Managed Gary at Leeds, where they won the First Division title in 1992

I got that dreadful phone call from Gordon Strachan. He said: “Gary’s died?” “Gary who?” I replied. “Gary,” said Strach. “Speedo.” I was surprised, shocked, stunned – it was hard, almost impossible, to take in.

It’s all hard to understand, but something Vinnie Jones once told me has stayed with me. I was expressing my disbelief, how can anybody do that? Vinnie disclosed he had once been on the verge of doing the same thing. An inexplicable dark moment.