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Alasdair Gold

Behind the scenes of a remarkable day as Tottenham players came together to play a special match

The affection Tottenham Hotspur players have for kitman Steve Dukes was clear as they travelled across the world to play for him in a special match on Sunday afternoon.

The popular 55-year-old has been at Spurs for 36 years and you would be hard pressed to find anyone within the club who has not shared a laugh with him or been helped by him at some point. So when the man known as 'Dukesy' called in favours from those who have pulled on the Tottenham shirts he's given them over the decades they arrived in their droves to play in a charity match at Bishop's Stortford FC's R&D Stadium in Hertfordshire.

Jermain Defoe, Robbie Keane, Ledley King, Aaron Lennon, Danny Rose, Michael Dawson were joined by international former Spurs stars such as Edgar Davids, Sandro, Heurelho Gomes, Pascal Chimbonda, Wilson Palacios, Younes Kaboul, Sebastien Bassong and Michel Vorm who jetted in for their old friend and an important cause.

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