Former England and Arsenal footballer Ian Wright has revealed in a documentary Ian Wright: Nothing To Something for Britain&rsquo;s ITV4 that he had a troubled and traumatic childhood.
<img title="Ian Wright" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2014/mar/Ian-Wright1203.jpg" alt="" /> Ian Wright
The 50 year-old former ex-Gunners and Crystal Palace player, who also excelled for and England recalled: &ldquo;Dad left when I was about 18 months and I saw him in like 10-year spells. And my step dad came in, I must have been about five-six and he wasn&rsquo;t a nice fella. He didn&rsquo;t like me at all. I loved my football and loved watching Match of The Day but I remember lying in our room, facing the wall, crying, wanting to watch it, and my step dad &mdash; a rough-voiced, rough talking guy, real bully, very strong man making me turn away and not watch it.
&ldquo;I remember when I finally got to do Match of The Day, I said to Des Lynam, &lsquo;This is my Graceland.&rsquo; You know like people go to Graceland to pay homage to Elvis,&rdquo; said Wright a renowned football pundit now.
Seven-hour wait His father was no angel either, as Wright explained: &ldquo;Once he asked me to wait by a pillar in front of an estate in London as he was to take me to buy a pair of jeans for a school trip the next day. &lsquo;Be on the pillar at 9am,&rsquo; he said but as excited as I was, I got there at half-past eight just to be on the safe side. I hadn&rsquo;t seen my dad in six years but even then he came only at 4pm to pick me up.&rdquo;
His father recently passed away and Wright, who attended his funeral said: &ldquo;It was like going to a stranger's funeral. People were saying I should be up there speaking about him, but I didn't f****** know this guy at all,&rdquo; said Wright, who blamed his poor childhood for anger and even prison that followed until he turned 19 and took to football.
&ldquo;Even with counselling it&rsquo;s very hard to try and shake it all off,&rdquo; said Wright who felt his decision to adopt a two-year-old Shaun Wright-Phillips when he was just 19 came from the troubles he&rsquo;d been through himself. Wright became Arsenal&rsquo;s all-time record goalscorer, notching 185 goals. The record has only been overtake by one man till date &mdash; Thierry Henry.

Former England and Arsenal footballer Ian Wright has revealed in a documentary Ian Wright: Nothing To Something for Britain&rsquo;s ITV4 that he had a troubled and traumatic childhood

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Former England and Arsenal footballer Ian Wright has revealed in a documentary Ian Wright: Nothing To Something for Britain&rsquo;s ITV4 that he had a troubled and traumatic childhood

Flashback: When Arsenal player Ian Wright was wronged...

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