Legacy
Groves became a cult player among Arsenal fans, who commemorate him with the chant "We all live in a Perry Groves World", which listed Perry in every position from 1 to 12 (except 7, which is instead taken by Liam Brady), to the tune of The Beatles' "Yellow Submarine". He still has a large following, with a fanclub and website devoted to him. In October 2006 Perry Groves published his autobiography, entitled We All Live In A Perry Groves World (ISBN 1-84454-319-6). With it came an Arsenal fans' campaign on the web to purchase the book, in an attempt to outsell former Arsenal defender Ashley Cole's autobiography, My Defence, which was out at the same time. His autobiography has since outsold that of Cole, as well as the autobiographies of other much more high-profile players including Frank Lampard and Rio Ferdinand.
As a part of the BBC Sport Relief 'Shirt of Hurt' campaign, challenging personalities in football to wear the shirt of their club's greatest rival to raise money for charity, Perry Groves was challenged to wear a Tottenham shirt by Colin Murray on the latter's show on Radio 5 Live. Groves refused to wear the shirt and was willing to pay £400 to avoid it.
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)