Today's matchday programme is dedicated to the memory of David Rocastle.
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Twenty years after his devastating death, aged just 33, we have collaborated with the Rocastle family who have guest edited this very special issue of our matchday publication.
There are a series of moving tributes to Rocky throughout the issue, including from his former team-mates and friends Alan Smith, Paul Davis, Tony Adams, Michael Thomas and Ian Wright as well as warm words about a very special No 7 in both Mikel Arteta and Pierre Emerick Aubameyang's notes.
Speaking of No 7, there are also profiles of six of our 'magnificent sevens', from Geordie Armstrong right up to the present incumbent, Bukayo Saka. Our analyst Adrian Clarke discusses what made Rocky such a devastating footballer and the Academy section recalls when Rocky was a teenage sensation – something that our interviewee, Kido Taylor-Hart, is very keen to emulate.
Lastly, there's an in depth look at the legacy project that the club have launched in David's name and we catch up with the seven youngsters associated with the community department who will be helped by this fantastic new programme.
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