Our sporting guest is John Hartson (born 5 April 1975) a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a striker from 1992 until 2008 notably in the Scottish Premier League for Celtic and the Premier League for Arsenal and West Ham United. He was then the Wales national team forwards coach, until 6 November 2013. He also played in England’s top flight for Wimbledon, Coventry City and West Bromwich Albion and in the Football League for Luton Town and Norwich City. Hartson also featured prominently for Wales, earning 51 caps and scoring 14 goals. Hartson won 51 first team caps for Wales, scoring 14 goals. He also holds a record for the Wales U21 team by being one of only four people to have scored a hat-trick at that level alongside Craig Davies, Lee Jones and Ched Evans. Hartson retired from international football in February 2006 in order to concentrate on his career with Celtic but in August that year he stated that he would come out of retirement to play if John Toshack needed him. Hartson joined Setanta Sports as a pundit for the 2008–09 season, as part of the broadcaster’s coverage of the Scottish Premier League. A Welsh speaker, Hartson appears regularly as a studio guest on S4C’s Sgorio. He is also a regular pundit on ITV’s coverage of the FA Cup, and often appears on BBC Radio 5 Live’s coverage of both Premier League and Champions League games as a match summariser. In July 2009 Hartson received chemotherapy after being diagnosed with testicular cancer which had spread to his brain. It was later reported the cancer had spread to his lungs and that he remained in a “critical condition” following emergency surgery. The treatment was successful and by December of that year it was reported that the cancer had been virtually eradicated from Hartson’s body although he would have more surgery and treatment to come. Hartson is a lifelong Swansea City supporter.