Alan Hansen
Alan Hansen
Alan David Hansenis a Scottish former football player and BBC television football pundit. He played as a central defender for Partick Thistle, for the successful Liverpool team of the late 70s and 80s, and for Scotland. As a football pundit, Hansen is known for his outspoken views, particularly on team's defensive performances, frequently criticising what he believed was "diabolical" or "shocking" defending. He made his name as a pundit on Match of the Day from 1992 to 2014...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth13 June 1955
We got stuffed 4-1, but it was just great to play against, it was like an education. You think you are half good and then you go and play against a side like that!
When I was playing football, I always felt in complete control. When I play golf and come under pressure, it's a completely different ball game.
If you're going to be wrong, be dramatically wrong.
I only started concentrating on football as a career when I left school at 18. I played golf for the Scottish and British boys' teams.
I don't think anyone enjoyed it. Apart from the people who watched it.
Everybody likes Brazil and we want the Brazilians to come out.
Even though they won't finish in the top four this season, they will still be of the contenders next season.
Playing for 14 years definitely took its toll mentally. I decided when I was playing my last season that when I retired from football I would never go back into it, and I've never regretted that decision.
Potentially he could be. He scored the goal four years ago in France against Argentina that was extraordinary.
The scar on my forehead is from running through a plate-glass panel when I was 15. I had 27 stitches, which took two hours.
I wouldn't say they're neglected, but everybody is going to grow old and we should be looking after the older generation more than we do at the moment.
I was born in a mining village, and you either played football or played football. If you didn't play, there was something wrong with you.
I think when people talk about ambition and talking to him, it might have seemed that he wasn't ambitious.
It's 14 years since I left the club and that first-half performance was the worst I've seen since. It was devoid of quality, devoid of ideas, and worst of all, devoid of fight.