Heskey spent two years in the Hunter after arriving in the A-League's heyday 2012/13 season which saw the ex-Liverpool legend sign on alongside other marquee stars Alessandro Del Piero and Shinji Ono.

While scoring five times from his first five starts for the Jets, Fox Sports dedicated their Red Button channel to HeskeyCam, locking onto him for every second of a game - much to the bemusement of the 62-cap England star.

In the new issue of FourFourTwo, he confesses he thought the idea was weird and added: "I was just hoping I didn't forget and pick my nose or something!

"I knew there were doing it beforehand but once I was busy playing the game, I didn't think about it.

"Other than that, I didn't get much attention over there. It was great...I could walk around on the streets and no one noticed me."

Heskey said he ended up in Newcastle when former Reds teammate Robbie Fowler asked if he'd be keen on a move Down Under after he was released by Aston Villa.

"I felt I'd done enough in the Premier League by that point," Heskey told the mag. "It had been 17 years and started to feel like a goldfish bowl. I wanted to sample something else and it was great.