Paul Merson

Footballer Paul Merson sets out to understand his 35 year addiction to gambling.

89 tells the incredible story of one of football’s greatest triumphs: when against all odds Arsenal snatched the Championship title from Liverpool at Anfield in the last minute of the last game of the 1988/89 season. It’s a universal tale of a band of brothers who, led by a charismatic and deeply respected manager, came together to defy the odds and create history.

A look at the footballer at the end of the nineties

A look at the personal life of the Arsenal and England player