A life in football

A summary from Boris Turkin

Picture from The Oxford Mail

"On Thursday we were given opportunity to both listen and put questions to the former captain of Arsenal Football Club Martin Keown who kindly came to d'Overbroecks to share his experience as a professional football player. Mr Keown spoke about his life in general and specifically about his football career, telling us that the best football player he ever played with was Thierry Henry and the best coach he worked under was Arsene Wenger (which was not much of a surprise for the most Arsenal fans).

He also talked about his character and how he used to deal with the psychological pressure of today's professional football. It revealed many realities about this side of the Premiership, which contradicted the media stereotype of overpaid arrogant footballers.

I found this talk truly fascinating as there were many lessons for life - not just football."