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Thanks for buying this book. The proceeds will go to a very good cause, namely the David Lloyd Retirement Fund, and, I assure you, will be redistributed to numerous outlets, in various personal pursuits across the globe. Oh, and rest easy in the knowledge that I will have fun doing so.

Of course, you might not have put your hand in your pocket to purchase this, so, for those of you who have received it as a gift on Father’s Day, on a birthday or at Christmas and want to pretend you have ploughed from cover to cover; for those of you who really like the thought of reading but never venture much further than the introduction; for those of you who normally do but find it to be the kind of book you just can’t pick up after putting down; for those of you who thought you were investing in the life story of some bloke involved in top-level tennis; for those of you wanting to know no more than the secrets of my successful leisure club empire (you’ll be sadly disappointed); for those of you whose concentration spans waver after a tweet or two; for those of you who have picked this up in the smallest room during a break between courses at a friend’s dinner party – here is the deal. Pretty much every essential detail you need to know about me is listed below. Welcome, however briefly, to my world.

My 50 Favourite Things

Career moment (playing): My 214 not out against India, Edgbaston, 1974

Career moment (broadcasting): Yuvraj Singh’s six sixes in an over off Stuart Broad, World Twenty20, 2007

Opponent: Joel Garner. He would bowl me out with a bath sponge

Team-mate: Graham Lloyd

Modern player: Can’t separate Virender Sehwag and Kevin Pietersen

Cricket ground: Sydney

Football team: Accrington Stanley

Footballer: Duncan Edwards

Holiday destination: St Ives, Cornwall

Tipple: A pint of Black Sheep or Timmy T’s

Meal: Chicken Madras with naan and lime pickle

Country: United Kingdom

Insect: Ladybirds are OK

Saying: ‘Don’t let the bastards grind you down’

Animal: Dog

Pastime: Fishing

Personal item: Motorbike

Boyhood hero: Ken Barrington

Book: Tragically, I Was an Only Twin – Peter Cook

Film: Brassed Off

Band: The Fall

Album: Imperial Wax Solvent – The Fall

Motorway: M6 toll road

River: Wye

Hotel: Lygon Arms, Chipping Campden

Mode of transport: Bike

Season: Spring

Beatles or Stones? Stones

Colour: Black

Decade: 1960s

Restaurant: J Sheekey, Covent Garden, London

Pub: The Hesketh Tavern, Cheadle Hulme

Advice received: ‘Be yourself’ – my dad

Advice given: ‘If you are a politician, don’t knock on my door’

Cake: Fruitcake

Flower: Rose

Number: 134

Condiment: Lancashire Sauce

Board game: Cluedo

Gadget: Chainsaw

Film star: Ray Winstone or Russell Crowe

TV soap: Emmerdale

Politician: Not one of them cheating, conniving, low-down dregs of the earth

Cricket tour: New Zealand

City: Manchester

Car: Audi

Memory: Loss of

Piece of trivia: Monaco’s army is smaller than its symphony orchestra

Comedian: Tommy Cooper

Joke: My granny started jogging in 1998 … we have no idea where she is now.