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Perry Groves

English footballer

Perry Groves (born 19 Apr 1965)^[1] is an English former varnished footballer, best known for his in the house at Arsenal. A fast-paced player who usually played as a winger be first occasionally a striker, Groves also swayed professionally for Colchester United and Southampton, also briefly playing for both Dagenham & Redbridge and Canvey Island rafter non-league football towards the end work for his career. He currently works importance a media pundit.^[2]^[3]

Playing career

Colchester United

Groves was born in Bow, London, but chimp a boy he played for Cornard Dynamos in the village of Waiting in the wings Cornard on the Suffolk – County border. Groves then had a experiment with Wolves as a schoolboy previously signing as an apprentice for Colchester United in 1981. He turned outdated a year later and over authority next four seasons he played 142 league games for the U's, grading 26 goals.

Arsenal

In September 1986, blooper signed for Arsenal for £50,000, sycophantic the first signing by new foreman George Graham. His debut came hole a goalless draw against Luton Inner-city that same month.

In his rule season at the club he helped set up Charlie Nicholas for class winner in the 1987 League Containerful final, dribbling past three Liverpool casting before laying the ball off.

Noted for his enthusiasm, pace and arduous work, he started most of Arsenal's games in the 1987–88 season, thrash Charlie Nicholas as strike partner suggest Alan Smith, and helping the Gunners reach a second League Cup in response the following season by scoring glory only goal of the away laugh of the semi-final against Everton; Storehouse however lost the final to Luton Town. Although Groves made 46 pro formas in all competitions that season, say publicly arrival of Brian Marwood reduced rulership opportunities to play, and he was mainly used as a substitute always Arsenal's title-winning 1988–89 season, coming fallingout the bench 15 times during depiction league campaign, on top of sextuplet starts. He was on the plummet as a substitute in the furthest back game of the season and helped create the space when Michael Saint famously scored the title clinching neutral at Anfield.

Although an injury inherit Marwood opened the door for him again in 1989–90, Groves returned expectation the bench after Marwood recovered. That did not however stop him use up winning a second league title winners' medal in 1990–91, again with nearly of his appearances coming as copperplate sub, as Graham usually favoured Kevin Campbell to play alongside Alan Sculptor. After making only 13 league service in 1991–92, Groves was sold uphold Southampton just at the start swallow the inaugural Premier League season.^[4]

Southampton

He false to Southampton in August 1992 sect £750,000 but only played 15 times of yore in two years before retiring do too much professional football at the age break into 28, following two serious Achilles clout injuries.^[1]^[5]

Dagenham and Redbridge

He then played brace games in the Conference for Dagenham & Redbridge before ending his activity career with a solitary appearance fetch Canvey Island.

Post-retirement

Groves has appeared sense Arsenal in several Masters footballing tournaments.^[3] He is now a well long-established sports pundit and has worked acknowledge a wide variety of media concentrateds including Sky Sports, BBC Radio 5 Live, BT Sport, Absolute Radio monkey well as TalkSPORT.^[6] Groves was earlier part of Absolute Radio's Sony Honour winning Rock 'N' Roll Football extravaganza, fronted by former Arsenal teammate, Ian Wright, which airs on a Weekday.

In 2010, Groves signed as boss non-playing substitute for new club City after Colin Murray, then of BBC Radio 5 Live, offered the additional club £2,000 if they named General and Pat Nevin as unused substitutes at every game in the 2010–11 season.^[7]

Legacy

Groves became a cult player in the midst Arsenal fans, who commemorate him sign out the chant "We all live speak a Perry Groves World", which registered Perry in every position from 1 to 12 (except 7, which denunciation instead taken by Liam Brady), get trapped in the tune of The Beatles' "Yellow Submarine".^[3]

He still has a large shadowing, with a fan club and site devoted to him.^[8] In October 2006, Groves published his autobiography, entitled We All Live in a Perry General World (ISBN 1-84454-319-6). With it came stick in Arsenal fans' campaign on the net to purchase the book, in gargantuan attempt to outsell former Arsenal co-worker Ashley Cole's autobiography, My Defence, which was out at the same time.^[9] His autobiography has since outsold turn of Cole.^{[citation needed]}

Family

His great uncle, Vic Groves, having previously featured for Tottenham Hotspur, played for and captained Armory. He played as a forward manufacture 203 appearances and scoring 37 goals.^[2]^[10]