We All Live In A Perry Groves World

Perry Groves spent over a decade in the football spotlight - sometimes at the top, often at the bottom, but always as a firm favourite with the fans. As legendary Arsenal manager George Graham's first signing, Perry - complete with Tintin haircut and a cheeky grin - became an unmistakeable figure in one of the Gunner's greatest sides; the fans still chnat his name to this day. Now, the cult hero has decided to tell all about his roller-coaster years of booze binges, girl chasing and the on-and off-field secrets of a host of big matches - including Arsenal's famous last-gasp title victory at Liverpool. Whether it's playing top-flight games with a hangover, 125mph motorway chases with international stars, visits to a brothel with England World Cup ace, drunken escapades with his team-mates or chance encounters with the likes of Paul Gascoigne, Brian Clough and George Best, Perry has seen and done it all - and lived to tell the tale! This is the uproarious and candid story by one of the funniest men ever to hot the big time.

Perry Groves was born in Bow, East London in 1965 and made his first team debut for Colchester at 16. He signed for Arsenal in 1986 and spent 6 years at Highbury. His career was ended by injury at Southampton when he was just 28. He now works as a sports development manager. John McShane worked as a reporter in Fleet Street covering the Middle East conflict, the troubles in Northern Ireland and civil war in Africa, before becoming asscoiate editor at the Daily Mail and the Sunday Mirror. He is married with three children and has homes in London and Spain.