A Life in Football: My Autobiography

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Five of Wright's nine international goals were scored under Taylor's management; these included a vital late equaliser in a 1–1 away draw against Poland in May 1993 [42] and four goals in the 7–1 away win against San Marino in Bologna, Italy, in November 1993, [42] the final match of Taylor's reign as manager. This forum encourages all Gooners to visit and contribute so please keep it respectful, clean and topical. Not a standard footballer's autobiography, Ian Wright's memoir is a thoughtful and gripping insight into a Highbury Hero and one of the greatest sports stars of recent years. They also reached the League Cup semi-finals, in which they lost on away goals to eventual winners Aston Villa.

Terry Venables replaced Taylor as manager after the unsuccessful 1994 World Cup qualifying campaign [45] but Wright's appearances in the side became even more limited. The arrival of Dennis Bergkamp brought a brief but fruitful striking partnership: in their first season together they helped Arsenal finish fifth in the league and qualify for the UEFA Cup. The latter I'm particularly unqualified to give deep comment on but after a while I did start to feel like everything was about the colour of his skin. The next season, he gained full international honours, [4] and reached a hundred goals for Crystal Palace, [18] as the club finished in their highest ever league position of third place in the top flight.He admitted not getting on with Graham Taylor who left him out of Euro 1992, felt Terry Venables didn’t rate him, not picking him for Euro 96; but loved Glenn Hoddle and it was an injury that kept him out of the 1998 World cup squad. Kids need two things – love and education': how Ian Wright and Musa Okwonga are inspiring young people through fiction".

Ian will also frankly discuss how retirement affects footballers, why George Graham deserves a statue, social media, why music matters, breaking Arsenal's goal-scoring record, racism, the unadulterated joy of playing alongside Dennis Bergkamp and, of course, what he thinks of Tottenham.

However, after recovering from the injury he made a dramatic appearance as a 'super-sub', in the 1990 FA Cup Final against Manchester United. That season he also set a record by scoring against 17 of Arsenal's 19 opponents, a record for a 20 team Premier League season; scoring against every team but Sunderland and Manchester United. Wright's cousin is actor Patrick Robinson, best known for playing Martin "Ash" Ashford in the long-running British medical drama series Casualty on BBC One. When compared to his own home life as a child, you understand the personal trials and tribulations going on inside the man; with the lack of a father figure and a troublesome stepfather.

As an Arsenal fan, I enjoyed the insight into the football club from a legend especially his insight on Wenger and his arrival at the club. The program was an experiment with the prison authority with an eye to expanding it to other prisons if it was successful. At the beginning of 12 August 2010 edition of Live from Studio Five, Walsh and Middlemiss announced that Wright would not be presenting the show that evening. Nearly half of young people say they do not feel confident speaking about themselves in a job interview | Barclays".During a radio interview with Absolute Radio, the day after he was axed, Wright stated: "It's just been arguments for the last couple of weeks. Since this was when he was at the height of his career it was the section I was most looking forward to reading about but it still seemed strange to begin here.