Ian Wright was a fox outside the box, never mind inside. The majority of his goals were scored with the explosive aggression that defined his career, but he was also a specialist in the most cunning type of finish, the chip or lob. It was those goals which provided the most memorable demonstrations of one of Wright’s greatest qualities: his imagination. When he scored with a looping snapshot from 20 yards against Manchester United in the 1993 Charity Shield, the Sky commentator Martin Tyler exclaimed: “Wright! Och! How does he do it? How does he do it?” The question ostensibly referred to Wright’s execution, but it carried an equally important, if less catchy, implication: how does...
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