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Kenny Cunningham shares a "surreal" tale involving Julian Dicks, Bilic, cigarettes and a crate of beers

Tonight on Off The Ball, former Ireland centre-back Kenny Cunningham joined us to preview tonight...



Kenny Cunningham shares a "...
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Kenny Cunningham shares a "surreal" tale involving Julian Dicks, Bilic, cigarettes and a crate of beers

Tonight on Off The Ball, former Ireland centre-back Kenny Cunningham joined us to preview tonight's Champions League game between Arsenal and Dinamo Zagreb.

But he also gave his opinion on Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger's comments on UEFA doping rules regarding punishments for individual players and teams.

Speaking about what testing was like during his own playing days, he had a wee story about former West Ham hard man Julian Dicks and current Hammers boss Slaven Bilic.

"I remember being at Upton Park one time playing West Ham and getting pulled for a sample after the game. Julian Dicks was in there with me," he began.

"It was tough because physically you're dehydrated, your banging away at the Ballygowans and the Lucozade Sports, trying to get it down your throat. I remember looking across at Julian Dicks, and there was a crate of Budweiser next to him. He was helping himself and I remember [current West Ham boss] Slaven Bilic walking in, handing him a pack of fags and saying 'do you need a cigarette?' That was quite surreal."  

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