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Paul Merson's gambling was so bad he'd leave matches at half time to watch horse races

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Arsenal ace said his excuse for being late for the team-talk was having a word with the ref - but he was secretly gambling.Merse, 53, told old boss Harry Redknapp on his podcast: “I had it sussed, we had a halfway room at Arsenal where it was the TV room.

I’d be in there.“I’d timed it all right so that when we went out for the warm-up, I’d warm up in there and watch the racing.“And I’d run straight back in at half-time, I’d run up the tunnel, because the game stopped at 3.45pm.“I’d run straight up the tunnel to get to the halfway room to get the 3.45pm race, the back end of it.“George (Graham) would be doing the team-talk, ‘Where’s that f***ing idiot’ and I’d run in and say, ‘Sorry, I was talking to the ref.’“That’s what it was like, it was.

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