SNAPSHOT: Phil Clarke

* What do you like about soccer?
Taking my mind off everything else. It's you and the team, which is like a different family.
* What do you dislike about it?
Beep tests because it rides on your mind days before you do it.
* Favourite food:
Jerk chicken and rice (Caribbean dish) and a lamb curry.
* Drink:
It's got to be Coke but don't tell [fitness coach] Brandon [Campbell] because he told me to cut down on it.
* TV show:
All the music channels.
* Music:
Dizzee Rascal who plays grime hip-hop rock stuff from the London Underground scene. Also, R and B and rap artist Drake.
* Who would you not like to sit next to on a flight?
I wouldn't want to be sandwiched between [flatmate and teammate] Matt Hastings, because I get enough from him at home, and [teammate and English import] Stu Ferguson who just doesn't shut up and can talk for England.
* What's your least favourite household chore?
Emptying out the rubbish bin because [teammates and flatmates] Bill Robertson and Matt Hastings eat some of the most disgusting things at times. If they ask me to do it one more time, I think I'll move out.
* If you weren't playing soccer for a living, what would you be doing?
I'd be a rapper.
* If you could have anything for your next birthday, what would it be?
A professional contract in football.