Teun de Nooijer’s my hero! Why Barry Middleton couldn’t go past record

Barry Middleton has finally been able to look back on his memorable hockey career, he tells Rod Gilmour

There would be times interviewing Barry Middleton over the years where you would find him, or will him even, to be in an adrenaline moment. You knew when to sound him out for that diamond line. Still pumped from a winning match, Middleton would give you some tub-thumping, Three Lions-style quote or other. And, boy, these moments were good.