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Arsenal defender Chambers: School wanted me to QUIT football

Arsenal defender Calum Chambers admits he had pressure from his school to give football away! Chambers went to Churcher's College in Petersfield, Hampshire, an independent school.

"My school specialised in rugby and hockey," he told the Mail on Sunday.

"They didn't do football, so I played rugby for a bit, hockey for a bit and I enjoyed them. I'd play football on a Saturday. It almost got to the point where the school wanted me to stop playing football on a Saturday to concentrate on school sports. We had to argue the case. We had to say that I had to concentrate on football. It was fine eventually."

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