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The Guardian - UK
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Nigel Dean

Letter: Martin Chivers obituary

Martin Chivers
Martin Chivers in 1968.
Martin Chivers in 1968. Photograph: Evening Standard/Getty Images

In the late 1960s the footballer Martin Chivers lived near me in Epping, south-west Essex.

At the age of 13 I was a Spurs fan, and amazingly still am. One day my best friend and I walked round to Martin’s house, knocked on the front door and had the cheek to ask if he might give us a lift to the club’s White Hart Lane ground the following Saturday. The big man said: “Yes”, and did indeed kindly drive us to the match in his Ford Granada. What a gentleman.

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