This week’s Sporting Spotlight has been handed over to BBC School Reporters, on the eve of the seventh annual News Day, for an interview with Ledley King.
From lifting trophies to Gangnam Style – the retired Tottenham and England defender also reveals the first team he supported, why he would never have left Spurs if the chance had come up and recalls setting the Premier League record that he still holds today.
The 32-year-old joined Tottenham as a teenager after being part of the successful boys’ team Senrab, which produced the likes of John Terry, Jermain Defoe and Bobby Zamora. He is now an ambassador for the club.
Who inspired you to be a footballer?
It was just something I loved doing. I was very small when I started, just kicking anything around the house, a pair of socks, anything. Then I went outside and started playing – I just loved playing football.
I remember watching England in the World Cup in 1990 and seeing people like Paul Gascoigne, who was a great player, and I knew that was what I wanted to do.
Did your family support your decision to be a footballer?
Yes, everyone was 100% behind me when they realised how much I enjoyed it and as long as I continued to do my schoolwork and do well at school I was allowed to follow my dreams.
Behind the scenes at Spurs with Ledley King
What team did you support before you joined Tottenham?
When I was very young, my first team was Millwall because my best friend supported them. That was before I even knew anything about football – I just followed the team he did.
But after that I supported Tottenham and I’ve been at the club since I was 15 – I was supporting them before I joined as a trainee.
Do you play a musical instrument?
When I was at school I did – I used to play the cello. Most of the class had violins – I think they gave me the cello because I was quite tall!
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