STEVIE GLEE

Sammie out to lift Cup like idol but won't try a Scouse accent again

>SHEFFIELD UTD v BLACKBURN TOMORROW, NOON, STV

SAMMIE SZMODICS would love to replicate his childhood idol Steven Gerrard and become an FA Cup hero - but he won't be trying the Scouse accent again.

The Blackburn midfielder spent many days in his Essex back garden as a kid, kitted out in a Liverpool strip and pretending to be the Kop icon.

Szmodics took his mimicking so far he even gave the Scouse accent a go.

"I'm not doing it, it's awful," said Szmodics, as he laughed when he was reminded of the impersonation.

"I even remember trying to celebrate like Steven Gerrard, even the mannerisms I would copy. I used to try to run exactly