Theo Walcott autobiography extract

A lot of the Arsenal lads at the time - Sol Campbell, Eduardo, Gaël Clichy and Andrey Arshavin - came along and so did Matt Lucas and some of my old friends from Southampton, such as Gareth Bale and Jake Thomson. It was a great night. I don't often let myself go but I did that night. We had just beaten Hull, we didn't have another match until the following Saturday, and, well, you're only 21 once. So, for once, I had a few drinks. Mel had got the soul singer Beverley Knight along to sing and I disgraced myself by missing her singing Happy Birthday to me. I guess that's what happens when you have a few drinks. She was singing but I was in the toilets at the club giving an impromptu speech to my Arsenal team-mates. I was making fun of Andrey because he reminds me of one of the meerkats in those television ads but mostly I was talking about them one by one and saying that no one could wish for a better set of team-mates. The next day, everyone said I was a very happy and good-natured drunk. That was good to know, though I'm not sure Beverley Knight was too impressed.

mikey wrote:
A lot of the Arsenal lads at the time - Sol Campbell, Eduardo, Gaël Clichy and Andrey Arshavin - came along and so did Matt Lucas and some of my old friends from Southampton, such as Gareth Bale and Jake Thomson. It was a great night. I don't often let myself go but I did that night. We had just beaten Hull, we didn't have another match until the following Saturday, and, well, you're only 21 once. So, for once, I had a few drinks. Mel had got the soul singer Beverley Knight along to sing and I disgraced myself by missing her singing Happy Birthday to me. I guess that's what happens when you have a few drinks. She was singing but I was in the toilets at the club giving an impromptu speech to my Arsenal team-mates. I was making fun of Andrey because he reminds me of one of the meerkats in those television ads but mostly I was talking about them one by one and saying that no one could wish for a better set of team-mates. The next day, everyone said I was a very happy and good-natured drunk. That was good to know, though I'm not sure Beverley Knight was too impressed.

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