In 1988 I used to play for the Manchester Allstars youth team – which was a local American football team in Manchester. I suggested it to the Under Pressure ITV2 team because I used to play and I love the game.

Basically what we did, we put the Manchester Allstars team back together for one last game, it was like a reunion!

It was an amazing experience, and  yeah it was weird,  but the camaraderie was fab – we had that 21 year gap where we had all gone away and done our own thing, but when we were all back together we basically fell back into exactly the same thing, the same roles again, and it felt just like yesterday.

What was my biggest challenge in doing this? For me, because it was my idea  to get the team back together and I helped with whole production side of it with ITV2, and being put into the team leader role,  – this was not something I am all that used to, so the difficult thing for me was adjusting to becoming a vocal leader –  believe it or not, I’m not very vocal you see, I’d say I more lead by example!

Because I was in America filming Skating with the Stars, we killed two birds with one stone and did some filming for Under Pressure by filming and practising some American football colleges and high schools, which was really good. Although to be honest with you, it was a lot more intense than I had imagined. Over here it’s more of a hobby, a pastime, but over there it’s more of an obsession! It was much more focused and disciplined.

Would I swap now to play American Football full time? I’m good but I’m not that good!

I can’t wait for tomorrow night, it’s funny, emotional and entertaining, so basically it’s a bloody good watch!!!