PAST PORTS: Vinny Arkins
NAME: Vinny Arkins
AGE: 45
POSITION: Centre-forward/centre-half
TIME SPENT AT THE PORTS: 1997-2006 (eight great years)
CLUBS BEFORE PORTADOWN: Home Farm, Dundee United, Shamrock Rovers, St Johnstone, Shelbourne, Notts County
CLUBS AFTER PORTADOWN: Bohemians, St Pat’s Athletic
HIGHLIGHT AS A PORTADOWN PLAYER: Winning trophies - but maybe we should have won more
BEST MATE AT PORTADOWN: Dean Fitzgerald or Neil Ogden
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Hide AdFUNNIEST TEAM-MATE: Neil Ogden - the most laid-back bloke I have ever met
HARDEST TEAM-MATE: Philip Major
TEAM-MATE WITH MOST SKILL: Tony Sheridan
PICK YOUR PORTS FIVE-A-SIDE: Mickey Keenan, Gregg Davidson, Tony Sheridan, Marc McCann, Raymond Byrne - that team would have it all: age, youth, madness, tan and style
FAVOURITE AWAY GROUND: Windsor Park - it was always a battle
PRE-MATCH SUPERSTITIONS: Always last to put on my shinpads
TOUGHEST RIVAL PLAYER: William ‘Winkie’ Murphy - a great lad but he never gave me an easy game
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Hide AdRIVAL PLAYER YOU MOST RATED: Tony Gorman at Linfield was a great player and humble lad. I also remember telling Ronnie McFall to sign (Northern Ireland international) Gareth McAuley when he played against me in the Irish League
TEAM YOU LOVED TO BEAT: Glenavon - for the crowd and atmosphere, plus I had a great scoring record in derby games
MODERN LIFE: I have my own taxi business plus am a coach at Malahide United (plus, of course, my recent return to the Ports). I still play for Lusk United in the over 35s (I prefer kicking now instead of taking it).