“WHEN I HAD MY HEAD SHAVED AND PRETENDED TO BE A BOY CALLED RAY, IT FOOLED EVERYONE – I GOT PICKED”

Is it true you previously masqueraded as a boy named Ray, so that you could play in a boys’ team?

I was eight years old when I started playing football with the lads on my estate in South Kilburn – there weren’t many girls who were really into the game. Two of my mates were joining a boys’ side and I wanted to join too, because I knew I was good enough. One day, they went to get their haircut, so I went with them. The hairdresser asked if I wanted my hair cut, I said yes, and the next thing I knew I was having my head