Stevie Nicholl

Stevie, Trent Alexander-Arnold got benched today for tardiness.

Did you ever get punished for breaking the rules during your playing days?

I only ever once didn't play for being late for a meeting that I wasn't told was on.

I was at Notch County and they brought a new manager in and he was a good guy.

But for some reason, he lost the plot.

We were playing a mid-week game, we were training at a stadium in the morning, and we were told the boss was leaving at four.

And so I had a couple of errands to do, and I got back about... What errands did you have to do?

I can't remember.

I must have had something to do.

Otherwise, I would have sat in the dressing room with my feet up.

I must have been doing something.

And I got back...

And as I got through the front door, the girl at reception told me, oh, there was a meeting up the stair.

So I walked in at the meeting, the manager went mental.

Wow.

And never played me that night.

I wasn't very pleased.

Did you dish out any punishment to players when you were coach for tardiness or other...

You were allowed to be late once.

Sometimes, what if there'd been an accident?