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ARSENAL AND YOU
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Eboue-Why?
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Somersetgooner
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Re: ARSENAL AND YOU
[quote="merson_is_god"]I thought I would post a thread on here to see how people came to support Arsenal and all their great memories.
Please fill in the questions.
HOW DID YOU COME ABOUT SUPPORTING ARSENAL?
Dad a gooner, when I was about 6 or 7 I showed an interest in Man Utd. (Best, Law, Charlton era - everyone at school (Berkshire) supported them), so was taken to Highbury
HOW LONG HAVE YOU SUPPORTED ARSENAL?
since early 70's
WHEN WAS YOUR FIRST GAME?
Lost 2-0 to Coventry - Peter Marinello was playing - early 1970's
WHO WAS YOUR ARSENAL HERO AS A KID?
Liam Brady
WHERE DID YOU SIT AT HIGHBURY?
Clock End (standing)
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE GAME?
1989 at Anfield (on TV unfortunately - family and kids at that time)
TELL US ABOUT WHEN YOU MET AN ARSENAL PLAYER?
Kenny Sansom last Saturday, occasionally Charlie George and Sammy Nelson at the Emirates
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE HOME SHIRT AND AWAY SHIRT?
Home and Away - both 1971
WHAT WAS YOUR BEST MEMORY OF HIGHBURY?
1st North London Derby - we won 2-0, David Price and Frank Stapleton scored (I think)
The peanut seller on the clock end and North Bank
Jack Kelsey serving in the gunners shop (aka garden shed) at the back of the clock end
Players parking their cars under the clock end and walking through the fans to the East stand - Brian Talbot used to stand for ages signing autograph's!
WHAT IS THE FUNNIEST CHANT YOU HAVE HEARD AT AN ARSENAL GAME?
Do we chant at home!!!! Funny chants this year away were Alkmaar fans singing in a Dutch "Steve McLaren" accent "Your support is fcuking shit"!! and us at Everton to both of the fans that remained at the final whistle "Is there a fire drill"
At Alkmaar "We're all shagging a european whore" to the tune of "we're all going on a european tour"
At the pre game area in Barcelona, Spainish reporter live on TV "You're getting fucked by Eboue" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddx0Lyi0v5M
WHERE DO YOU SIT AT ASHBURTON GROVE?
Clock end - club level
Please fill in the questions.
HOW DID YOU COME ABOUT SUPPORTING ARSENAL?
Dad a gooner, when I was about 6 or 7 I showed an interest in Man Utd. (Best, Law, Charlton era - everyone at school (Berkshire) supported them), so was taken to Highbury
HOW LONG HAVE YOU SUPPORTED ARSENAL?
since early 70's
WHEN WAS YOUR FIRST GAME?
Lost 2-0 to Coventry - Peter Marinello was playing - early 1970's
WHO WAS YOUR ARSENAL HERO AS A KID?
Liam Brady
WHERE DID YOU SIT AT HIGHBURY?
Clock End (standing)
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE GAME?
1989 at Anfield (on TV unfortunately - family and kids at that time)
TELL US ABOUT WHEN YOU MET AN ARSENAL PLAYER?
Kenny Sansom last Saturday, occasionally Charlie George and Sammy Nelson at the Emirates
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE HOME SHIRT AND AWAY SHIRT?
Home and Away - both 1971
WHAT WAS YOUR BEST MEMORY OF HIGHBURY?
1st North London Derby - we won 2-0, David Price and Frank Stapleton scored (I think)
The peanut seller on the clock end and North Bank
Jack Kelsey serving in the gunners shop (aka garden shed) at the back of the clock end
Players parking their cars under the clock end and walking through the fans to the East stand - Brian Talbot used to stand for ages signing autograph's!
WHAT IS THE FUNNIEST CHANT YOU HAVE HEARD AT AN ARSENAL GAME?
Do we chant at home!!!! Funny chants this year away were Alkmaar fans singing in a Dutch "Steve McLaren" accent "Your support is fcuking shit"!! and us at Everton to both of the fans that remained at the final whistle "Is there a fire drill"
At Alkmaar "We're all shagging a european whore" to the tune of "we're all going on a european tour"
At the pre game area in Barcelona, Spainish reporter live on TV "You're getting fucked by Eboue" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddx0Lyi0v5M
WHERE DO YOU SIT AT ASHBURTON GROVE?
