Martin Keown was wearing his brand new black leather jacket to the training ground. That was his first mistake.
His second was leaving it alone in the dressing room with Dennis Bergkamp and Ian Wright, Arsenal’s resident pranksters. Usually, whoever was deemed the worst-dressed player by the duo would be punished by returning to find his clothes hanging from the ceiling.
‘I used to have to get Sean O'Connor, the ground manager and a good guy, out with his ladder to get my gear back,’ says Keown.
But Bergkamp had another idea this time.