Andy Townsend is as brave off the pitch as he was on it after agreeing to tackle the daunting task of making sense of Mike ‘Porky’ Parry’s folly every Sunday.The former Aston Villa and Chelsea midfielder is well drilled in the art of tackling difficult opponents, and surely none are more niggly and harder to shackle than Porky?Andy led a glittering career that also included stints at Southampton, Norwich and Middlesbrough, before injury forced him to retire in 2000 while at West Bromwich Albion.The Maidstone-born star can boast two League Cup winners’ medals while at Villa, one as captain in 1996, as well as nine appearances spanning two World Cups for the Republic of Ireland in 1990 and 1994.Andy made 70 appearances for the Republic, captaining them a record number of times, and led them to arguably their finest hour when they beat the heavily fancied Italian team in their first group game of the 1994 World Cup in Giants Stadium.Just in case you needed any more proof of how cool the man is, he also plays guitar and is into motorbikes too.
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