Duncan Ferguson was an excellent footballer. A British switch report price, an FA Cup win, 126 profession targets, seven worldwide caps and his standing as a cult hero at Everton are testimony to this.
However pretty much as good as Huge Dunc was at profitable headers and scoring targets, he was simply pretty much as good at catching burglars.
Famously, the previous Scotland worldwide thwarted not one, however two housebreaking makes an attempt on his residence within the early 2000s. The primary, in 2001 noticed Ferguson apprehend one in every of two burglars, with the pair being sentenced to fifteen months in jail, whereas the subsequent tried break-in two years later noticed the would-be thief hospitalised after he went to assault Ferguson.
Huge Dunc’s ideas for stopping burglaries
Duncan Ferguson throughout his Everton days (Picture credit score: Alamy)
So what are Ferguson’s ideas for coping with a house invader?
“Don’t sleep,” he tells FourFourTwo . “That’s one of many causes I caught them, as I sleep with one eye open. These incidents have been horrifying, and never a really good expertise.
The ex-Everton man received seven caps for Scotland (Picture credit score: Getty Pictures)
“They [the burglars] are in all probability extra embarrassed than I’m. They shouldn’t have been in my home. Sadly for them, they made an terrible resolution, presumably stuffed with booze or one thing. I don’t maintain it towards them.
“It occurred twice! The primary time, they have been making an attempt to be sensible. They knew it was my home. That’s what upset me. I had a younger child on the time as effectively, and so they did it at 1am.
“The primary two lads acquired 15 months. The second time, the boy acquired 4 years as a result of he was on licence. He was a druggie. He couldn’t assist himself, as a result of medication are horrible and you may’t management your self.
“Lots of people in my household have handed away due to medication. It’s not good.”
Ferguson celebrating Everton’s 1995 FA Cup ultimate win over Manchester United (Picture credit score: Getty Pictures)
As Ferguson seems to be again on the incident, he admits he would view it otherwise if it occurred now.
“My spouse was extra frightened than me,” he continues. “We needed to transfer home. I used to be f**king match as a fiddle; whenever you’re younger, it’s simply one other incident and also you don’t assume that a lot. In the event that they got here by my door now, I would assume, ‘F**king take my telly, who offers a f**ok?!’ [Laughs ]
Huge Dunc: The Upfront Autobiography, written with Henry Winter, is out there now in hardback, eBook and audiobook
