Wrighty always wound me up ... and I wanted a piece of him!

FANS named him Leicester’s greatest-ever player – but they never seem to ask Steve Walsh about his Wembley heroics, or winning the League Cup.

“The question I get asked the most is, ‘What did you say to Ian Wright when he came running on to the pitch after that Arsenal game?’,” recalled the Foxes legend.

“The thing is, I’d rather not say. I always tell people that I can’t remember.”

The match in question was unforgettable.

After 90 minutes at Filbert Street in August, 1997, Arsenal led 2-1.

The final score... 3-3. The injury-time drama included one of the Premier League’s greatest goals, an equaliser in the 97th minute – and some scenes of mayhem after the final whistle was eventually blown.

That 1997-98 season was Walsh’s 12th with the Foxes and, by then, his reputation as a no-nonsense centre-half was well established.

Under Martin O’Neill, Leicester had become a top-flight side that were hard to beat.

The motto written on the tunnel at Filbert Street read, “Foxes

Never Quit”. Against Arsenal that night, they simply refused to lose.

Dennis Bergkamp had found the target twice to put the Gunners 2-0 up and, with 83 minutes gone, time was running out for the home side.

Emile Heskey handed Leicester a lifeline and, as the match went into injury time, Matt Elliott let fly from the edge of the area with a shot that took a deflection on its way past David Seaman.

But the drama didn’t end there.

Arsenal went back in front with a goal that Heskey later said he was “privileged to see”.

David Platt had lofted a cross towards Bergkamp that the Dutchman got under control with a couple of touches of his left boot and then with a flick of his right, he put Arsenal in front again, 3-2.

Leicester hearts were broken – or so it seemed.

Even deeper into injury time, they won a corner and Walsh was on hand to head home the latest of late equalisers – sparking mayhem.

Wright had been substituted earlier in the match, but he was so enraged that he raced on to the pitch – and ran straight into Walsh.

“The row had nothing to do with him,” said Walsh. “I was arguing with a couple of Arsenal players and then Wright came from nowhere.

“I had wanted a piece of him for years because he’d always wound me up. This was my chance and I just said something like, ‘Let’s have it then’.”

To Walsh’s frustration, they were kept apart.