Clock end - club level
HOW DID YOU COME ABOUT SUPPORTING ARSENAL?
Not sure, evidently I kept badgering my dad to take me to see them, I was 5 years old
HOW LONG HAVE YOU SUPPORTED ARSENAL?
Since 1971
WHEN WAS YOUR FIRST GAME?
I believe it was Sheffield United at home in 1971
WHO WAS YOUR ARSENAL HERO AS A KID?
Liam Brady, by a mile!
WHERE DID YOU SIT AT HIGHBURY?
Started off in the North bank but couldn't see much as I was so short so we moved to the West Lower, a couple of blocks from the corner where the away section ended up. When I was tall enough, about 12, we moved back to the North Bank. We always stood left of centre about 12 yards up from the pitch. When I got to 15/16 I moved to the middle of the North Bank, my old man stayed where we always went
. When we went all seater, I got a bond and sat to the right of centre in the North bank upper, till we moved. My dad died of cancer in 1991 aged 55 
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE GAME?
Anfield 89 - I was there
Spuds, league cup semi when Rocky got the winner at the death - amazing noise in the Arsenal end
Milan 1 Arsenal 5 - I hate Milan as a place, this was my second trip there but boy I never thought we would win, let alone take the piss!!
TELL US ABOUT WHEN YOU MET AN ARSENAL PLAYER?
Ray Parlour, on the piss in 'Edwards' in Romford, I shook his hand and said hello after he came out the toilet....hope he washed it!!
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE HOME SHIRT AND AWAY SHIRT?
1971 home shirt, the JVC away shirt, mainly yellow with a thick blue stripe across the middle.....my fave shirt of all
WHAT WAS YOUR BEST MEMORY OF HIGHBURY?
The first time I walked up the steps onto the north bank for a night game, still makes the hairs on my neck stand up when I think about it now. When I saw that green carpet for the first time under floodlights, the crowd singing, a cold night, wow...wish I could remember who we played!!
WHAT IS THE FUNNIEST CHANT YOU HAVE HEARD AT AN ARSENAL GAME?
There's been so many, difficult to remember them....
Not so much a chant by a guy who always used to stand next to me on the north bank did the same thing a few times each season. For anyone who used to go, you remember the peanut sellers who used to push through the crowds with a huge sack of bagged up peanuts....you'd always here them before you saw them 'Peanuts....Peanuts....Roasted Peanuts....' The guy next to me would let him push through the crowd, go about 10 feet past then shout 'ere mate'....the guy would push his way back and the guy next to me would say 'Are they roasted'.............'Yes mate'........'oh, I don't want them then, don't like 'em roasted' God knows how the geezer selling them didn't hit him!!
WHERE DO YOU SIT AT ASHBURTON GROVE? Lower west, close to the halfway line
Not sure, evidently I kept badgering my dad to take me to see them, I was 5 years old
HOW LONG HAVE YOU SUPPORTED ARSENAL?
Since 1971
WHEN WAS YOUR FIRST GAME?
I believe it was Sheffield United at home in 1971
WHO WAS YOUR ARSENAL HERO AS A KID?
Liam Brady, by a mile!
WHERE DID YOU SIT AT HIGHBURY?
Started off in the North bank but couldn't see much as I was so short so we moved to the West Lower, a couple of blocks from the corner where the away section ended up. When I was tall enough, about 12, we moved back to the North Bank. We always stood left of centre about 12 yards up from the pitch. When I got to 15/16 I moved to the middle of the North Bank, my old man stayed where we always went
. When we went all seater, I got a bond and sat to the right of centre in the North bank upper, till we moved. My dad died of cancer in 1991 aged 55 WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE GAME?
Anfield 89 - I was there
Spuds, league cup semi when Rocky got the winner at the death - amazing noise in the Arsenal end
Milan 1 Arsenal 5 - I hate Milan as a place, this was my second trip there but boy I never thought we would win, let alone take the piss!!
TELL US ABOUT WHEN YOU MET AN ARSENAL PLAYER?
