He's f******g Brilliant, but he has retired.

Gas legend.

I was gutted when he was released and the amount of games he subsequently played for Cheltenham shows what a poor decision that was.

All the best Steve.

So was he.

He wasn't even offered a deal to stay and he told me that he would have stayed at Rovers on the same money that Cheltenham offered.

Amongst the all-time best central defenders for Rovers. Probably the one with the most creative left foot.

At the time, I reluctantly accepted the decision to let him go. He was suffering from a knee injury and I thought it was making him a little uncomfortable against some of the better sides in League 1 at the time. Hindsight (of Rovers' status after 2010 and his record in 5 years at Cheltenham: 174 appearances, including 9 goals) shows that it might have turned out differently. 

Off the top of my head, four memories:

• Hooked shot to win the game at Mansfield in 2007. The three points helped us to the play-offs.
  
• Crucial intervention to block Shrewsbury shot at Wembley to maintain our lead in the 2007 play-off final
  
• Late long-range strike to equalise in 2008 at the Mem against Gillingham SE on Equaliser v Gills (audio)

• Teasing ball into the box which tempted the 1982 defender (under challenge from Dis) to set the ball up for one of the all-time greatest goals.

Top bloke. All the best Stevie

Half volley rocket from 10 yards in front of the Blackthorn, in a league 1 game where we comfortably beat Charlton Athletic. Proper!!!

If I remember rightly, Dominic Blizzard should have been sent off in this game after 10 seconds for a vile leg breaking tackle. All of this live on sky sports as well.

Yes! That trusty left foot again!

I disagree about the Blizzard tackle though. I've got the Sky coverage on DVD. In my opinion, both the Sky commentators and the Charlton manager (Phil Parkinson, now of Bradford) went further over the top in their reaction than Blizzard did with the tackle. It was a foul, and unfortunate that the Charlton player (Grant Basey) had to be substituted, but Blizzard kept his lunge along the ground. I've seen a lot worse. 

Charlton claimed it was a "vile leg breaking tackle", but the next day it was revealed that the player had sustained strained ankle ligaments.  [Charlton] Physio Steve Allen told the club's official website: "It's not as bad as was feared at the time. Grant has soft tissue contusion [bruising] to the inside of his shin from the direct challenge, and subsequently this resulted in him rolling his ankle, causing ligament damage.

Here are two quotes, taken from the Evening Standard:

"Parkinson: The crowd were vociferous and I felt they refereed the match. Every time they shouted for a free-kick the whistle went."

"Rovers were ... denied a blatant first-half penalty when Sam Sodje took out Chris Lines as the midfielder went to challenge for a high ball".