As we're unlikely to see terraces again at football, this is the virtual equivalent where you can chat to your hearts content about all football matters and, obviously, Arsenal in particular. This forum encourages all Gooners to visit and contribute so please keep it respectful, clean and topical.
Herd wrote:Stupid Terry Neil said in the paper he did mind if villa got on the pitch if they won the league !
No way were Arsenal going to take that especially with the clock end having been made all ticket for Villa only !
The whole displaced clock end lined up down the side and as soon as the final whistle went and we had won 2-0 to qualify for Europe
On both sets came and a massive brawl started .
A full scale battle was averted as the Police had very large numbers out but it was hairy !!
I was there that day crammed in the North bank and I think Pele was paraded around the pitch either before the kick off or at half time. The one thing I do remember was the cracking atmosphere that day, Villa didnt get chance to celebrate too many Gooners on the pitch.
Yes lovely summers day and Pele was there because it was the very first time the Old Owner and chairman allowed advertising at our home !
It was for amiga or something like that and the mike failed but when people saw Pele emerging from the glasshouse they were on their feet .
I was in the plimsoll b4 the match and it was rammed , 2 villa lads came in and were looking very sheepish,we adopted them and bought them ales and even escorted them to the clock end .
We invited them to the Arsenal Tavern after ,with all the rucking going on we never thought they would come but they did and we had a mad night out on the town , I woke up in a railway siding in Chingford with a claret n blue scarf at 0600 hrs . they returned the favour and for years we met up ,great times and great lads !
The Northbank was rammed that day, the noise was unbelievable, clock end lot were towards the Middle sure half of them did not pay anything to get in
Villa were wanting to get on the pitch to celebrate, but the Arsenal fans were to get on first, some Villa came on saw the amount of Arsenal and retreated to the clock end.....the old bill then pushed Arsenal back enough to let Villa on
Our fans were passionate and truly behind the team at beloved Highbury....unlike the lot at the Big Business corporate bowl that is the Emirates
This is actually one game I really want to see us win, as opposed to be indifferent due to being fed up with it all. Sure im fed up with Wenger, but to win and place City at the mercy of 5th place would be a small consolation.
Wilson wrote:This is actually one game I really want to see us win, as opposed to be indifferent due to being fed up with it all. Sure im fed up with Wenger, but to win and place City at the mercy of 5th place would be a small consolation.
I would prefer us to lose, draw with Villa and see United scrape into 4th. City, unlike us at least made a decent fist of their CL campaign. The higher Wenger finishes the more bullshit we are going to hear from him & his supporters.
Herd wrote:Stupid Terry Neil said in the paper he did mind if villa got on the pitch if they won the league !
No way were Arsenal going to take that especially with the clock end having been made all ticket for Villa only !
The whole displaced clock end lined up down the side and as soon as the final whistle went and we had won 2-0 to qualify for Europe
On both sets came and a massive brawl started .
A full scale battle was averted as the Police had very large numbers out but it was hairy !!
I was there that day crammed in the North bank and I think Pele was paraded around the pitch either before the kick off or at half time. The one thing I do remember was the cracking atmosphere that day, Villa didnt get chance to celebrate too many Gooners on the pitch.
Yes lovely summers day and Pele was there because it was the very first time the Old Owner and chairman allowed advertising at our home !
It was for amiga or something like that and the mike failed but when people saw Pele emerging from the glasshouse they were on their feet .
I was in the plimsoll b4 the match and it was rammed , 2 villa lads came in and were looking very sheepish,we adopted them and bought them ales and even escorted them to the clock end .
We invited them to the Arsenal Tavern after ,with all the rucking going on we never thought they would come but they did and we had a mad night out on the town , I woke up in a railway siding in Chingford with a claret everywhere . they returned the favour and for years we met up ,great times and great lads !
This City side are absolutely there for the taking. Lazy arse Toure has given up, the league's best defender in Kompany is out again leaving the carthorses in the back line and a load of other lightweights like Sterling, Navas etc can't be bothered. Aguero is a class act as we know but I thought looked absolutely knackered the other night. A team playing with a high tempo with quick strikers running directly at their plodders would create havoc
Of course, that's the exact opposite of what we'll be doing up there, as every quick attack is slowed to a snail's pace by Mister Twirly in midfield who will allow every defender to get back behind the ball by the time he's finished backheeling and spinning and getting it out from under his feet....and in the rare event that he does manage to successfully complete a pass, the Lamppost will let it bounce around off his shins and poke his tongue out a lot whilst gesturing to the ref
We'll go 1-0 down against a pathetic excuse of a City side, before Iwobi is subbed (regardless of how well he plays) swiftly followed by Alexis as Welbeck and Wally are given 15 minutes to shit miracles. We'll get an equaliser and our remarkable spirit will be much lauded by TO1AW
Citeh have won once against a top eight side, which suggests a lack of something, and their performance against Madrid suggested a lack of many things.
We really should beat them and make the Scum sweat on St.Totteringham's Day, but I doubt many of us have much confidence.
SteveO 35 wrote:This City side are absolutely there for the taking. Lazy arse Toure has given up, the league's best defender in Kompany is out again leaving the carthorses in the back line and a load of other lightweights like Sterling, Navas etc can't be bothered. Aguero is a class act as we know but I thought looked absolutely knackered the other night. A team playing with a high tempo with quick strikers running directly at their plodders would create havoc
Of course, that's the exact opposite of what we'll be doing up there, as every quick attack is slowed to a snail's pace by Mister Twirly in midfield who will allow every defender to get back behind the ball by the time he's finished backheeling and spinning and getting it out from under his feet....and in the rare event that he does manage to successfully complete a pass, the Lamppost will let it bounce around off his shins and poke his tongue out a lot whilst gesturing to the ref
We'll go 1-0 down against a pathetic excuse of a City side, before Iwobi is subbed (regardless of how well he plays) swiftly followed by Alexis as Welbeck and Wally are given 15 minutes to shit miracles. We'll get an equaliser and our remarkable spirit will be much lauded by TO1AW
Yes City look there for the taking.........thats fucked us up then
SteveO 35 wrote:This City side are absolutely there for the taking. Lazy arse Toure has given up, the league's best defender in Kompany is out again leaving the carthorses in the back line and a load of other lightweights like Sterling, Navas etc can't be bothered. Aguero is a class act as we know but I thought looked absolutely knackered the other night. A team playing with a high tempo with quick strikers running directly at their plodders would create havoc
Of course, that's the exact opposite of what we'll be doing up there, as every quick attack is slowed to a snail's pace by Mister Twirly in midfield who will allow every defender to get back behind the ball by the time he's finished backheeling and spinning and getting it out from under his feet....and in the rare event that he does manage to successfully complete a pass, the Lamppost will let it bounce around off his shins and poke his tongue out a lot whilst gesturing to the ref
We'll go 1-0 down against a pathetic excuse of a City side, before Iwobi is subbed (regardless of how well he plays) swiftly followed by Alexis as Welbeck and Wally are given 15 minutes to shit miracles. We'll get an equaliser and our remarkable spirit will be much lauded by TO1AW
Will he even start?? Crowd voiced their displeasure at him being subbed last week so Wenger might decide to show them who's the main man, who is actually running things, who's the boss!! Iwobi might just be joning Campbell for the rest of the season (wherever the hell he is???)
