He’s a punter, a poker player and one of the lads. He loves a scoop, a prank and going to the dogs. He’s an Essex boy, a racehorse owner and one of the best-known old-school English players in the Premiership today.

He’s got the patter of the very best rails bookie. He won the league title with Arsenal three times, the FA Cup three times (where he scored one of the most blistering goals the competition’s final has ever seen) and wore the white of England ten times. You might say the Romford Pele, Ray ‘Raymondo’ Parlour, was a bit of an Edger’s fave.