WAS YOUR DAD A GOONER

gus ceasar is a legend · Mon Aug 06, 2007 2:13 pm

My old man is Arsenal through and through!

I fact the whole family is apart from my brother!

He supported Wimbledon as my Uncle was in the team that got them into the Football League around the same time that my Brother knew what football was all about.

Post by **REB** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 2:25 pm

gus ceasar is a legend wrote:My old man is Arsenal through and through!

I fact the whole family is apart from my brother!

He supported Wimbledon as my Uncle was in the team that got them into the Football League around the same time that my Brother knew what football was all about.

does he still support the dons ( afc wimbleton our the mk dons bastards)

gus ceasar is a legend · Mon Aug 06, 2007 2:46 pm

Nah he point blank refused to support them!

Post by **REB** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 2:53 pm

gus ceasar is a legend wrote:Nah he point blank refused to support them!

good stuff,, mk dons are the enemy of football

Post by **Belfast Boy** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 2:57 pm

No, was more of a rugby man - but he's a disciple now

PiccadillyDreamer · Post by **PiccadillyDreamer** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 3:04 pm

It pains me to say it but me old man is.........chelsea

thank god for grandads who support Arsenal eh

Post by **REB** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 3:07 pm

Belfast Boy wrote:No, was more of a rugby man - but he's a disciple now

happy days in ravenhill eh belfast boy,, up the men of munster ha ha

stats · Post by **stats** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 3:10 pm

rebel gooner wrote:
gus ceasar is a legend wrote:Nah he point blank refused to support them!
good stuff,, mk dons are the enemy of football

I use to like the dons (not MK

) but only in a preiod when they were at Selhurst Park from about 1996-1999 then nobody eneded up going to see them

The person next to me at the stadium funny enough asked at the cup game if Plough Lane is still up or knocked down?
I would think it would be knocked down but i heard it's still up due to the dog racing over there but just a help to answer his question

tomkingsbury · Post by **tomkingsbury** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 3:11 pm

my dad was a brentford supporter....
my cousin hooked, or forced me to support arsenal (he's from the boreham wood area u see)when i was 5, which i am most grateful for. Once Arsenal started to win trophies in the wnger era, my dad decided to support manure - i thought at first it was to piss me off, but then realised years later it was so we had so common ground and converastion topics. As he knew many manure directors and worked near the ground in his earlier days, i suppose he had a legitimate reason - that and brentford being shit. I rememer going to watch them on my mates birthday, and he was the mascot, and they got thumped by bury 3-0 at home!!

Post by **T.S** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 3:20 pm

My old man's a Gooner, and his Dad before him. I'm not sure how far it goes back, but I know his nan lived by Highbury, so maybe that had something to do with it.

My brother (mate of Gus's ex-Wimbledon supporting brother) is also a Gooner. However, one day when he came home from school (I think he was about 5 at the time) he said "Dad, all the kids at school are Spurs fans and they're making fun of me. I think I'm going to be a Spurs fan," to which my Dad replied, "fair enough son. You can support whoever you like...not in my house, though." My Dad then proceeded to lock his five year old son outside until he agreed to be an Arsenal fan again. This is a completely true story. You could argue that it's child cruelty, but my Dad saved him from being a Spud - something I know he is grateful for today!

tomkingsbury · Post by **tomkingsbury** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 3:23 pm

firm but fair....

Post by **REB** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 3:28 pm

firm but fair indeed.. im glad my dad didnt do that 2 make me support coventry,, my mum wouldnt hav left him cos shes a gooner thank god

tomkingsbury · Post by **tomkingsbury** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 3:31 pm

coventry ay? thats where im currently doing my MAsters - geeky i know. Been to Ricoh a couple of times - ok, nothing special, saw t
cov nearly beat middlesbrough, good game, then saw them play brum last season - shit game, the only two people to stand out were Bendtner and Muamba - bendtner ran the game, coventry ran round him!!

Galasso · Post by **Galasso** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 3:37 pm

tomkingsbury wrote:coventry ay? thats where im currently doing my MAsters - geeky i know. Been to Ricoh a couple of times - ok, nothing special, saw t
cov nearly beat middlesbrough, good game, then saw them play brum last season - shit game, the only two people to stand out were Bendtner and Muamba - bendtner ran the game, coventry ran round him!!

Masters in the behaviour patterns of the wild online gooner.

jesper arnsbjerg · Post by **jesper arnsbjerg** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 3:48 pm

My dad was a sports journalist, and always tried not to be in favour of any team, but he is now retired, and last year I took him to Ashburton for his 75th birthday, he is now a member of Arsenal Denmark and a passionate gooner.
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