Rocky Memorial

[Herd]

[/quote]Not completely true, mate. He did say those words in an interview, but he was quoting them as something inspirational that Steve Burtenshaw, had told him and Big Tone as youth players: "Remember who you are, what you are, and who you represent: The Arsenal." I suppose the inference being that he was inspired by those words and it are something that is now rightly associated with his persona.[/quote]

Graham said it b4 Anfield 1989 , he had heard it before as a player from Bertie Mee , I think Joe Mercer once quoted it too ,but yes if it works thats fair enough !

The night in 87 was a huge night for me and how diffrerent things are , we marched en masse and unnaposed right up the high road and afterwards danced in the streets on the corner where now you see all the jackals and OB !

I didnt go home that night except to change into a suit !

[DB10GOONER]

Not completely true, mate. He did say those words in an interview, but he was quoting them as something inspirational that Steve Burtenshaw, had told him and Big Tone as youth players: "Remember who you are, what you are, and who you represent: The Arsenal." I suppose the inference being that he was inspired by those words and it are something that is now rightly associated with his persona.

Graham said it b4 Anfield 1989 , he had heard it before as a player from Bertie Mee , I think Joe Mercer once quoted it too ,but yes if it works thats fair enough !

Yeah, I had read somewhere that Don Howe attributed the original remark to Bertie, but by all reports Rocky heard it first from Burtenshaw as a youth player. Shame our current manager couldn't drill something similar into our players nowadays...

[officepest]

Not completely true, mate. He did say those words in an interview, but he was quoting them as something inspirational that Steve Burtenshaw, had told him and Big Tone as youth players: "Remember who you are, what you are, and who you represent: The Arsenal." I suppose the inference being that he was inspired by those words and it are something that is now rightly associated with his persona.

Graham said it b4 Anfield 1989 , he had heard it before as a player from Bertie Mee , I think Joe Mercer once quoted it too ,but yes if it works thats fair enough !

Yeah, I had read somewhere that Don Howe attributed the original remark to Bertie, but by all reports Rocky heard it first from Burtenshaw as a youth player. Shame our current manager couldn't drill something similar into our players nowadays...

He's too busy drilling lead into Mertesacker's boots and air into Walcott's head.

[DB10GOONER]

Not completely true, mate. He did say those words in an interview, but he was quoting them as something inspirational that Steve Burtenshaw, had told him and Big Tone as youth players: "Remember who you are, what you are, and who you represent: The Arsenal." I suppose the inference being that he was inspired by those words and it are something that is now rightly associated with his persona.

Graham said it b4 Anfield 1989 , he had heard it before as a player from Bertie Mee , I think Joe Mercer once quoted it too ,but yes if it works thats fair enough !

Yeah, I had read somewhere that Don Howe attributed the original remark to Bertie, but by all reports Rocky heard it first from Burtenshaw as a youth player. Shame our current manager couldn't drill something similar into our players nowadays...

He's too busy drilling lead into Mertesacker's boots and air into Walcott's head.

Really thought you were going to finish that with the words "into that French rappers big ol' dirty burst hedgehog".

[officepest]

Not completely true, mate. He did say those words in an interview, but he was quoting them as something inspirational that Steve Burtenshaw, had told him and Big Tone as youth players: "Remember who you are, what you are, and who you represent: The Arsenal." I suppose the inference being that he was inspired by those words and it are something that is now rightly associated with his persona.

Graham said it b4 Anfield 1989 , he had heard it before as a player from Bertie Mee , I think Joe Mercer once quoted it too ,but yes if it works thats fair enough !

Yeah, I had read somewhere that Don Howe attributed the original remark to Bertie, but by all reports Rocky heard it first from Burtenshaw as a youth player. Shame our current manager couldn't drill something similar into our players nowadays...

He's too busy drilling lead into Mertesacker's boots and air into Walcott's head.

Really thought you were going to finish that with the words "into that French rappers big ol' dirty burst hedgehog".

Alas, I lack the wit for such thinking.

I dunno how Wenger manages to find the time to drill anything into anything to be honest, what with building our club and scouting 24/7, 365.

[REB]

15 years ago today.

rip rocky

#rockyremembered

[g60gooner]

Plenty of recognition of Rockys passing today.
Nice article here and great pics too.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... ons-rocky/

And another here worth a read.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/201 ... ons-rocky/

[Topside Northbank]

Not completely true, mate. He did say those words in an interview, but he was quoting them as something inspirational that Steve Burtenshaw, had told him and Big Tone as youth players: "Remember who you are, what you are, and who you represent: The Arsenal." I suppose the inference being that he was inspired by those words and it are something that is now rightly associated with his persona.[/quote]

Graham said it b4 Anfield 1989 , he had heard it before as a player from Bertie Mee , I think Joe Mercer once quoted it too ,but yes if it works thats fair enough !

The night in 87 was a huge night for me and how diffrerent things are , we marched en masse and unnaposed right up the high road and afterwards danced in the streets on the corner where now you see all the jackals and OB !

I didnt go home that night except to change into a suit ![/quot

Herd,those semi-finals were epic I went to the home leg couldn't go to the second leg due to family issues but was there for the replay

It was a fantastic night and the away end was packed solid I couldn't even raise my hands when Ian Allinson equalized let alone when Rocky got the winner epic,epic night!He epitomized Arsenal at the time alongside TA and others a young team that you could see played for the shirt didn't have to talk BS like nowadays about 'team spirit' etc you saw it where it mattered on the pitch.

Great days as we were a team on the rise and a great afternoon followed at Wembley beating the scousers and ruining Rush's record.It was the first trophy I had seen us win in the flesh and Rocky was a big,big part of our renaissance as a force in English football

R.I.P Rocky,never forgotten.