Ian Wright was reunited with Adrian Clifton over the weekend. Ian Wright did a documentary ‘Football Behind Bars’ back in 2009. Where the 58 year old former Arsenal striker helped Clifton turn his life around, and 13 years later, the pair were reunited.
Clifton, who played for Boreham Wood in their FA Cup win over Bournemouth on Sunday, was in a young offenders institution when he met Wright on the Sky show. See it below;
Roy Keane was hugely impressed by the work that Ian Wright did.
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Ian Wright on his Sky documentary to help youth offenders find a future through football: "What we tried to do is make people is understand how through communication, through talking, through understanding, you can better yourself"
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Ian Wright on being a role model:"It's not like you have to give words of wisdom all of the time, it doesn't have to be Churchillian.
"You just to need to be there when they need you to call..You have to be there for those moments of weakness."
Ian Wright is an inspiration
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