The Forgotten Midfield Meastro who Outlasted Them All

For years the debate has raged about who was better, Steven Gerrard, or Frank Lampard. But in truth we've just been blessed with a golden generation of British midfield talent. Paul Scholes, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Aaron Ramsey, Gareth Barry, James Milner - the list goes on. However, there is another player who has flown under the radar. A quietly brilliant midfield metronome who acted as the glue that held his teams together. Mentioned in the same breath as Xavi and Iniesta by his Southampton boss at the time, Mauricio Pochettino, this unassuming orchestrator almost single handedly turned around the fortunes of his national team, Northern Ireland, setting a new British caps record in the process.