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Former Wolves and England striker Steve Bull names his #One2Eleven on The Fantasy Football Club

26 Oct 1996:  Steve Bull of Wolverhampton Wanderers celebrates his goal during a Nationwide League Division One match against Manchester City at Maine Road
Image: Steve Bull has chosen his #One2Eleven on The Fantasy Football Club

Former Wolves and England striker Steve Bull has picked his #One2Eleven on The Fantasy Football Club.

He spent 13 years with the Midlands club, making 561 appearances and scoring 306 goals, as well as earning 13 caps with four goals for his country.

Bull appeared on The Fantasy Football Club on Friday, ahead of his former side Wolves hosting Newcastle on Saturday evening live on Sky Sports.

Here, he picks his #One2Eleven of the best players he played with - and tells a top Paul Gascoigne tale...

GOALKEEPER: Chris Woods

I could have had Peter Shilton in there, I could have had David Seaman but I've gone for Chris Woods. He was a great shot stopper, a good penalty saver and I think he should have got more caps for England.

DEFENDER: Andy Thompson

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He wasn't the biggest but he used to get up and down that wing like nobody's business and he could use both feet. In 1986, we walked through the door at Molineux and there were tiles falling off the roof, there was water everywhere and cockroaches running all over the place, and we wondered 'what have we done?'. But honestly, we never looked back.

We roomed together for seven years on the trot. We had some good times, bad times, sad times, happy times so we've gone through everything together. He is a brilliant mate.

DEFENDER: Des Walker

16 Jun 1990:  Des Walker (left) of England is tackled by Hans Gilhaus  of Holland during the World Cup match in Cagliari, Italy. The match ended in a 0-0 d
Image: Bull played with Des Walker for England

Des Walker was an absolute gazelle. He's one of these players that when he gets it in his head that he wants to win, he will win. I was good over 10 yards and getting around a centre-back, but if I tried that with Des, his legs were around me before I'd even turned. It wasn't a foul, he was just that quick and I found it hard to beat him.

DEFENDER: Keith Curle

He has a similar stature to Des Walker. Tall, thin, rock hard and a good speaker. He was very vocal on the pitch and he was a great tackler as well.

DEFENDER: Stuart Pearce

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 22:  Stuart Pearce of England celebrates after scoring his penalty
Image: Former England defender and Sky Sports News HQ regular Stuart Pearce makes an appearance

His thighs were massive! He was like a brick wall, you couldn't get past him and you were scared to tackle him or go by him to be fair. He was a great left-back. He was always focused thoroughly on the game and in training. He's a good man.

MIDFIELD: Gordon Cowans

He was absolutely brilliant with two brilliant feet. He could twist, turn and pick anybody out. He was one of the most skilled midfielders I have ever played with. He was quite quiet when he came in because the dressing room was quite loud, but after a few weeks, he soon opened up. He did most of his talking on the pitch.

MIDFIELD: Paul Gascoigne

LONDON - JUNE 22:  Paul Gascoigne of England runs with the ball during the UEFA European Championships 1996 Quarter Final match between England and Spain h
Image: Paul Gascoigne is in Bull's #One2Eleven midfield

He would be on the pitch an hour before training and after training. He would get bored just sitting around with only football and training so we had a race day where they give you a video of the American races. Gary Lineker and Shilton were the bookies and after five races, no one had won any money.

The last race comes around and Gazza shows up and says 'oh there's a horse there called Paul's Destiny' or something like that. He was telling us to back it at around 16/1 and it's the last race so we empty our pockets and put the money on. The horse wins by a nose and we all jump on Gazza. He stands up and says 'we have to give them the money back' and it turns out he had watched the DVD the night before.

MIDFIELD: Paul Cook

He's doing well for Portsmouth at the moment. He had the sweetest left foot, picking out people from 100 yards, 50 yards and he could find me anywhere. He put that ball on a plate for me and all I had to do and slot it home.

MIDFIELD: Peter Beardsley

1 Jan 1995:  Peter Beardsley of England holds off a tackle by Masami Ihara of Japan during an Umbro Cup match against Japan at Wembley Stadium in London. E
Image: Peter Beardsley was like a "little ferret", according to Bull

He was a different class, like a little ferret. He didn't have the longest legs, but he chased and covered the ground enormously, he was absolutely brilliant. He wasn't a natural goalscorer but he would pop up now and again with a long range shot. He was the playmaker which is why I would play him behind. He did it very well for Newcastle and England.

FORWARD: Andy Mutch

He was my right arm when I played for Wolves. The thing about me and Andy is that I'm from Tipton and he's from Liverpool so we couldn't understand a word each other was saying but we knew where each other was on the field. That was the best thing about it. The gaffer used to tell us to be on a shoestring with each other so if he went near, I went far and we were so blended together.

FORWARD: Robbie Keane

8 Aug 1999:  Robbie Keane of Wolverhampton Wanderers scores the winning goal during the Nationwide Division One match against Manchester City played at Mai
Image: Striker Robbie Keane began his career with Wolves

He was a very selfish player. We played Norwich away and he scored two goals and that's when I thought 'he has got something here, he's going to score more goals than me.' I absolutely loved playing with him and I wish I could have played more with him.

Catch Bull's former team Wolves in action as they host Newcastle in the Sky Bet Championship live on Sky Sports on Saturday evening.

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