I scored Chelsea’s winner vs Arsenal’s Invincibles in Champions League… I was found by nightclub cleaner the next day
WAYNE BRIDGE once fell asleep in a nightclub and was woken by cleaners after scoring Chelsea’s winner against Arsenal in the 2003-04 Champions League.
The Gunners famously remained unbeaten in the Premier League that season but were knocked out of the Champions League quarter-finals by the Blues.
A 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge set up an exciting clash at Highbury, with Chelsea coming from behind to win 2-1 thanks to Bridge netting the winner.
The left-back revealed he could not stop smiling for 48 hours after the match, though admitted he got a little carried away celebrating the victory that evening.
Bridge, 43, failed to make it home from Chinawhite nightclub in Soho and was instead found asleep by cleaners.
He told That Peter Crouch Podcast: “I couldn’t stop smiling it was unbelievable. I went from hero to zero that night because we went out and loads of people kept buying me drinks and shots.
“It went downhill real quick… I didn’t make it home. I almost got thrown out as I was in a bit of a state.
“So the lads covered me in pillows but then they forgot about me. So everyone’s kicked out of the club and I got found by the cleaners cleaning the club.”
Bridge revealed his drinking got him into trouble more than once throughout his career.
While at Southampton Bridge once commandeered a milk float to get to training in time after an all-night boozy bash.
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His antics led to a stern telling-off from then-Saints boss Glenn Hoddle.
But he impressed on the pitch and joined Chelsea from Southampton in 2003, while also earning 36 England caps.