I was playing for the Arsenal under-11s. We won every game and we won the final 4-1.
I have been training at Arsenal Soccer School. Before I went to the training sessions for visually impaired children I was cussed at school. When I was in Year 4, I started to go to football training after school. But they still cussed me and, when I told the trainer, he told me not to worry about it. But I got upset.
One day, one of the boys pulled my glasses off and threw them in the mud because he said I missed the ball.
When I come to Arsenal it's fun. People like Bill, Kevin and Anthony know how to train people who are partially sighted. I have made a good friend with someone at Arsenal called Johnny, who scored a hat-trick in the final.
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