3: David Bentley Said No to Arsenal's Patrick Vieira. He Was 16.

Marc White Fixes Football · Oct 29, 2026 · 1h 6m

Patrick Vieira told a 16-year-old David Bentley to get out of his seat. Bentley said no - and Vieira went and sat somewhere else.

That's one story from David Bentley's episode on Marc White Fixes Football.

Wormley Youth, Hertfordshire. Family from Rochdale, a dad who'd played a bit and who refused to let him join a club early - "you ain't going to a club, they're ruining you." Then a Saturday game at twelve where he whipped his shirt off and threw it at his own manager in front of scouts from Tottenham and West Ham, and his dad decided it was time. Arsenal from thirteen. Scholarship at…