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Castaway
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Professional footballer and pundit, a late starter who became Arsenal's second highest scorer and a world-class striker, earning 33 England caps.
On the island
Eight records
The keepsakes
In conversation
Presenter asks
2:28What were your personal best moments at Arsenal?
I think the first league game I played at Southampton and it was with my dear friend David Rowcastle. We grew up on the same estate. I've known David since he was five and I was like nine. ... It's the best it's the best football match I've ever played in.
Presenter asks
9:03What did it mean to you to be called up to the England squad and earn 33 caps?
The world to play for England is really it's really strange when I think back at it. You know, I'm playing for England with an England side that's not long come back from Italian ninety World Cup with Gazza and Lineker and Waddle and Barnes and all those great players that I watched in that tournament and now I'm amongst them. I remember like almost floating on air when I went into the first camp and they were all there and they were all doing normal things like swearing and eating sandwiches.
Presenter asks
10:12Are things better or worse than they were in your playing days regarding racism in football?
Well what we're seeing now with the emergence of social media, you can see it happening. We've seen it recently, we've seen it with Raheem Sterling, but like I don't think that it's something that's ever gone away, and something so complex as well. ... Then you need the proper kind of discipline and the proper kind of punishment so people understand. You know, it's not acceptable.
The book
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Mark Haddon
I'd probably go with The Curious Incident of The Dog in the Nighttime. I really love reading that book. It was such a good book.
The luxury
Presenter asks
12:59How would you describe yourself as a little boy?
It was, it was, I don't know, I didn't, apart from my brother Maurice, I just clung on to him, it wasn't a loving place to be. I didn't feel like people cared enough apart from my brother Maurice, because when we were younger, my stepfather, who was a very big, growly-voiced, gambling, weed-smoking, angry man who frightened me. I was afraid of him. ... So when I played football at that age, as soon as it got to a point where I couldn't deal with it, I'd lash out. And so that's how I felt when I was younger. Very angry and confused, little guy.
Presenter asks
35:19How did you start to tackle your temper and behaviour?
I needed therapy, you know, because I got to a stage in my life where. ... You're in a position where you're not hearing the word no too frequently because you're doing so well, and that's dangerous. ... to the point where y you're obnoxious. I knew I was not in a good place. ... And I then burst into tears,'cause you know I can. And then I just poured out. And the therapy was the best thing that ever happened to me because what I realized is that a lot of it stemmed from my youth, when I was a child. ... I just didn't like myself.
“It's the best it's the best football match I've ever played in.”
“my brother used to cover my ears so you couldn't hear it”
“I know he loved me. ... He gave me a sense of feeling like I I had some use.”
“I cried from the first day to the last day.”
“I just didn't like myself.”
“Endlessly for Nance. 'Cause that's how much I love her.”