ON THE EDGE

An Arsenal hero invincible defender and now distinguished pundit he is an icon of British football His story His words The inspiring official and first memoir from the football legend and his parting reflections on life leadership and love As hard hitting as his tackles Daily Mail Explosive Mail on Sunday Full of brilliant stories Gary Lineker Over three revolutionary decades Martin Keown played football at the highest level He witnessed the birth of the Premier League the arrival of the millionaire player and was a key player in one of the best sides of all time Wenger s Arsenal So why has he always felt like a man battling on the edge In this autobiography Keown recounts how a son of working class Irish parents raised in a hostile England during the unrest of the 1970s rose to be an automatic and enduring pick for club and country the outsider who stayed the distance while so many insiders fell away Over his career Keown played alongside some of the world s finest footballers including Thierry Henry Dennis Bergkamp Tony Adams David Beckham and under inspirational managers Arsène Wenger Kevin Keegan Sven Göran Eriksson Howard Kendall He was the backbone for many years of the invincible Arsenal team that went on to win the 2003