This week, with former Burnley, Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers and England footballer JOHN CONNELLY, 63.

MEMORY: Meeting my dad on a Friday night when he left work at the Clockface pit in St Helen's. Me and my eldest brother would wait for him to come out with his wage packet and nail him for an ice cream.

HOLIDAY: A family holiday to Blackpool when I was a child. We went on the bus and stayed in a boarding house. We still go to Blackpool, though not as often, and take the grandchildren to see the lights.

HOME: A terrace house in Clockface. My youngest brother still lives there and I go 'home' once or twice a year.

JOB: I went to work at the Clockface pit as a joiner.

CAR: A black Standard 10, which I bought when I was 18 after saving up and passing my driving test. It was a belting car, I still remember it.

RECORD: I can't remember which one, but I used to buy Hank Williams' records. I like that type of sound.

PET: A mongrel dog called Rex.

AMBITION: To be a footballer.

HERO: Billy Liddle, a Welsh international who played for Liverpool FC.

PROFESSIONAL MATCH: For Burnley, away against Leeds United at Elland Road in 1956, in the old First Division.

BUSINESS VENTURE: Connelly's Plaice fish and chip shop in Colne Road, Brierfield, which my wife Sandra and I have run for 29 years. We will be selling it soon and retiring, but we will be staying in Barrowford to be close to the grandchildren.

GRANDCHILD: Rachael, 14, the eldest of seven -- three of whom arrived on the same day! Somebody said it would probably be my last hat-trick, but you never know.