I needed to patch things up with Moyesy, a man I have so much respect for

I SWALLOWED my pride and called David Moyes. I had so much respect for him. Still do.

- 

"I need to come and see you, gaffer. I want to go through a few things with you."

He said: "Dunc, I've been waiting for this phone call for five years."

There had been two fall-outs between us.

The first was when he told me that he wanted me out in 2003.

The second was around a day I'll never forget: 7 May 2006 - West Brom at Goodison.

I knew when Moyesy gave me the captaincy that day, that was it. The end. I never got told I was getting released before the game. It dawned on me on match-day.

"You're the captain, and there's your captain's armband," Moyes said to me when I walked in the changing room. "I don't want the captain's armband."

"No, Dunc, I think you should take it."

I knew then. That was his way of telling me, 'this is your last game.'

Look, I'm not really blaming David. I expected that to happen. As a football-er, it rarely ends the way you want it to.