan Walker, but there are a few others that seem very familiar.