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Colin stepped up to become lead physio with the Arsenal first team.
They are arguably football’s bestknown physios, but are now going in a different direction, as Colin left Arsenal last year, while Gary also left the FA after a shake-up in 2016.
They have now joined forces to launch their own sports injury clinic.
The Gunners connections remain as Arsene Wenger (below), former vice-chairman David Dein and negotiator Dick Law, helped them set up their business, while Ramsey and Petr Cech are investors.
Gary said: “We want people to see us, then be able to stay on the one pathway to get back into sport.
“People don’t want to go back and forth from the doctor, then to another physio and so on. They want one solution.” Colin said: “It could be https:// nic.co.uk from weekend warriors all the way up to elite athletes from all sports.
“A week will not go by where an ex-player doesn’t ring you for advice or even for the name of a specialist.”
It was undoubtedly a difficult job working at Arsenal as, with the rise of social media, it is hard to think of another club where the interest in groin strains was quite so intense.
And after such a long involvement with the Gunners, it was difficult for Colin and Gary to step away.
“My first few months on a Saturday was just horrible,” said Colin. “I remember watching my first Arsenal game of the new season that I wasn’t involved in.
“I was in Portugal, they were playing Man City, then Chelsea. I watched both games in a little bar on my own, and hated every minute.”
After dealing with footballers over a 40-year period, both are well placed to answer critics who claim the game has “gone soft”.
“It was not as intense, definitely not as quick and the players were not as athletic,” added Gary. “You often hear old players say, ‘We had steak and chips, didn’t do us any harm’. But so did the other players.
“Players back then were robust, whereas now they’re athletic.”
Colin added: “It was a world of difference between when Gary was in charge in 1987, winning the Littlewoods Cup with George Graham, to 30 years later and Arsenal winning the FA Cup under Arsene.”