Do you think that you would have been burnt as a witch in the Middle Ages? But not as unlucky as Ray Parlour was at the beginning. Fack me, no. Ernie shavers boxing workout routine. Football: Me, Eileen and How My Faith in Football Has Been Restored When Arsenal took Igors Stepanovs on trial, Parlour was one of several players stood watching on the sidelines and took to shouting over the top praise of the new boy in order to wind up Martin Keown. Can you name the 100 most valuable players in the world? Since retiring has cut himself a nice little earner as a good vibes pundit-raconteur, mostly on talkSPORT and the Sky sofas, telling tales that end with and before you know it Ive had ten pints of Guinness. Actual views on current football matters are less interesting. Next thing its on the back of the papers and Glenn Hoddle at the time took it (to be) a little bit offensive. Sign up. "Although Eduardo's injury was a terrible setback, Robin van Persie is back in the picture now - and he could be Wenger's trump card on the run-in. Thats why hes being so nice! The talk coming out of the camp is that people are bubbly and having fun, he says. He created Nicolas Anelkas goal in the FA Cup final and that year he even succeeded Dennis Bergkamp as the Arsenal Supporters Club Player of the Season. But he knows the work I do is very important, and it is very important that people receive help. Id love to ride a few winners like Frankie Dettori.Who do you want to be your fantasy uncle? It turned out that a friend had prayed for me. "I was lucky enough to play in some terrific Arsenal teams, but this current squad is something else. Glenn Hoddle made me go see his faith healer and I was a little bit jokey. Instagram.com/realromfordpele enquiries rp.razor15@yahoo.com Its only Ray Parlour - @wertyzoo Gooner The Ray Parlour - @TheRayParlour Out Of Context Ray Parlour - @outocxtparlour @realromfordpele Paddy Kisekka 14 - @ray_parlour He never picked me any more. Hoddle insisted that Parlour see his faith healer, Eileen Drewery. Unfortunately for Parlour, Keegans reign was short-lived. Lets give him a chance and see what happens.Whats your favourite board game?Im a Monopoly man. Parlour, however, was determined to remain part of the plans. * A poll on Monday and yesterday by the Guardian's football website, Football Unlimited, found 73 per cent of the 1,622 soccer supporters who voted believed it was right that Hoddle should have resigned or be sacked from his job as England coach after his comments about reincarnation and the disabled. Its just not an introspective book. "Yes, I did ask her for a short back and sides," he says. What do you mean youd like to dig her trench, Chunky? He went to see Drewery on Hoddle's suggestion, but when she stretched out her healing hands, he asked for a short back and sides. A big miss might be said to be his legendary divorce, the details of which are too byzantine to go into here, but needless to say, it ended up in the Guinness Book of Records and has been added to Rays armoury of banterous stories with which to regale any audience who is paying. Healers do have a sense of humour, you know. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Eileen drewry ray parlour wife. In the age of the rising inflective, the ridiculous wholesale takeover of starting every sentence with so and the general blanding out of all our regional differences, as everyone ends up talking like someone from Australia, the San Fernando Valley or Jamaica, Rays voice needs celebrating. As The Guardian reports, Hoddle first met Drewery when he went to her with a hamstring injury while still playing. With British football suspended, The Athletic has picked up the season from 1998-99, where Ray Parlour has been picked by England. He captained Arsenal in their 5-1 victory over Inter Milan at the San Siro in November 2003 and on returning to the dressing room, promptly told Wenger he expected to retain the armband even once Patrick Vieira was available again. Often comes across as opposite to Alan Brazil. Do you think that faith healing should be recognised as a proper medical practice? Parlour was instrumental in Arsenals double success of 1997-98. New Tottenham signing Tim Sherwood was called up, and Blackburns Chris Sutton was also handed a reprieve, having been exiled by Glenn Hoddle after refusing to be part of the England B squad to face Chile 13 months prior. A year after she met Hoddle, he broke down with a hamstring injury. Parlour, who decorated the Gunners' 2002 Cup Final triumph over Chelsea in Cardiff with a missile arrowed into the top corner, was among the lonely few who tipped Wenger's side to win the title after they offloaded Thierry Henry last summer. Itd be a right laugh. It was a wonderful experience. In two interviews this week she made clear whatever the rest of the world thinks of him, she will stand by Hoddle in this world and the next. RAY PARLOUR recalls the incident with a wry smile, even if it did cost him a place in the World Cup finals. The nationwide unease at Glenn Hoddle's association with Eileen Drewery was growing apace in the months before France 98. He really is a lesson in how to turn lemons into lemonade, or in Romford perhaps, fizzy water into Prosecco. The president of the National Federation of Spiritual Healers is a GP. The whole short back and sides thing with Eileen Drewery under Glenn Hoddles England tenure, which got him dropped by the England manager, only makes the boys purr more. Ray Parlour reminisces about his first meeting with Glenn Hoddle's faith healer Eileen Drewery. Parlour, like the rest of Arsenals English contingent, was inspired by the Dutchmans dedication in training. Library. He rang her, and she told him she had been working on it from a distance.