My name is Mikey and I’m 8yrs old. I was blinded at 7yrs old due to a rare eye disease. Football has always been my passion and love
@Arsenal
. Scouted by
@England
and now training with them.
Life is life 🦁🦁🦁
To all you HATERS saying I shouldn’t go to games because I’m blind and wasting a ticket. I will be going to EVERY GAME POSSIBLE to cheer on The
@Arsenal
. My disability does not define me!🖕🏼🖕🏼 COYG 🔴⚪️
Thank you
@MesutOzil1088
. You are one of the reasons i never gave up playing football. I remember watching you at the Emirates before i went blind and made me want to become a footballer. You are amazing! I hope and pray i see you again one day 🙏🏼❤️
#M1
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#YaGunnersYa
#COYG
🔴⚪️
Happy to have had the chance to meet my special fan Mikey yesterday. He lost his eyesight due to a rare eye disease but this certainly does not stop him from playing football 👏🏼⚽ I know you'll continue to follow your dreams, young man ❤🙏🏼
#M1
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#YaGunnersYa
Its my 13th birthday! Thanks
@gabimartinelli
for making it a special one for me and my family. We didnt win but keep going and NEVER GIVE UP. COYG 🔴⚪️🙏🏼❤️
@Arsenal
#NEVERGIVEUP
Everyone asking whos that little boy in the new
@adidasfootball
X
@Arsenal
advert. Its me!! 🙋🏻♂️ You dont need to see to believe. This is family. This is Arsenal 🔴⚪️⚡️
#COYG
Sad to hear my BFF
@SokratisPapa5
is leaving my beloved
@Arsenal
😢 Thanks for being so supportive of me, and I hope we can meet again and play football one day. All the best for the future 🙏🏼🇬🇷❤️
#papa
Mikey fully sighted at the Emirates back in 2015. Once a gunner always a gunner. Always follow your passion and Never Give Up 🔴⚪️
#nevergiveup
@RealRomfordPele
@Arsenal
Well done
@FulhamFC
for showing amazing support and solidarity for Autism 👏🏼
@Arsenal
how about showing the same for my disability? Retweet to make this happen! 🔴⚪️
#COYG
Hi everyone, say hello to Will my new bestie 🐶
Will is a buddy dog, not a guide dog, but he was trained by
@guidedogs
and will help me 🙏🏼
I love him!! ❤️🙌🏼
Thank you all for the love and support. Only important thing now is 3pts tomorrow from
@Arsenal
.
@Aubameyang7
will get a brace 🤞🏼. If you are going to the game look out for me in the match day programme 💪🏼 Come on you gooners!! 🔴⚪️⚽️
#COYG
#Arsenal
After a hard fought season cheering and screaming on The Arsenal, we absolutely killed it and now its time for a well deserved break! We’ll be back next season even stronger. COYG 🔴⚪️
@Arsenal
@adidasUK
@DMavropanos
@Arsenal
Good luck megale! Thanks for your support of me, i hope it will carry on 🙏🏼❤️🇨🇾🇬🇷 (here you are signing my shirt in the Arsenal box)
It was great meeting
#PL
and
#WorldCup
legend today
@tim_cahill
. He let me touch his face so i can feel what he looks like, signed his official worn World Cup 2010 top, told me to not give up hope for a cure for my sight, but most of all to follow my dreams. True legend 🙏🏼💙⚽️🙌🏼
Thank you
@JOE_co_uk
for sharing my story. I hope this helps raise awareness and one day a cure for my eye disease, rod cone dystrophy🙏🏼⚽️🦁🦁🦁 Until then
#COYG
👊🏼🔴⚪️
Ive met some superstars, but this is the biggest one of them all. My 104 yr old Great Grandmother who had 15 children and has the biggest family in Cyprus. Keep going yiayia 🙏🏼🇨🇾❤️🙌🏼💫
#family
#cyprus
#yiayia
#blind
#mikeypoulli
My first year at school vs my last year at school. I started school fully sighted and remained this way until year 2 when i began losing my vision. By year 3 i was completely blind. 🦁
#nevergiveup
#mikeypoulli
🙏🏼
Its not easy! Blind football is like life; you need to overcome certain obstacles, but when you hit them full on, get up, dust yourself off, keep going and most importantly never give up. If you can do that with a smile on your face even better 🦁
@adidasUK
@England
@Arsenal
Great meeting fellow striker and PL record holder
@vardy7
, very nice to me and my family. Told me to keep going and that im amazing. I asked him kindly to not score against
@Arsenal
, he replied with “what again!”. 17 goals and its not even Jan yet! Legend 🙌🏼👏🏼
#vardy
#mikeypoulli
Happy birthday to my amazing mum. I always hear and am told of your beauty, i cant remember what you look like now but i hope and pray i can see it again one day 🙏🏼❤️
#mama
A great experience at the
@yiannimize
celebrity supercar garage. I even got my cane wrapped! Thank you for taking time out for me, and for raising awareness of my eye condition Rod Cone Dystrophy 🙌🏼🏎🙏🏼🇨🇾🔴⚪️
#nevergiveup
#yiannimize
#blind
#mikeypoulli
@anthonyfjoshua
“We walk with faith in our hearts, and that is more powerful than anything” 🙏🏼🥊👑❤️
When 2 warriors meet, something special happens. Please pray for me. December is ours 💪🏼 John 20:29 “blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe” 🙏🏼
#blind
#mikeypoulli
Honoured to have been invited with dad
@1JPEE
to Buckingham Palace to meet HRH Prince Charles
@ClarenceHouse
and the Cypriot President Mr
@AnastasiadesCY
celebrating Cyprus in the UK. What a great and prestigious event! 🇨🇾🇬🇧