That's literally the most English thing I've ever seen. The humanity is off the scale. So wonderful that Ian Wright found someone who believed in him at such a young age.
Every time i watch this i can't stop crying. One of the best ever videos uploaded to any platform. A story of true Respect, Faith, Love,Passion and hard work that time can't change.
This always gets me. Wrighty immediately took his hat off out of respect for Captain Pigden, who was beaming with pride at how well Ian had done. The world is a better place because of men like Sid Pigden.
I don't know both of these men but once in a while I watch this video again and every single time my eyes start tearing up. I love the bond between these two men and Ian looked like he reverted to being a kid again, the way he held his teachers hand and even hugged him. You can tell that they had something special.
This is the closest thing I will EVER SEE in my life of a man being turned back into the boy.... his face transformed, he looked 30 years younger in seconds!!!
Nice to see one of yesterday's footballers remembering who got them into the game and the respect that he showed to this man Sadly today's inept footballers compared to yesterday's footballers couldn't least their boots The current crop of England internationals wait till there euros when they let us down yet again by generations having the past