"People looked at my physique and laughed.." A personal look at Peter Crouch's outstanding career 

Crouchinho was awesome for liverpool. Dont judge a book by its cover

Joe and Crouchy both suffered neck pain after this interview...

Count your millions mate. Who's laughing now.

Why is Joe Cole talking about Crouchy as if he's not standing right next to him?

Crouch's awkward style of play is what made him such a nightmare to deal with. An outstanding irony that defined his career for all the right reasons.

Great Career, Hot wife, and financially sorted, not done too bad for himself

I was outside the stadium the day this was filmed. Could see Crouchy's head above the stands

Crouchy is a legend, modest, honest in his strength and abilities, and ultimately a staunch professional. Trying to think if I’ve ever seen him have a awful game, he always pulled his weight

The framing off this is hilarious, made Couchy look even taller than he is 😂

As a Liverpool fan I was always appreciative of what Crouch did for us. Amazing hat trick against Arsenal being a personal highlight.

The career path stats on the left are so wrong. Missed out first spell of Pompey. Says 5 years at Spurs (it was 2), 3 years at Stoke (it was 7), 2 years at Liverpool (it was 3).

Crouch is a legend! One of the best strikers to ever grace the premier league/champions league and international competitions

Some of the worldies that this guy scored is ridiculous.

Crouchy is a legend in English football.

He's one of my favourite players of all time

Love Crouch. Comes across a genuine top fella. And what a player

Crouch was actually very technically gifted. He had a velvet coushin like first touch which is pretty extraordinary for a man of his size. He had a good awareness of his team mates around him and was an effective focal point with his slick link up play. Could also finish well and he has scored some goals in his career that the very best forwards in the world would be proud of.

I want to see him beside Lorenzo insigne

Crouchy and Joe Cole, definitely the most likeable and watchable ex England players doing pundentry

A journalist once asked him what would he be if he wasn't a footballer? 'A virgin'. 😍

What a top bloke on and off the pitch, met him a few times when he was down here at Pompey, honest and a great head on those tall shoulders. Those people aren't laughing now, count that well earned money big man👌

*Loved him at Liverpool!*

I always rated Peter Crouch. He is an incredible inspiration for young footballers.

Crouch actually got 11 in 12 games for England in 2006. 22 in 42 is amazing at international level especially since he didn't take pens. He'd have broken the scoring record if he played the same amount of caps as Rooney at that rate

Very underrated player, people can laugh all they want, but he was a player of great technical ability.

Lfc fan here. Crouchy is a legend and seems like a nice fellow as well and quite down to earth.

Everyone loves crouch, he's just a gentle giraffe.

What a bloke and player. Total respect for crouch. Ya gerrards Ya Owens Ya rooneys There's only one of each !!!!

Loved Crouch at QPR, wished he would have come back! I would still have him back now!

he was a beast in his prime.....

He had excellent ball control, was totally underrated. Was absolutely superb for the scouse. Played for my team QPR. Scored the goal that put Tottenham Champions League football. Won the FA Cup!Scored for England! and so much more Peter Crouch what a player top man....

Both of these players were magnificent. What a squad we had for the Three Lions.

The thing he can be most proud of is that I don't know anybody who has a bad word to say about him.He is genuinely just a nice bloke,much bigger thing to be proud of.

Good watch - Crouch was a top player but more importantly he’s a top person too and he’s doing brilliantly post football with his podcast too. Great career, great home life, smart and humble... don’t think too much about the haters.

It doesn’t help, when your standing next to joe cole 🙈

Peter crouch a solid striker the giant Englishmen big fan from Brazil

So great yet so humble.Totally respect that mate👍👍

Crouch's goal against city is still to this day one of the best goals if not the best I've ever seen

As an opponent, I always feared Peter Crouch regarded him as a very VERY dangerous forward. His goals speak for him. Legend.

Very, very underrated player. I was sooo happy when we signed Peter Crouch. More than an out & out centre forward. Able to hold up play, as pointed out by J.C., distribute and be in the right place at the right time. Some Great goals. Great S.O.H. Why did LFC sell him? One word! Profit! He was bought for £6M and sold for £12M! imo he'd have doubled that if the-powers-that-be at Liverpool had stuck with him. A sad day for me when he departed.

Loved him at liverpool. Those overhead kicks were amazing. Scored a winner against ushited in the fa cup winning season too

One of my favorite epl players Ever ... his robot celebration is amazing

Such a gent. Can't complain about a player and a man like Peter Crouch. Deserved way better in his career.

