“I may not have played men's football, but I've been at World Cups as a player. I know the emotions. I've been in quarter finals, a semi-final. I'd been substituted and sat on the bench watching us lose a penalty shoot-out. I know what happens, what you need when the pressure's on.”

Australian-British television actor

Alex Scott was an Australian-British television actor. He is best known for his work in British television productions of the 1960s, with appearances in series such as Special Branch, The Avengers, The Persuaders!, Danger Man, The Saint, and the final episode of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased). He also appeared as Klaus in The Adventures of William Tell, in the 1959 episode "The Killer". His screen work is chiefly remembered through these television roles, which placed him across some of the era’s familiar adventure and spy dramas.