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My Secret Vice

The stars reveal their weird hobbies

Jimmy Bullard

Jimmy Bullard

"I caught one using a Malteser, one with a Sugar Puff, one with a bit of cloth ripped off me jumper"

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Martin Allen

"It wasn’t until I sat down with my family to watch EastEnders the other week that I realised Dirty Den was dead!"
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Moritz Volz

"Hoff-worship is almost the law back in the Motherland"
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Marcus Hahnemann

"The Reading boys give me stick for my car. They can hear me coming to training from a mile away"
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Cristiano Lucarelli

"The sports columnist graded my performance with a five. I didn’t deserve that. But the journalist is still in a job!"
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Míchel Salgado

"Surfing is not just a sport but a lifestyle, a mentality, an attitude"
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Barry Hayles

“I’m certain that I’d win Celebrity Fame Academy if I ever got the chance"
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Nobby Solano

"I love my trumpet. I used to play Latin jazz duets with Dion Dublin at Villa"
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Claus Lundekvam

"Yes, racing boats is dangerous, but no more so than driving a car down the M3!"
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Neil Ruddock

"My hero is Laurence Llewelyn Bowen"
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Carlo Nash

“I’m gonna get hammered by the lads when they see this"
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James Harper

"It’s time the club invested in some new bats: half of them look like someone has tried to eat them!"
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Mark Crossley

"My first dog, called Sam Fay Lady, only cost £250. She was absolutely useless"
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Darren Currie

"The concern is what I’ll look like walking down the beach aged 55 covered in tattoos..."
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Mark Schwarzer

"The books are aimed at kids between seven and 13, and we’re working towards producing five books before the start of the 2010 World Cup. It’s a bit like Harry Potter, although we won’t be killing anyone off!"
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Fabrizio Ravanelli

"I couldn’t believe what joy I felt. You don’t expect such an intense feeling at my age. Now I want more"
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Jorge Valdano

"Football was always considered to be an almost animalistic expression of society. I disagree..."
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Jerzy Dudek

"Mining is like a religion and religion is part of mining..."
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