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'I never got to say goodbye': On the anniversary of David Rocastle's tragic death aged 33, Martin Keown pays tribute to his ex-Arsenal team-mate with a gift for bamboozling defenders

I was 15 when I first met David Rocastle. He joined Arsenal in 1982, a year after I'd joined, with both of us brought to the club by scout Terry Murphy.

I'm immensely proud to have played with David, and indeed with all of those members of what I like to call Arsenal's 'Class of '82'.

As you'll see in the picture below, there was Tony Adams, Michael Thomas, Gus Caesar, Martin Hayes, myself and of course Rocky. Two players don't feature in this line up for different reasons but were very much part of the group were Paul Merson and Niall Quinn.