Arsenal wing-back Ainsley Maitland-Niles says playing for his local club is a huge source of pride.
The 21-year-old has made 20 appearances for Unai Emery's side, scoring his first senior goal against Liverpool before netting in the Europa League win over Rennes at Emirates Stadium.
“I grew up in east London and I went to school in Newbury Park," he told Arsenal Player. “A lot of kids in London play football and grow up loving football. It's a passion that you're either born with or you're not.
“There is a certain style to London football. I think we're very energetic and I think it's a physical game as well. In the parks, the cages, places like that, there were a lot of people sporting their team colours and also their Sunday league colours from whoever they'd played for before. They wanted people to know who they were.
“It's a very big culture in London and a lot of the youth that I know and get to speak to are trying to take the same path as me, to start from young and carrying on. Football in London will never die and that's a great thing."