The latest instalment in our month-long series of the best football videos on YouTube sees an emotional exchange between Arsenal legend Ian Wright and an inspirational former school teacher. Wright, who scored 185 goals in 288 games for the Gunners, is seen in the video at the club’s old ground, Highbury. We’re introduced to Syd Pigden, who taught a young Wright at Turnham Primary School in south east London, and was also one of the first people to nurture his football talent. Then, to the former striker’s visible amazement, the pair meet each other for the first time in just under a quarter of a century. After initially being lost for words, Wright utters: “Mr Pigden… you’re alive.” They...
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