Download Early Bloomer Online ' title='Download Early Bloomer Online ' />Ian Wright Wikipedia. Ian Edward Wright, MBE born 3 November 1. English former professional footballer turned television and radio personality. He is currently a studio pundit for BBC Sport and ITV Sport and previously worked as a studio pundit for BT Sport. Wright enjoyed success with London clubs Crystal Palace and Arsenal as a forward, spending six years with the former and seven years with the latter. With Arsenal he lifted the Premier League title, both major domestic trophies, and the European Cup Winners Cup. He played 5. 81 league games, scoring 3. Scotland and England, earning 3. English national team. Wright also played in the Premier League for West Ham United, the Scottish Premier League for Celtic and the Football League for Burnley and Nottingham Forest. As of 2. 01. 61. Arsenals second highest scorer of all time and Crystal Palaces third highest. After retiring from the game he has been active in the media, usually in football related TV and radio shows. His sons, Bradley and Shaun Wright Phillips, are both professional footballers. Killer Bean 2: The Party Ipod Movie more. Early lifeeditIan is the third son of Jamaican immigrants. His father, Herbert was absent from a young age, and he was brought up by his mother, Nesta. Wright came to professional football relatively late. Despite having had trials at Southend United and Brighton during his teens, he was unable to attract sufficient interest to win a professional contract offer. Reverting to playing for amateur and non league teams, he was left disillusioned about his chances of a career as a professional footballer. After a spell of poverty during which his wife was expecting their first child, Wright spent two weeks in Chelmsford Prison for failing to pay fines for driving without tax or insurance. He recalls that after being locked in the cell, he burst into tears and vowed to God to do everything in his power to make it as a footballer. Club careereditCrystal PalaceeditWright played for Bermondsey based Sunday league club Ten em Bee a club his sons Brett and Shaun also later played for9 before signing for semi professional Greenwich Borough in 1. After six or seven matches, he was spotted by a Crystal Palace scout after a tip off from Dulwich Hamlet manager Billy Smith and was invited for a trial at Selhurst Park. Having impressed then manager Steve Coppell, he signed professional terms for Crystal Palace in August 1. He quickly made his mark in his first season, scoring nine goals to finish as Palaces second highest scorer. When Mark Bright arrived on the Palace scene the following year the duo soon established a successful striking partnership and it was largely their goals which took the club to top flight via the playoffs in 1. 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However, after recovering from the injury he made a dramatic appearance as a super sub, in the 1. FA Cup Final against Manchester United. He equalised for Palace a few minutes after coming onto the field forcing extra time, then putting them ahead in extra time. The eventual score was 33, but Palace lost the replay 10. The next season, he gained full international honours, and reached a hundred goals for Crystal Palace. He scored twice as Palace beat Everton to win the Zenith Data Systems Cup at Wembley. Wright became renowned for his deadly striking ability, as shown when he scored a hat trick in just eighteen minutes in Palaces penultimate game of the 1. Wimbledon. 1. 3Wright scored 1. The Eagles in all competitions, making him the clubs record post war goalscorer1. In 2. 00. 5, he was voted into their Centenary XI and was named as their Player of The Century. ArsenaleditWright signed for Arsenal in September 1. He scored on his debut against Leicester City in a League Cup tie, produced a hat trick on his league debut against Southampton, and in the final match of the season, scored another hat trick, also against Southampton,citation needed to take his total to 3. The third goal of that hat trick was the last goal scored in the old First Division before the Premier League broke away in 1. Wrights 2. 9 league goals 2. Arsenal, 5 for Palace were enough to make him the leagues top scorer. As of 2. 01. 61. Wright and Teddy Sheringham have led the top flight scoring charts having scored for two different clubs during the season in question. Wright went on to be the clubs top scorer for six seasons in a row. He played a major part in the clubs success during the 1. FA Cup and League Cup double in 1. FA Cup Final itself and the replay against Sheffield Wednesday. Wright also helped Arsenal reach the 1. European Cup Winners Cup Final, although he was suspended for the final in which Arsenal beat Parma 10. Wright scored in every round but the final of Arsenals 1. Cup Winners Cup runners up campaign, and scored freely in the Premier League,1. Arsenal following the dismissal of manager George Graham over illegal payments, and under caretaker Stewart Houston they could only manage a 1. The arrival of Bruce Rioch heralded a bleaker time the two did not get on and eventually Wright handed in a transfer request which he later retracted. The arrival of Dennis Bergkamp brought a brief but fruitful striking partnership in their first season together they helped Arsenal finish fifth in the league and qualify for the UEFA Cup. They also reached the League Cup semi finals, in which they lost on away goals to eventual winners Aston Villa. By the time Arsne Wenger arrived at Arsenal in September 1. Wright was nearly 3. Despite his age, he continued to score regularly, and was the second highest Premier League scorercitation needed in the 1. On 1. 3 September 1. Cliff Bastins club record of 1. Arsenals all time top scorer with a hat trick against Bolton Wanderers. Wrights final goal at Highbury, on 4 October against Barnsley,2. Crystal Palace and Arsenal. He scored his final goal for the club on 6 January 1. League Cup quarter final victory against West Ham United at the Boleyn Ground. A hamstring injury ruled him out for much of the remainder of the season. In his absence, Arsenal were eliminated in the semi final by Chelsea,2. He was an unused substitute as Arsenal won the 1. FA Cup Final, and lifted his first Premier League title as the Gunners completed a league and cup double. Wright scored 1. 85 goals from 2. Arsenal. 2. 5 As of the 2. Arsenals second highest goalscorer of all time, behind Thierry Henry who broke his record in 2. Wright placed fourth in a 2. Gunners Greatest Players. Later careereditIn July 1. Wright moved to West Ham United for 5. He spent fifteen months as a West Ham player, scoring the winner on his debut against Sheffield Wednesday,2. Arsenal. During his spell there he made headlines when he vandalised the referees dressing room at Upton Park after being sent off during a match against Leeds United. He had subsequent short spells at Nottingham Forest,Celtic, and Burnley whom he helped to promotion to Division One2. Whilst at Celtic, Wright became involved in a campaign by some fans calling for the removal of manager, John Barnes. Celtics performances had been poor. Wright, Barnes and Regi Blinker were considered by some to be not sufficiently talented to improve the club. Wright and Blinker were consequently abused by some Celtic fans. Wright said of the incidents, I felt I was caught up in a war crisis in Kosovo not involved in a football result that wrecked John Barnes career as Celtic manager. Some so called fans, a few morons who know nothing better, covered my car in spit, they were shouting obscenities at myself and Regi Blinker. Wright scored on his debut for Celtic as he had for Nottingham Forest. He finished his club career with 3.