He replied in the way only 'Budgie' could, saying: "Kids are too frightened to play football in the streets in case they bump into Michael Jackson".
His comments had the crowd in fits of laughter, but the man had a point. Backed up by Kevin Keegan yesterday.
Keegan: "It's much more difficult now.
"When I was a youngster the streets were a safe place to go almost throughout the country, I would say. It's not the case now.
"We had better facilities in those days. You have got to look at would you want your kid to go out in the street at night, so you have to look at the alternatives, and we offer a safe environment."
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Budgie was a huge favourite at the club, despite arriving when he was almost 40. A goalkeeper who played to the gallery. Regarded himself as the best in the country, so he wasn't exactly a shy lad. Left under controversial circumstances because manager Ossie Ardiles was told to sell all of the 'big earners'. He went to Hibs and won a League Cup winners medal. In his time he played for: Workington, Blackpool, Aston Villa, Southend, Crystal Palace, QPR, Wolves, Derby, Sheff Utd, Southampton, Newcastle, Hibs, Scarborough, Lincoln, Aberdeen, Dumbarton, Falkirk, Man City, Darlington and Queen of the South.