HOW DID YOU END UP A FOOTBALL FAN AND ARSENAL SUPPORTER?

Chips and Chocolate · Post by **Chips and Chocolate** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 6:36 pm

eeny, meeny, miny, moe... Arsenal!

worthing gooner · Post by **worthing gooner** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 6:39 pm

Both mum and dad are Londoners and many generations before them. Dads family are all The Arsenal, my mums are Millwall. Took my dads lead on that one and i guess at that age i got lucky!!
Would feel a little different on away days me thinks....

Post by **I Hate Hleb** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 6:42 pm

SPUDMASHER wrote:I'm not an Arsenal fan at all. I'm never happier than when they lose. I think every player we have is total shit and not fit to wear the shirt.

Aha!! So people were right about you all along!!!

Post by **SPUDMASHER** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 6:44 pm

Well, I thought I'd save a few thick *word censored* the trouble of posting it themselves

shutdown · Post by **shutdown** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 9:55 pm

I Hate Hleb wrote:
GallasFC wrote:This is gonna sound terrible but I kina followed my dad and my glory seeking heart. I live in Manchester in a poor family and my dad was a gunner even though he's never even seen Arsenal live (likewise) and he kina brought me up to be agunner also at the time we won the double so yeah...still every time Arsenal play I always look for a stream and my heart pounds so fast. I remmember the 04/05 season I was depressed because Arsenal were so poor and so my heart is with Arsenal and always will be. The FA cup final with Chelski (back then just chelsea) was probably the start.
*******Wind-up Alert****** *******Wind-up Alert****** *******Wind-up Alert******

I disagree actually, i don't think this is a wind up at all.

Big_G · Post by **Big_G** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 10:30 pm

Been a fan since 1991, just before we won the league, couple of my best mates at school were Gooners, I hadn't picked a team by them and decided to join the group...no regrets

got so many m8s who are gooners so was not a terrible decision...and love watching the team, live, down the pub or at home

This Is The Daybreak · Sun Mar 21, 2010 10:35 pm

Simple, older cousins are gooners and had 3 older brothers who are also gooners, taken to my first game at aged 8, I was an Arsenal supporter before I was born

merse_10 · Post by **merse_10** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 10:39 pm

I Hate Hleb wrote:
GallasFC wrote:This is gonna sound terrible but I kina followed my dad and my glory seeking heart. I live in Manchester in a poor family and my dad was a gunner even though he's never even seen Arsenal live (likewise) and he kina brought me up to be agunner also at the time we won the double so yeah...still every time Arsenal play I always look for a stream and my heart pounds so fast. I remmember the 04/05 season I was depressed because Arsenal were so poor and so my heart is with Arsenal and always will be. The FA cup final with Chelski (back then just chelsea) was probably the start.
*******Wind-up Alert****** *******Wind-up Alert****** *******Wind-up Alert******

are you mono,
are you mono,
are you mono in disguise
are you mo-no in disguise

alchyrob · Post by **alchyrob** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 10:45 pm

old man supports them so copied him. apparently watched 89' anfield game on telly with him but i can't remember it, gutted! earliest memory was being so proud of our 91 league record, only losing the once, immense.

got to go watch hammers game on sat with my dad as well, so happy he supported a great team!

Kiwi Gooner · Post by **Kiwi Gooner** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 11:00 pm

I loved Pat Jennings, but couldn't bring myself to follow Sp*rs, and when he signed for Arsenal (and I still remember the date - 12 August, 1977) I became an instant Gooner.
Everyone in NZ supported Liverpool and Man utd in those days and I didn't want to support a bandwagon club.
The only other club I considered was Leeds.
Never looked back.

Kiki · Post by **Kiki** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 11:04 pm

Uncle and lots of my extended family are Gooners and I've relative's in London (Holloway etc) so it was only natural I guess.

topgoon · Post by **topgoon** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 11:29 pm

First time I can recall really watching a football game was the 1982 World cup final with Paolo Rossi when I was 10 and I've been a football fan since. I started supporting the Arsenal in 1990 and haven't looked back. I remember watching the Nayim goal in my shitty student flat in Dundee.

Sadly, my older brother supports the shitty half of North London and he's only got the 5-1 aberration to hold over me. Even more sadly my Dad's a Manure fan,but I let him off as he has been since the 70s when they were shite.

potter · Post by **potter** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 1:11 am

Born into it, 3rd generation.Grandad was a blacksmith at Woolwich, then my Dad ,then me , My son is 4th generation.

pixie · Post by **pixie** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 1:32 am

Chunky Monkey wrote:1979 FA Cup Final - my brother is a big Man U fan and at the time i was only 5 and didn't know anything about football

so i picked Arsenal just to be the opposite to him - it could of been worst Tottenham could of been in the final and i could of been a spuds fan

so fate bought me and Arsenal together

Could have been like someone I know.....age 5 and surrounded by manc fans at school, he decided on the team who he thought had the funniest name.......West Ham....

Post by **brazilianGOONER** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 2:13 am

i'm not a true supporter. i should fuck off and support my local team

i'm a football fan ever since i was born in brazil

i started following arsenal the day we signed my favourite player at the time, dennis bergkamp. around 98 i started "supporting" the club by reading post match reviews online and watching the goals and sometimes highlights on tv (it was all i could do)

and in 2001 the matches started being broadcasted here, so i started watching all games and became a true supporter.