A Life in Football: My Autobiography

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He started in the 2–0 victory against Cameroon at Wembley [42] and helped England reach the finals of Euro 1992 in Sweden.

Having impressed then-manager Steve Coppell, [4] he signed a professional contract for Crystal Palace in August 1985, just three months short of his 22nd birthday, the agreed fee being a set of weightlifting equipment. This may result in small marks to the dustjacket and title page, please also bear in mind that each signature will be a little different from the one we show here. Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Islands, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Finland, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon Republic, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Republic of Croatia, Republic of the Congo, Reunion, Romania, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City State, Venezuela, Virgin Islands (U. In 1996, he starred in a Nike commercial titled "Good vs Evil" in a gladiatorial game set in a Roman amphitheatre.I don’t think he did either, because a few years later when I was at the peak of my powers at Arsenal and he with Manchester City playing against us at Highbury, he had this look about him that made me think if he gets an opportunity he’s going to try and do me. After just six or seven matches at Greenwich Wright was spotted by a Crystal Palace scout after a tip-off from Dulwich Hamlet manager Billy Smith and was invited for a trial at Selhurst Park. I was really nervous taking part in training, because even though I had been picked for an England squad I was still not far away from feeling that I was not going to be good enough in any situation, and he went out of his way to be nasty.

Wright also helped Arsenal reach the 1994 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, although he was suspended for the final in which Arsenal beat Parma 1–0.

A great short insight to Arsenal and Arsénse Wenger, thinking a while this book would be concerning these two subjects. Ian Wright, MBE, is an English former professional footballer, turned television and radio personality. The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text, but this is minimal. The book is aimed at children and young people and is inspired by many issues that Wright himself dealt with while growing up as a young, black, working-class footballer in London. More than an autobiography from one of the most loved footballers of the past decade, this book is an essential bedside companion for every Arsenal fan.

Since his retirement from football, Wright appeared as a pundit on BBC Sport's International Match of the Day and has been a pundit for the 2002 and 2006 World Cups and Euro 2004. Such honesty was reflected in the ITV4 programme ‘ Nothing to Something‘ (2014) which Ian delivered directly to camera as a factual, emotional rollercoaster ride of a life and career; which again moved many and you realised there is a lot more to Wright then you initially see.

As I opened this book to learn more about you and English football, I ended up finding that my favourite chapter was "Uptown Funk". He was later signed up by ITV to present his own chat show, Friday Night's All Wright, [65] where he interviewed celebrities such as Elton John, [66] Mariah Carey and Will Smith [67] which ran for two series.

Recommended to anyone with an interest in football (soccer)in general and the Arsenal in particular. After Messenger left, Wright continued to present the show, alongside Walsh, and new presenter Jayne Middlemiss. Wright scored 185 goals from 288 appearances (279 starts) for Arsenal, and scored eleven hat-tricks for them, a total surpassed only by Jimmy Brain and Jack Lambert.And having been a Sunday footballer for much of my adult life, there is the delicious fairytale of how he moved from Sunday football to Crystal Palace and then to legend-hood with Arsenal and England. All in all, I like Ian Wright, and there's no doubting there's some good stories and insights in the book, but I found myself just willing the book to be finished, which us never exactly a glowing endorsement. After a spell of poverty during which his wife was expecting their first child, Wright spent 32 days in Chelmsford Prison for failing to pay fines for driving without tax or insurance.