Doncaster Rovers goalkeeper Neil Sullivan has enjoyed an incredible career that has spanned since the late 1980's, a career which has seen the custodian experience the highs and lows of both club and international football.

The 39 year-old shot-stopper sat down to speak to University of Lincoln journalism student Claire Johnson, who is currently undertaking a work placement with Doncaster Rovers' media department, to talk about Wimbledon, Scotland and what lies ahead.

As a goalkeeper, do you think it is still essential to be personally coached, even late on in your career?

''Having a goalkeeping coach is vital; it's a different position with lot's to learn. We're lucky to have Lee Butler here, who's obviously been a goalkeeper as well at the top level. It's all about having somebody to bounce ideas off and to talk about the game with. You need a coach to discuss things you should have done better, and things you're doing well. It's somebody you can go to and ask questions really.''

Have you any ambitions to be a goalkeeping coach after you retire, with Ben Smith and Gary Woods in your wake?

''I would definitely look into getting into the goalkeeping side of it to be fair, but hopefully that's a very long way off, I obviously still feel fine, and still feel fit. So it is something I will want to look into doing, but hopefully I've got a lot of years left in me yet. I'm sure people will tell me if they think it's time to give up, to be fair I think I'll know when it's time myself, but at the moment I feel it's a long way off.''

In your time as Scotland number 1, did you feel any extra pressure to perform, being from England?

''That was not really an issue with me, being from England. It wasn't an issue with the manager, certainly not with the players, or to be a fair, a vast majority of the supporters I came into contact with. The press up there had an issue with it at times, which is understandable, because everyone has their opinions. I'd like to think that everyone watching me could tell I gave my all for Scotland. I tried my best, I wanted to win, I wanted to be successful for Scotland, which I think, to be honest shone through in the end. I'm not saying I won everyone over up there, but like I said, it wasn't an issue with the manager or the players, which when you're working together is very important.''

You were one of the first players to make the country change, and nowadays you see it in many places, was it more of a novelty when you did it?

Certainly for Scotland I was, Craig Brown at the time took a risk and decided to call me up. There were a few choice headlines in the Scottish Press I got when I was at Heathrow airport before I'd even travelled up there, so it was a bit strange going up there. But once I got up there and met everyone, it wasn't an issue. It's a great place and I'm proud to be Scottish, I'm proud to have played so many times and to have taken part in a World Cup. I've only got one shirt hung up in my house, and that's the one I made my Scotland debut in, and that's the most important shirt that I've got.''

How does it feel to have played in the World Cup?

''It's great. You're playing against the best. I've been fortunate to play against a lot of top teams, I've been fortunate to go to a world cup, I've been fortunate enough to travel round the world, and to do something that I love doing. It's fantastic.''

Having spent so many years at Wimbledon, did you ever have thoughts of spending your whole career there?

''The Wimbledon thing is a shame. I left school when I was 16, and I was there until I was 28/29. Now the club doesn't exist, they moved onto MK Dons, severed all ties with the Merton Borough, which is where we were from. They've given the FA cup we won back; which is fair enough, as they want their own identity; they want their own history really. AFC Wimbledon have done a great job now, and that was born out of the supporters, and all the people who didn't want to move up to the MK Dons. So the club that I grew up with isn't there anymore. Obviously I've got an affiliation with AFC because they've tried to progress it. In regards to when I was there, it was time for me in the end to move on, my contract was up, Spurs came in for me, and I couldn't turn it down.''

Would you ever consider going to AFC, with their progression up the leagues surely ending up in them playing league football again in the next few years?

''It's where I'm from, it's where I grew up, but I've got to be honest I'm happy up here at the moment. But you can never say never, although I might be too old by the time that opportunity comes around!''