Ray Parlour, on the piss in 'Edwards' in Romford, I shook his hand and said hello after he came out the toilet....hope he washed it!!
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE HOME SHIRT AND AWAY SHIRT?
1971 home shirt, the JVC away shirt, mainly yellow with a thick blue stripe across the middle.....my fave shirt of all
WHAT WAS YOUR BEST MEMORY OF HIGHBURY?
The first time I walked up the steps onto the north bank for a night game, still makes the hairs on my neck stand up when I think about it now. When I saw that green carpet for the first time under floodlights, the crowd singing, a cold night, wow...wish I could remember who we played!!
WHAT IS THE FUNNIEST CHANT YOU HAVE HEARD AT AN ARSENAL GAME?
There's been so many, difficult to remember them....
Not so much a chant by a guy who always used to stand next to me on the north bank did the same thing a few times each season. For anyone who used to go, you remember the peanut sellers who used to push through the crowds with a huge sack of bagged up peanuts....you'd always here them before you saw them 'Peanuts....Peanuts....Roasted Peanuts....' The guy next to me would let him push through the crowd, go about 10 feet past then shout 'ere mate'....the guy would push his way back and the guy next to me would say 'Are they roasted'.............'Yes mate'........'oh, I don't want them then, don't like 'em roasted'
God knows how the geezer selling them didn't hit him!!WHERE DO YOU SIT AT ASHBURTON GROVE? Lower west, close to the halfway line
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VforVictory
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- Location: NORTH LONDON
Re: ARSENAL AND YOU
merson_is_god wrote:I thought I would post a thread on here to see how people came to support Arsenal and all their great memories.
Please fill in the questions.
HOW DID YOU COME ABOUT SUPPORTING ARSENAL?
Dad supported them.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU SUPPORTED ARSENAL?
Since mid 70's.
WHEN WAS YOUR FIRST GAME?
1978.
WHO WAS YOUR ARSENAL HERO AS A KID?
Jennings, Rice, Brady etc.
WHERE DID YOU SIT AT HIGHBURY?
Stood in North Bank, sat in West Lower.
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE GAME?
Anfield 89.
TELL US ABOUT WHEN YOU MET AN ARSENAL PLAYER?
Tony Adams was a gentleman, top bloke, very positive.
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE HOME SHIRT AND AWAY SHIRT?
98 home. 70's away.
WHAT WAS YOUR BEST MEMORY OF HIGHBURY?
The smell of burgers.
WHAT IS THE FUNNIEST CHANT YOU HAVE HEARD AT AN ARSENAL GAME?
Squirrel chants.
WHERE DO YOU SIT AT ASHBURTON GROVE?
NW corner.
Re: ARSENAL AND YOU
[quote="merson_is_god"]I thought I would post a thread on here to see how people came to support Arsenal and all their great memories.
Please fill in the questions.
HOW DID YOU COME ABOUT SUPPORTING ARSENAL?
My dad.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU SUPPORTED ARSENAL?
31 years.
WHEN WAS YOUR FIRST GAME?
February 1988 Lee Dixons debut,1-0 over Luton,looping header by Michael Thomas,stood in the clock end with my dad.
WHO WAS YOUR ARSENAL HERO AS A KID?
Ian Wright was my real first hero,but loved Tony Adams back then.
WHERE DID YOU SIT AT HIGHBURY?
Wasnt an STH,so took whatever i could get,predominantly on the North Bank.
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE GAME?
Not at Highbury,but the 02 cup final against Chelsea,the whole occasion and day out was a real memorable day for me.
TELL US ABOUT WHEN YOU MET AN ARSENAL PLAYER?
Bumped into Jermain Pennant when he was about 18 in Oxford Street he was with all his mates,got a bit starstruck so couldnt manage more than 2 words!!
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE HOME SHIRT AND AWAY SHIRT?
Loved the early 90's yellow chevron away kit,my favourite home was the 98 double top,JVC on the front the Old English style Arsenal on the back,loved the way it was written so got a tattoo of it on my back!!
WHAT WAS YOUR BEST MEMORY OF HIGHBURY?
Thierry Henrys slalom run and celebration in front of the Tottenham fans,in November 02.
WHAT IS THE FUNNIEST CHANT YOU HAVE HEARD AT AN ARSENAL GAME?
