I sat behind the dugout when we played Oldham in the Simod/Zenit and kept asking him random stuff and he turned round every time and replied. At 2-2 I asked was it extra time or straight to penalties. Cottee scored about a minute later and he sort of gave a wry smile and said "it might be neither now son".
Met him a few times after that and every time he was just a top gent.