This week, Arsene Wenger was inducted into the Legends of Football Hall of Fame, picking up the 2019 award at the JW Marriott Grosvenor House luxury hotel in London.



A host of familiar football faces were there to honour the former Arsenal manager, and The Athletic were among them to hear their stories of working alongside the great man.



Bob Wilson, Arsenal goalkeeping coach 1974-2003



I remember the day that he first walked into the Arsenal training ground as if it was yesterday.



He’d been at Highbury the day before. He hadn’t had a very good reception from the press that day, and I wouldn’t have been surprised if he’d gone home because of some of the things that were said.



Arsene arrived at the training ground — it was a training ground that we rented from University College London. With respect it was good quality for a university but not for a Premier League club. Arsene was introduced to me — I was the...