Kyle Walker and Dele Alli both crossed paths with the well-known striker during their time in the lower leagues earlier in their careers and both have tales to tell of time spent with, and against, the player affectionately known as the ‘Beast’ due to his formidable size!
Akinfenwa was at Northampton Town when an 18-year-old Kyle joined the Cobblers on loan from Sheffield United in November, 2008, and ‘Walks’ enjoyed two months as his team-mate in League One.
Dele, however, had a brief but ‘interesting’ run-in with the powerfully-built forward when their teams met in a grudge League Cup first round match in August, 2014.