Roy Keane moved by Ian Wright’s ‘powerful’ interview with Boreham Wood’s Adrian Clifton

Roy Keane proved that his heart isn’t made of stone after watching Ian Wright’s ‘powerful’ interview with Boreham Wood forward Adrian Clifton.

Clifton, 33, spent time in prison as a youngster after failing to make the grade at Arsenal, Norwich City and West Ham.

During his last prison sentence, in 2009, Clifton appeared on ‘Football Behind Bars’ – a TV show hosted by Ian Wright, whose mission was to help imprisoned youths change their lives.

And the show helped to change the life of Clifton, who has spent the last 11 years playing for various non-league clubs.

The forward even went on to make his debut for Montserrat in March 2015 and has scored four goals in 12 appearances at international level.

Clifton moved to Boreham Wood after leaving Dagenham & Redbridge in 2021 and fired the National League side through to the FA Cup fourth round by scoring the winning goal in 2-1 win against Wimbledon in January.

That goal set up a fourth-round tie against Championship high-fliers Bournemouth, and Wright conducted a heartwarming interview with Clifton prior to the game.

You can watch it here:

Ian Wright on his Sky documentary to help youth offenders find a future through football: "What we tried to do is make people is understand how through communication, through talking, through understanding, you can better yourself"2/4 pic.twitter.com/utUm76iZR0

Ian Wright on being a role model:"It's not like you have to give words of wisdom all of the time, it doesn't have to be Churchillian."You just to need to be there when they need you to call..You have to be there for those moments of weakness."Ian Wright is an inspiration4/4 pic.twitter.com/c4ePtwMm1e

What a beautiful story.

“Ah, brilliant,” Keane said after the interview finished,