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ArseWEB - number 8 Ian Wright 
Arsenal's leading goal-scorer of all time
(Striker)
- born: Woolwich, 3rd November 1963
- other clubs: Crystal Palace
- joined Arsenal: from Palace in Sept 1991 for £2.5million
- Arsenal debut: v Leicester (a), Rumbelows Cup, Sept 1991 (1-1, Wright scored Arsenal's goal)
( Ian also scored a hattrick in first league game, against Soton at the Dell (4-0 overall) ) - England International.
- David French has an Ian Wright Web Page
- 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.
"He (Ferguson) lost it completely in one TV interview and started having a go at Arsene Wenger, telling him to concentrate on talking to Ian Wright about his challenges. But I tell you what: when has he ever seen Ian Wright jump into the crowd and kick somebody? And believe me, I've had much more reason to do that than Eric Cantona. There's absolutely no way Cantona gets more stick than me. But that's typical United - they reckon the world is against them. Ian Wright, 1997"
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