Didi Hamann's lack of pace saw him come unstuck with the Tokyo police

After a week away and deflated by our 1-0 final defeat in the World Club Championship, we were determined to see more of Tokyo than our hotel rooms.

But although we found a bar and were drunkenly singing with fans, most of the lads returned to the hotel, which was the cue for the supporters to jump on the taxis to stop them driving the players home.

The police arrived and arrested anyone in jumping distance of a cab, including me, Didi Hamann and my friend Mick Laffey.

We'd be in bother if we were flung into a cell overnight because our flight home was first thing next morning so we had to do a runner. Mick got some fans to start bother and when the police pounced on them, I sprinted away as fast as possible, screaming at Didi to do the same.

I finally got a cab back to the hotel but he spent the night in the cell after failing to get away. Poor Didi, his pace was never his finest asset.

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