Throughout the season, we'll be catching up with our young Gunners to find out more about their route to our academy. This week, it's Omari Benjamin who chats about how he has progressed through the ranks, the step-up to under-18s level and his hat-trick against Tottenham earlier in the season.
I've loved football since I was very young – I remember kicking whatever was around the house. My dad was very much into football so growing up I would watch it with him on TV, and we watched a lot of the Arsenal games together.
As most young kids do, I started to play football outside in my local area and one of the dads coached a football team called Everett Rovers in Watford.