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THE GENIUS IN THE BAGGY PANTS

DAVID DOCHERTY looks back at the career of Arsenal legend Alex James…

DAVID DOCHERTY
COMPARING footballers from different generations is a pretty pointless exercise.
None more so than at Arsenal where a website I looked at recently has Thierry Henry as Arsenal’s greatest ever player, Lee Dixon at number 21 (what!!!!), Champagne Charlie Nicholas at No.28 and Alex James at number 46.
The criteria I would adopt is what did these players do for the club? Unquestionably, Henry was a class act who did so much for club and country, although his blatant handball in a French shirt again...

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