John Barnes
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So I came to England at 13, sorry, 12.
I am now going to be here for four years.
So we lived in London.
17, I'm now offered a football scholarship to Howard University.
So I'm going to go to Howard.
And three months before, my dad had already gone back.
I'm now playing for Sudbury Court, not far from Kensal Rise in Wembley.
And a taxi driver was driving by.
And he said, I'll just watch this game.
He played for Sudbury Court, men's team.
I'm now 17.
And he knew a scout at Watford.
So he said to the scout, come and watch me play.
I didn't know that.
I'm just playing.
And then my dad got a phone call from Bertie Mee.
I don't know if you remember Bertie Mee.
He was at Watford at the time to say, would John like... We know he's going to go back to...
Well, he's going to America to go to Howard.
But the four months before he goes, he doesn't want to come and train with Watford on the 16th, on the 17th.