The Sol campbell double song at WHL.
WHERE DO YOU SIT AT ASHBURTON GROVE?
Block 12 Row 22.
Please fill in the questions.
HOW DID YOU COME ABOUT SUPPORTING ARSENAL?
My dad.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU SUPPORTED ARSENAL?
31 years.
WHEN WAS YOUR FIRST GAME?
February 1988 Lee Dixons debut,1-0 over Luton,looping header by Michael Thomas,stood in the clock end with my dad.
WHO WAS YOUR ARSENAL HERO AS A KID?
Ian Wright was my real first hero,but loved Tony Adams back then.
WHERE DID YOU SIT AT HIGHBURY?
Wasnt an STH,so took whatever i could get,predominantly on the North Bank.
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE GAME?
Not at Highbury,but the 02 cup final against Chelsea,the whole occasion and day out was a real memorable day for me.
TELL US ABOUT WHEN YOU MET AN ARSENAL PLAYER?
Bumped into Jermain Pennant when he was about 18 in Oxford Street he was with all his mates,got a bit starstruck so couldnt manage more than 2 words!!
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE HOME SHIRT AND AWAY SHIRT?
Loved the early 90's yellow chevron away kit,my favourite home was the 98 double top,JVC on the front the Old English style Arsenal on the back,loved the way it was written so got a tattoo of it on my back!!
WHAT WAS YOUR BEST MEMORY OF HIGHBURY?
Thierry Henrys slalom run and celebration in front of the Tottenham fans,in November 02.
WHAT IS THE FUNNIEST CHANT YOU HAVE HEARD AT AN ARSENAL GAME?
The Sol campbell double song at WHL.
WHERE DO YOU SIT AT ASHBURTON GROVE?
Block 12 Row 22.
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North bank girl
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Re: ARSENAL AND YOU
HOW DID YOU COME ABOUT SUPPORTING ARSENAL?
A family thing
HOW LONG HAVE YOU SUPPORTED ARSENAL?
All my life so 26 years next week
WHEN WAS YOUR FIRST GAME?
Can't remember what year it was but it was Villa away
WHO WAS YOUR ARSENAL HERO AS A KID?
Tony Adams
WHERE DID YOU SIT AT HIGHBURY?
NORTH BANK!
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE GAME?
Arsenal 3 Manure 0
Freddie Ljungberg's debut. He came on as a sub and scored
TELL US ABOUT WHEN YOU MET AN ARSENAL PLAYER?
Lee Dixon - He was doing a signing session at my local bank and my aunty had taken me i was first in line. Still got my shirt he signed.
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE HOME SHIRT AND AWAY SHIRT?
My first shirt i had for home 1984-86 i think. Red with white selves, JVC
Away has got to be 1989 shirt
WHAT WAS YOUR BEST MEMORY OF HIGHBURY?
I have loads but Thierry Henry's celebration was a treat!
WHAT IS THE FUNNIEST CHANT YOU HAVE HEARD AT AN ARSENAL GAME?
He's Big, He's Black, He's had a heart attack, King Kanu.
or and cashley related
WHERE DO YOU SIT AT ASHBURTON GROVE?
Wherever i can
A family thing
HOW LONG HAVE YOU SUPPORTED ARSENAL?
All my life so 26 years next week
WHEN WAS YOUR FIRST GAME?
Can't remember what year it was but it was Villa away
WHO WAS YOUR ARSENAL HERO AS A KID?
Tony Adams
WHERE DID YOU SIT AT HIGHBURY?
NORTH BANK!
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE GAME?
Arsenal 3 Manure 0
Freddie Ljungberg's debut. He came on as a sub and scored
TELL US ABOUT WHEN YOU MET AN ARSENAL PLAYER?
Lee Dixon - He was doing a signing session at my local bank and my aunty had taken me i was first in line. Still got my shirt he signed.
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE HOME SHIRT AND AWAY SHIRT?
My first shirt i had for home 1984-86 i think. Red with white selves, JVC
Away has got to be 1989 shirt
WHAT WAS YOUR BEST MEMORY OF HIGHBURY?
I have loads but Thierry Henry's celebration was a treat!
