I AM delighted to have been voted into the ‘Team of the 90s’ chosen by our supporters in Final Whistle.

It turns out in last week’s poll that myself and Marcus Stewart were jointly picked as the top strikeforce from that decade.

I have to say that I would have loved to have played alongside Stewy at some time in my career – but it was never destined to happen.

It took until last summer, when we played in the Masters tournament on Sky TV, for us to finally play in the same team, and I have to say it was really enjoyable.

Everyone said after we beat Stewy’s Bristol Rovers in the play-off final in 1995 that they would love to see us playing together at the Galpharm.

Unfortunately, it was never going to happen.

The only way the club could afford to bring Stewy in was to let me go and, by the time I came back to the club, Marcus had been controversially sold on to Ipswich.

It’s a real pity that we never got to play alongside each other in Town colours in the prime of our careers, because I think it would have worked perfectly.

Looking at the way Stewy played and the way I liked to operate, I think we would have suited each other down to the ground.

I was lucky to have a great partner in Ronnie Jepson here at Town, but I would have loved it if Stewy had been there for a spell as well.

You never know what would have happened and it’s all a bit with rose tinted glasses on, but looking back I am sure we would have done well as a partnership.

Town fans have always told me we would have been the ideal pairing, and I tend to agree with them on that.

T’S great to see Jordan Rhodes with his name in the Town record books.

A post-war best for goals in a season is nothing to be sneezed at and Jordan deserves all the plaudits which are coming his way.

Jordan has worked incredibly hard to achieve the success he is having and it still wouldn’t surprise me if he reaches 40 goals or more by the end of this season.

That really would be a magnificent record in this day and age, because it’s hard enough to score 20, never mind doubling that figure.

We always knew that Jordan could score goals, that’s why the club were prepared to back that judgement with a significant amount of investment, but his dedication really has paid big dividends.

He has come back this season fitter, stronger and quicker, in my opinion, and he keeps on going from strength to strength.

The great thing is, too, that Jordan is such a down-to-earth character, so he doesn’t let anything affect him or distract him from doing his very best.

When all that speculation was kicking around about him possibly moving on in the January transfer window, he just kept getting better and better.

While it’s always nice to be among the goals as a striker, I can assure you that Jordan would be the first to give credit to his teammates for what he has been able to achieve so far.

The lads do keep creating chances for him, but Jordan’s movement and awareness is so fantastic that he always makes the most of the opportunities he gets.

Jordan will say it’s more down to the team than it is down to him, but he is doing brilliantly and there is no doubt in my mind that he can go on from this and be successful at higher levels.

His top priority will be to lead us to promotion this season, whether that’s automatically or through the play-offs, and, having helped this club go up through the play-offs myself in 1995 and 2004, I can tell you that while automatic promotion might be good, the play-offs are wonderful to win.

Back in 1995, when I got my 30 goals in a season, I had a great partner in Ronnie Jepson alongside me, people like Darren Bullock attacking from midfield and Richard Logan launching long throws into the box, which was ideal for me.

Here, Jordan had a lot of people contributing to the team effort, but no-one should take anything away from him.