Highbury Legends - Ian Wright

Being on holiday in the Trossachs in Scotland has meant that news has been scarce regarding Arsenal and so a text message I received that said we had beaten Sparta Prague 2-0 missed out a vital piece of information, Thierry Henry had beaten Ian Wright's record. Though every Arsenal faan would probably agree that Henry is a better player than Wright - IWWW retains huge affection amongst us (despite his inane TV shows and sulky punditry on the BBC when England play and his son is substituted!). IWWW arrived just after our 1991 triumph and despite scoring by the bucketload it wasn't until his final season (1998) that he finally got a deserved league winner's medal.

The Arsenal team, under George Graham, in the mid 90s was a poor team but highly disciplined and effective at getting the ball to Wright. He scored all types of goals - with my personal favourite moments (in terms of scoring goals) the hat-trick I witnessed at the Dell on his league debut and his 4 goals (all from Limpar crosses) against Everton at Highbury. Of course, another reason Wrigght was a hero was his attitude - he was a player other fans hated and some players too - who can forget his "relationship" with Peter Schmiechel!