According to Daily Mail - Sport, Graham Stack described how he sourced fake Gucci belts, bags, and wallets from a supplier at his local pub and sold them to Arsenal teammates, including during a Christmas event where multiple players wore matching counterfeit items. It is unknown how long Stack continued this side business or whether Arsenal management was aware of it at the time. Jermain Pennant, a former Arsenal teammate, described Stack as a 'loose cannon' and 'crazy' character, according to Daily Mail - Sport.
Stack also once drove the Arsenal team bus to training, as reported by Daily Mail - Sport. Stack was on the bench when Arsenal's Invincibles won the Premier League title in 2004, but he did not play in the league that season, according to Daily Mail - Sport. In a separate incident, Stack knocked out a pitch invader with a punch while on loan at Beveren in Belgium, Daily Mail - Sport reported.
We used to have a feller at our pub who would come in with belts, bags, wallets, [fake] Gucci, the lot. I thought, 'There is a move here.' I was in the academy and was only 17 at the time. I went and filled the boot of my car up with the gear and drove to training. I was taking orders from people. I used to basically go in, showcase what I had, take the orders then go back, fill my boot up and come in the next day. I'm laying out all the Gucci in the car park, I'm at Arsenal football club! All the first-team boys had seen I had bags, like Gucci bags. A few of the lads were saying, 'I'll have a couple of them for the Mrs.' I had given them loads and loads of bags and we had a Christmas do. Lo and behold, all the boys are all Gucci'd up. But all the birds had the same Gucci bag. David Seaman had been telling his Mrs he's gone into town, Selfridges, 'I thought I'd get you a nice little treat.' Ray Parlour had said the same to his bird. We also all had Gucci wallets so when we sat down and everyone put their wallets on the table, it was all the same wallet! It was all just full of dodgy Gucci gear!
The specific years of these events beyond Stack being 17 at the start remain unclear, and it is unknown if any legal action was taken over the counterfeit sales or how the wives of Seaman and Parlour reacted upon discovering the fakes.
He was always a bit of a loose cannon, right the way through the youth team and into the first-team set-up, but he was a great guy. I don’t think he’s changed much over the years, by the way; I think he’s still a bit of a loose cannon now – he’s such a great character. Boy, you don’t want to get in his crosshairs… he’s crazy! I’d love to tell you some stories that spring to mind when I think of him, but I don’t think they’d be able to go out! He’s a mad man. We’d all meet up at Highbury and this coach would take us to London Colney for training. Graham decided one afternoon, when he got on, and the driver was waiting, that he was going to drive