Stephen Bradley and Stephen O'Donnell were schooled at the university of football and their teams are now benefitting
But Henry, newly arrived at Highbury a year after winning the World Cup, was a dedicated follower of fashion.
“I always say they kicked me into understanding what Arsenal Football Club was. It’s a heavy shirt. Once you know your shoulders are OK to wear it then you can go on to do some amazing stuff.” Arsenal treated him well. And then one day, when he was 19, he was due to make his debut against Rotherham in the Worthington Cup. Instead Arsene Wenger pulled him aside.
Banfield - later first-team coach under Wenger, briefly No2 with the Irish U21s and now assistant manager at Rangers - was their tutor. “To have played a small part in their development as a player and as a man, it’s something you couldn’t put a price on,” Banfield says.“They had a bit of spirit, a bit of character, they weren’t cardboard cut-outs that you were dealing with. They had personality and that’s one thing you need if you are going to be successful in this game of ours.
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