Former Arsenal goalkeeper Lee Harper has appealed for the return of the jersey he wore for his only Gunners appearance after it was stolen by burglars, saying: “It was my pride and joy.”
Harper kept a clean sheet in a 2-0 win against Southampton in March 1997 as FOURTH choice when David Seaman was injured, Vince Bartram was out on loan and John Lukic – who had answered Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger's SOS for an encore at Highbury – suffered a badly bruised toe.
“I may not have played in the Premier League as often as I would have liked,” Harper told Mirror Sport. “But that orange shirt with 'Harper 26' on the back means the world to me.
