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Scott Arfield's 10 to tackle... superstitions, rumours and cleverest team-mate

Burnley's Scott Arfield (left) is tackled by Bolton Wanderers' Jay Spearing during the Sky Bet Championship match at Turf Moor, Burnley. PRESS ASSOCIATION
Image: Scott Arfield (No 37) answers 10 questions in this week's FL72 podcast

Burnley midfielder Scott Arfield answers 10 questions in this week's FL72 Podcast, telling all about his team-mates.

What do your team-mates call you? 

They call me Scotty. Well, there is a nickname but it's not really suitable for a podcast!

Cleverest team-mate?

Obviously you would say Joey [Barton] is always a Twitter talker, but I sit by him on the bus and I think me and Ben Mee would agree he thinks he's a lot more clever than he actually is.

So that award needs to go to David Jones, who is very wise and is very articulate with his words. When he talks, people listen. You just don't get a word in with Joey!

Burnley's Joey Barton (right) and Blackburn's Corry Evans challenge for a header
Image: Joey Barton (middle) is not as clever as he thinks, says Arfield

Who is not the brightest?

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This award could go to a lot of people, but the one is Chris Long. He is the thickest boy. He's only 20 or 21 but we'd agree he's definitely not one of the brightest.

Any superstitions? 

Me and Vokesy [Sam Vokes] come here [the club canteen] rather than eating at the house. We come here three hours before kick-off and have a pre-match chat, talk about the game ahead.

Best player you've played with?

Russell Latapy. There are a lot of people in England and all over the world who do not know who he is, but he has skills and has hospitals named after him in Trinidad. He's a legend. He used to smoke 40 a day, have his change in his pocket when he trained, but he was technically incredible.

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Image: Arfield admits he would have to love to have played with former England midfielder Paul Gascoigne

Which player do you wish you could have played with?

Probably Paul Gascoigne. He had everything I enjoyed in a player.

Best and worst moment as a player so far?

Getting promoted to the Premier League, it is every boy's dream to get there. It's something you aspire to do.

The other side of that, getting relegated from the best league in the world. 

What's your squad number and what's the significance of it?  

Thirty seven. That was my team-mate when I was 17 - he passed away when I was at Falkirk. That was his squad number and I was only yards away from the incident itself, so it's something I carry deep inside my heart. I'll always wear that. [Craig Gowans died in 2005 at Falkirk's training ground after equipment he was carrying connected with power lines]. 

The strangest rumour you have heard about yourself?

I heard I went on a two-day bender at Christmas and missed two days' training - even though I managed to play in the two games on the 26th and 28th of December.

Where will Burnley finish this season?

We're hoping to go all the way. The squad that we've got, and the number of points we've got stands us in good stead. But once you've had a taste for the Premier League you want to get back there.

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