Carfiff winger Craig Noone, 25, has made it to the Premier League barely five years after tiling Steven Gerrard's roof as he combined the day job with part-time football at Southport.

Gerrard's wife, Alex Curran, would provide him with a soft drink and a sausage roll to help fuel his labours.

"One week I was tiling roofs and playing non-league football, the next I was a full-time professional," he recalled.