team mates
Ben Alnwick Bolton Goalkeeper
Best mate at the club?
Mark Beevers and Andrew Taylor. We all signed at the same time, we got promoted and then we all stayed up together last season. We’re all travelling for training so we stay in hotels together a lot. We play a lot of card games, mostly Crash. I’m all right at it, I’m probably better than those two…
Last to buy dinner?
That’s definitely Mark Beevers, 100 per cent. He’s one of the worst people I’ve seen when it comes to spending money, he’s very tight. I can’t say anyone else, everyone knows how tight he is!
The Fifa king?
That’s a tough one for me because I haven’t played it for a couple of years. A lot of them play it but I wouldn’t know who the best was… I’d probably say Sammy Ameobi, but that’s just a guess!
Worst dressed?
It’s a toss-up between David Wheater and Pawel Olkowski but I’ll have to go with Pawel. He wears these terrible tracksuits with big high top gold boots… horrendous. He loves a high top boot with different colours but it just looks terrible, it’s not nice at all.
The pre-match dressing room DJ?
Clayton Donaldson. He’s good because he’s got a little bit of something for everyone. There’s a lot of 80s old-school dance songs.
Late for training?
Marc Wilson. He cuts it very fine every day. He’ll never get in five minutes before, he always gets in either bang on time or a minute late, and every so often he’ll come in late. He’ll never be one of the first people in.
Teacher’s pet?
I’d have to say Jason Lowe, but it’s not in a bad way. He’s not a suck-up, he’s just very, very professional. He’s in the gym all the time doing extra stuff. He’s one of the lads who gets on very well with the sports science department, so I’d say him.
First on the dancefloor?
There are loads, we’ve got some characters here… I’d say Craig Noone or David Wheater. To be fair to Noone though he’s got a lot in the locker, whereas Wheater’s just massive. He’s got big long arms and he just throws them everywhere…
Most likely to disgrace themselves at the Christmas party?
I can’t say Wheater again can I… but I’m going to have to. I can’t think of anyone else, he’s the most obvious one. He’s just a lively character. He’s always trying to make people laugh but he’s so clumsy. He’ll end up knocking a load of drinks over or something like that…
The worst tattoo?
Mine aren’t the best so I can’t really say anything… Mark Beevers has got a Kelly Clarkson lyric on the inside of his arm. It says ‘what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger’. Josh Magennis has got some terrible ones too though. He’s got some lions on him and other random old-school tattoos that look like the ones you’d get in Malia when you’re 17…
Going to make the best manager?
Gary O’Neil. He’s got his UEFA A Licence and he’s just a very good player. He’s had a good career and he knows the game in and out. I think he’ll do very well.