U can see Joe Cole looks up to Crouchy

This guy was underrated. He deserved to be no.1 for england at one point

Crouch had some of the best first touch controls from the air, plus he scored loads of beautiful goals, even tho he cant get in front of owen and rooney in england i reckon he gets in front of more strikers in the clubs he played for. full stop

Absolute class act for England, unstoppable

The man is a huge success. Seems like everything he touches turns to gold. Good on him.

He really makes his father proud, special his family 👪

Such a humble guy.

I’ve always thought Crouch dog has always felt like a genuine, and decent man. Top guy and great footballer. 👍 ⚽️ 🦒

He’s big, he’s a red and his feet stick out the bed “Peter Crouch” BIG respect Pete.

"People looked at my face and their neck ached" - Peter Crouch, 2019

Impossible to hate crouchy. Absolutely incredible player and great guy.

42 England caps and 42 Liverpool goals ..I support Liverpool and I loved it when crouchy was with us.he was a great player who I think was very underrated,but not by me.

I love Peter crouch absolute legend YNWA

Crouchy is an all time legend.

no one is laughing now. one of my all time favorite footballers.

Peter the legend........his amazing goal against Man city wow.... He went to my school, Drayton.....made us proud mate

Criminally underrated!

I so wanted it to work out for him at Villa, having watched him bang in the goals for Portsmouth, I wish we had been more patient with him, really good team player.

3:46 Joe Cole view looks like he is searching for some birds in the air

Jake Humphrey surprised Crouchy still felt he had to prove himself, despite being part of the overarching media machine that puts pressure on players, and questions them at every turn/mistake.

There’s not a single footy fan that doesn’t love Crouchy, he is exactly what football is all about.

Ok so these 3 need their own football podcast. The chemistry is really nice and the respect is there and they all appreciate the game with Crouch and Cole having great careers. The laughs are there too as is standard with Crouchy having a microphone in hand.

LOVE U CROUCHE ..WE ENJOYED U PLAY FO LFC

I think his career stats are wrong. Don't think he was at Spurs for 5 years!

I was at Anfield the day Crouchie signed for the Reds, great buy, great player, great man.

Peter Crouch, as a bloke .. head and shoulders above the rest😊

Proved me wrong. Was gutted when he left Liverpool. Great player, technical ability.

Well loved at Liverpool. He's Big, He's Red, His feet stick out the bed Peter Crouch, Peter Crouch..

He was a top class player underrated.. always was a threat!

United fan but I loved crouch ! Real player miss his head above the goal 😂😂

Brilliant player and massively underused for England

As an ethnic minority living in the UK, there's a lot of awareness about racism to help protect people like myself. When there are racial issues, it seems 95% of the country stands together to fight against it. However, discrimination isn't just about racism, sexism, homophobia and so on, it comes in many forms, like with Peter Crouch and his height. The difference is that there simply aren't that many people as tall as Peter Crouch, so when there's discrimination against him, people don't really see it as an issue, because it's only one man talking about it, rather than the whole nation. In fact, the discrimination against Crouch is actually far worse, because he has to face it alone, with nobody understanding how it affects him.

He’s big, he’s red, his feet stick out the bed, Peter Crouch! Peter Crouchhh!

We love ya crouchy!! Legend.

Top bloke, top footballer and top Mrs.. Well done fella

Love that song in the background

This man deserves a biopic

Crouchy is a legend

The 2 best technical British players of they time.....

I like this guy seems genuine and funny

Anyone remember that screamer volley when he was with Stoke? Best goal I've ever seen!

Bless him true gent highly bless

Peter Crouch is also very tall in his amazing attitude and talent.

Crouchy was one of my favourite personalities in the game. Loved this guy. Think when Lineker calls it a day with MOTD, Crouchy would be an ideal replacement.

Ngl when I 1st saw Peter Crouch play for Liverpool, I was a bit sceptical. But now look at him, sensational career

Great player and a top bloke

Loved Crouch plyn for England😁

Crouchyyyyyyyyy!!!!!The man is a great.

Crouchy was a baller PL legend

Crouch was a great striker so under rated

What a humble nice guy

I just wanted him to drop the mic, and say, I used to celebrate goals like this. And do the robot

Lets be clear, everyone loves Crouchy :) MUFC fan.

Crouchy can play ball...very under rated player

what a great guy

Great guy and so underrated

I love Peter Crouch