‘I played a Premier League game with a STEAK in my boot – it was almost cooked by half-time because I was sweating’
‘I played a Premier League game with a STEAK in my boot – it was almost cooked by half-time because I was sweating’
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FORMER Premier League star James Collins has revealed that he once played a match with a STEAK in his boot. The ex-centre back suffered a broken foot during his time with Aston Villa but refused to sit on the sidelines. Instead, he started the following match - but used a steak to cushion the area surrounding the injury. Speaking on That Peter Crouch Podcast this week, Collins admitted: "I'm not sure you're going to believe it but it 100 per cent happened.
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"So I was at Villa and I basically broke the top of my foot. But I was one of those players, you know, you want to play on, I was fine. "On the Friday before this particular game, I forgot who we were playing, I got the broken foot. "Our doctor at the time said: 'Right, you're going to think I'm mad but we're going to get some cling film and put a steak at the top of your foot to take the pressure, or whatever, away from the broken bone.'.
![[James Collins on the Almost Cooked podcast.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/x-com-petercrouchpod-status-1887433571939283054-969696167.jpg?strip=all&w=540)
"So I played a Premier League game with like a 10oz sirloin at the top of my foot!. "It couldn't be a fillet, I wouldn't get my boot on!. "Honestly, a game with a lump of steak cling filmed to the top of my foot. It did f*** all!. CASINO SPECIAL - BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITS. "But it was almost cooked by half-time because I was sweating!". Collins left Aston Villa in 2012 to re-join West Ham. He made 214 appearances for the Hammers before joining Ipswich Town.
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