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As BT screens a compelling film on the anniversary of Arsenal legend David Rocastle's death, Sportsmail remembers football's very own Rocky

When a young lad called David Rocastle started training with Arsenal’s youth team, a new member of the board was particularly excited.

David Dein joined Arsenal as vice-chairman in 1983, a year after Rocastle was scouted during a school game, and would regularly attend youth matches in the morning before watching the seniors at Highbury.

A month after first seeing Rocastle, Dein could not stop waxing lyrical about the playmaker.

Former Arsenal and England striker David Rocastle died in 2001 at the age of 33
Former Arsenal and England striker David Rocastle died in 2001 at the age of 33
The Gunners icon is immortalised in paint on the outside of the Emirates Stadium
The Gunners icon is immortalised in paint on the outside of the Emirates Stadium

He would return home and say to his wife and kids: ‘He could be a Brazilian player and he comes from Lewisham!