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.
QuartzGooner wrote:
The best one I have read was Tom Watt's - "The End" about the North Bank, is mostly short interviews with fans, excellent book.
I'm on the front cover of that, well three quarters of my head, complete with 'curtains' haircut that was obligatory for students of that era, I think the picture was taken during the 6-1 v Coventry at the end of the 90/91 season.
The books a really good read, some fascinating insights.
Frank McLintock's book True Grit is an excellent book , not just an Arsenal book, nut a great read. A few years back at Christmas my wife got me an original copy of Bob wall's Arsenal from the Heart.
We need to stop living in the past, let's not forget 'the invincibles' were embarrassed at home against Man utd in the F.A Cup & failed abysmally in Europe.
Riotof91 wrote:We need to stop living in the past, let's not forget 'the invincibles' were embarrassed at home against Man utd in the F.A Cup & failed abysmally in Europe.
Hang on. We didn't win the FA Cup or the CL and that's a huge disappointment giving how much better we were than everyone else.
But at Villa Park (not at home) we should have been out of sight in 10 minutes against United, hardly embarrassed. And the CL will go down as the biggest missed opportunity in the club's history but again abysmal failure is a bit of a dramatic statement for a last-minute quarter-final exit.
gp543 wrote:Does anyone know of a book about football away days? A collection of stories or the like. Doesn't have to be Arsenal-specific.
Steaming In - Arsenal and England - by Colin Ward.
full of true stories.
two other good but fictional reads are The Football Factory - by John King, and Away Days - by Kevin Sampson. both books are fiction but pretty authentic imho.
most of John Kings books are great - Human Punk, White Trash etc etc, though i may be a bit biased because i used to drink in the same slough boozers as him and his chelsea mates, as I went to school with their younger brothers
gp543 wrote:Does anyone know of a book about football away days? A collection of stories or the like. Doesn't have to be Arsenal-specific.
Steaming In - Arsenal and England - by Colin Ward.
full of true stories.
two other good but fictional reads are The Football Factory - by John King, and Away Days - by Kevin Sampson. both books are fiction but pretty authentic imho.
most of John Kings books are great - Human Punk, White Trash etc etc, though i may be a bit biased because i used to drink in the same slough boozers as him and his chelsea mates, as I went to school with their younger brothers
Cheers, mate. I've read football factory but will get my hands on the others.
gp543 wrote:Does anyone know of a book about football away days? A collection of stories or the like. Doesn't have to be Arsenal-specific.
Steaming In - Arsenal and England - by Colin Ward.
full of true stories.
two other good but fictional reads are The Football Factory - by John King, and Away Days - by Kevin Sampson. both books are fiction but pretty authentic imho.
most of John Kings books are great - Human Punk, White Trash etc etc, though i may be a bit biased because i used to drink in the same slough boozers as him and his chelsea mates, as I went to school with their younger brothers
Riotof91 wrote:We need to stop living in the past, let's not forget 'the invincibles' were embarrassed at home against Man utd in the F.A Cup & failed abysmally in Europe.
Are you taking the piss?
We lost 1-0 to United at Villa Park - not at Highbury - in the FA Cup after absolutely dominating them and with Thierry henry on the bench following International duty.
Riotof91 wrote:We need to stop living in the past, let's not forget 'the invincibles' were embarrassed at home against Man utd in the F.A Cup & failed abysmally in Europe.
Are you taking the piss?
We lost 1-0 to United at Villa Park - not at Highbury - in the FA Cup after absolutely dominating them and with Thierry henry on the bench following International duty.
How the fu*k were we embarrassed?
In 2004 we came closer to winning Champions League than we did when we lost the final two years later. No logic in that statement but I thought it then and still do. we were in control against Chelsea in the second leg at Highbury and a Lehmann error let them into the game. In the FA Cup at Villa Park we had great early chances in a game sandwiched between internationals and that Chelsea game. We failed frustratingly not abysmally against two sides we were much better than at that time.
Living in the past is and respecting the past are different things.
gp543 wrote:Does anyone know of a book about football away days? A collection of stories or the like. Doesn't have to be Arsenal-specific.
Steaming In - Arsenal and England - by Colin Ward.
full of true stories.
two other good but fictional reads are The Football Factory - by John King, and Away Days - by Kevin Sampson. both books are fiction but pretty authentic imho.
most of John Kings books are great - Human Punk, White Trash etc etc, though i may be a bit biased because i used to drink in the same slough boozers as him and his chelsea mates, as I went to school with their younger brothers
Herd - stop hacking clockender's account!
John King was/is Chelsea and about 8 years older than me, as I suspect Herd is
SPUDMASHER wrote:Amy Lawrence recently joined Alan Davies on his podcast to talk about the book. It was quite good actually.
Yeah she came up with some good stories. Particularly liked the one about Kolo Tore's trial game in training where not only did he take out a few of the established players but also Wenger when the ball went out of play and the manager needed treatment
