Ray Parlour Had The Looks Of A Greek God!

Recently Arsenal went to Liverpool and won 2-0. Twenty years ago the same thing happened, with that match marking the third appearance of the young Romford Pele himself, Ray Parlour. Ray’s debut the previous season had also been against Liverpool at Anfield, where he gave away a penalty and Arsenal lost. But for this match at the end of August the story played out differently. Ray’s selection was described as gamble, but a gamble that paid off. He set up both Arsenal’s goals and was described in this match report as ‘The blonde teenager with the looks of a Greek god’!The match was played on a Sunday afternoon and shown live on British TV, allowing those of us with a video recorder to slap a VHS in and tape it to watch it again, as Ray himself is seen doing on his 21-inc...