'Take me to Arsenal and I will go out with you'
Caplan: When I was young, my friends and I used to climb on to roofs of terraced houses to watch the game. One Saturday, I got too emotional up there and lost my footing, sliding off into a lady's back garden. I broke my arm and got a massive telling off from my dad, who had to come and get me from the hospital, but nothing will ever take away the amazing feeling I had from watching the Gunners beat Manchester United at the old ground. Now I'm a pensioner who has given my grandkids that love for Arsenal.
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