Footballer

Ian Wright will always be remembered for his astonishing goalscoring feats for Crystal Palace and Arsenal. Born On the 3rd of November 1963, in Woolwich, London of Jamaican parentage. He excelled in Sports but it was not until he reached his early twenties that he was able to make his mark as a professional footballer.

Crystal Palace was his first club where he had two successful years and
helped guide them to an FA cup final appearance. His goalscoring exploits
with Crystal Palace caught the attention of Arsenal and this enhanced his
goalscoring reputation.
In his first season he scored 24 league goals, establishing himself as a
fan's favourite. Ian would later beat Cliff Bastin all time record of 178
league goals for Arsenal. Since Arsenal lan has had short spells at Celtic,
Burnley and he also made 31 appearances for England.

Ian Wright is now an established television presenter and a spokesperson for
charitable causes.



FA Cup runner-up (with Crystal Palace) 1990
(Ian had been out with an injury for some time. Came on as sub & scored twice. )
Zenith Data Systems Cup Winner (with Crystal Palace) 1991
(Scored twice in 4-1 win over Everton)
First Division top goal-scorer 1991/92
( Ian needed a hat-trick in the last game (against Soton again, poor sods, but at Highbury this time) to beat Gary Lineker by a single goal. He did it, scoring the last two goals in the dying seconds of the game!)
Premier League overall top goalscorer (including domestic Cup competitions) 1992/93
FA Cup winner 1993
Coca-Cola (league) Cup winner 1993
European Cup-Winners Cup winner 1994
European Cup-Winners Cup runner-up 1995
Wright has scored on every conceivable debut game for Arsenal, bar one:

League A - Southampton
League H - Chelsea
league Cup A - Leicester
League Cup H - Leicester
FA Cup A - Yeovil
FA Cup H - Nottm Forest
Charity Shield - Man Utd
European CWC A - Odense BK
European CWC H - had to wait till his second home game in this competition!
UEFA Cup H - Borussia Moenchengladbach
UEFA Cup A - Borussia Moenchengladbach
1994/95 season - scored in 10 successive appearances beating David Jack's 63-yr old club record. (see it on that season's fixture list)

On Saturday 13th September 1997 Wright scored a hat-trick against Bolton at Highbury, the first goal of which put Wright equal with Cliff Bastin at the top of the all-time Arsenal goal-scorers list on 178. Ian is Arsenal's leading goal-scorer of all time.

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