Arsenal FA Cup hero turned to plumbing profession – however needed to quash a cheeky hearsay
Imagine scoring the winner in an FA Cup ultimate however everybody is aware of you in your capacity to unblock a bathroom.
Ex-Arsenal star Andrew Linighan, who cheekily describes himself as an “average footballer, excellent plumber”, netted a last-minute winner for the Gunners within the 1993 FA Cup ultimate replay towards Sheffield Wednesday – a objective that noticed Arsenal change into the primary English crew to win the cup double (FA Cup and League Cup).
The defender had performed a lot of the recreation with a damaged nostril after being clattered by a stray elbow, however nonetheless managed to leap highest to nod dwelling a Paul Merson nook to seal the cup in dramatic trend. He retired in 2002 and arrange a plumbing enterprise, having discovered the commerce as an adolescent prior to creating it as a footballer.
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A couple of years later, phrase started to unfold that the motto “average football, excellent plumber” was written on the facet of his van. But the 61-year-old has now quashed the rumours, pointing the finger at former Arsenal team-mate Ray Parlour.
“I bumped into Ray Parlour at the last game at Highbury [in 2006],” Linighan instructed The Sun. “I think I made a joke or something about this van and sign and the next thing talkSPORT are calling to ask if it’s true.
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“Ray Parlour. Cheeky chappie. I don’t even have a van.”
Linighan performed over 150 instances for the Gunners throughout a seven-year spell, however was primarily used as back-up to Tony Adams, Steve Bould and Martin Keown in central defence. He joined the membership from Norwich in 1990 for £1.2m, having beforehand performed for Leeds and Hartlepool.
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Arsene Wenger’s arrival at Highbury in October 1996 pushed him to the peripheries of the squad, and he was offered to Crystal Palace in January 1997. He spent three years at Selhurst Park and helped the membership obtain promotion to the Premier League earlier than leaving for Oxford United in 2000. A brief stint at St Albans adopted earlier than he hung up his boots aged 39.
