Back in the mid-90s, I owned a set of 1997/97 Premier League Subbuteo trading cards and among the Liverpool stack of players was Neil 'Razor' Ruddock.
The defender who also lined out for the likes of Millwall, Tottenham, Southampton and West Ham during his long career, was at the centre of the action in Liverpool's Spice Boy era.
Football has obviously changes since then and this week on Team 33, Razor joined us on the show to look back at his career and the way the game has changed.
From hitting former team-mate Robbie Fowler with a "jab" to some of the pranks he used to play on his team-mates and how the "penny game" was actually a myth, the one-time England cap touched on the light-hearted nature of the game.
But he also told us that football has lost that fun soul since the '90s and
He also chatted about what it was like to play in the Spice Boy's team and the infamous run ins with opposition players like Eric Cantona and Patrick Vieira.
Listen in above via the Team 33 podcast player or download for free on iTunes.
Ruddock was speaking to us as part of his work with www.soccerspeaker.co.uk and his Razor Ruddock Racing Club
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