Met him during an international break in a bar in Darlington during the Woodgate era (amongst other boro players out for a team meal and drink).
Chatted to him and Gorgeous for 10 minutes or so and he was a smashing lad. Happy to engage in conversation, articulate, jovial, clearly loved the club he was playing for and loads of praise for his manager.
Although he was miffed that they didn't have the week off.
Did a good job for us I thought, always liked him as a player and its always nice to meet your hero's (I use that word loosely!), and they don't turn out to be d!cks