WHAT IS THE FUNNIEST CHANT YOU HAVE HEARD AT AN ARSENAL GAME?
He's Big, He's Black, He's had a heart attack, King Kanu.
or and cashley related
WHERE DO YOU SIT AT ASHBURTON GROVE?
Wherever i can
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dorset_gooner
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HOW DID YOU COME ABOUT SUPPORTING ARSENAL?
I started watching my local team AFC Bournemouth. In 1987 my dad took me to my first away game at Exeter City. Bmth then played Southampton in the next round and beat them over two legs, I wasnt allowed to go as it was bound to be lively! My dad promised we could go to the next round if we got through, fortunately we drew Arsenal at Highbury and that night I began supporting Arsenal! Bmth lost 3-0 and I was blown away by the size of the ground etc etc!
HOW LONG HAVE YOU SUPPORTED ARSENAL?
Since 1987
WHEN WAS YOUR FIRST GAME?
See above, first Arsenal game after that was FA Cup against Mancs think it was still 1987, I still have the programme with Rocky on the front
WHO WAS YOUR ARSENAL HERO AS A KID?
Big Tone
WHERE DID YOU SIT AT HIGHBURY?
Stood on the North Bank a few times, then when a regular was North Bank upper with a friend who wanted to share season tickets/bonds
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE GAME?
Arsenal v Liverpool title run in when TH14 took the piss, what a second half!
Inter and Real Madrid away Juve at home in the run to the final was pretty special too
TELL US ABOUT WHEN YOU MET AN ARSENAL PLAYER?
Never met one
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE HOME SHIRT AND AWAY SHIRT?
I loved the mental yellow away shirt just because it was so different at the time, looking back now however...
Probably the 2003/04 home shirt
WHAT WAS YOUR BEST MEMORY OF HIGHBURY?
Wigan game, just wondering round the place beforehand, the shirts across the streets etc
WHAT IS THE FUNNIEST CHANT YOU HAVE HEARD AT AN ARSENAL GAME?
Tony Adams magic
WHERE DO YOU SIT AT ASHBURTON GROVE? Lower west, close to the halfway line
Anywhere I can get tickets
I started watching my local team AFC Bournemouth. In 1987 my dad took me to my first away game at Exeter City. Bmth then played Southampton in the next round and beat them over two legs, I wasnt allowed to go as it was bound to be lively! My dad promised we could go to the next round if we got through, fortunately we drew Arsenal at Highbury and that night I began supporting Arsenal! Bmth lost 3-0 and I was blown away by the size of the ground etc etc!
HOW LONG HAVE YOU SUPPORTED ARSENAL?
Since 1987
WHEN WAS YOUR FIRST GAME?
See above, first Arsenal game after that was FA Cup against Mancs think it was still 1987, I still have the programme with Rocky on the front
WHO WAS YOUR ARSENAL HERO AS A KID?
Big Tone
WHERE DID YOU SIT AT HIGHBURY?
Stood on the North Bank a few times, then when a regular was North Bank upper with a friend who wanted to share season tickets/bonds
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE GAME?
Arsenal v Liverpool title run in when TH14 took the piss, what a second half!
Inter and Real Madrid away Juve at home in the run to the final was pretty special too
TELL US ABOUT WHEN YOU MET AN ARSENAL PLAYER?
Never met one
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE HOME SHIRT AND AWAY SHIRT?
I loved the mental yellow away shirt just because it was so different at the time, looking back now however...
Probably the 2003/04 home shirt
WHAT WAS YOUR BEST MEMORY OF HIGHBURY?
Wigan game, just wondering round the place beforehand, the shirts across the streets etc
WHAT IS THE FUNNIEST CHANT YOU HAVE HEARD AT AN ARSENAL GAME?
Tony Adams magic
WHERE DO YOU SIT AT ASHBURTON GROVE? Lower west, close to the halfway line
Anywhere I can get tickets
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Eboue-Why?
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- Joined: Fri Mar 21, 2008 6:26 pm
- Location: Sunny Surrey
HOW DID YOU COME ABOUT SUPPORTING ARSENAL?
Originally from Lincoln and as a 4th Division club fan you always supported a First Division side too. When Charlie fell over onto his back in '71 I fell in love!
HOW LONG HAVE YOU SUPPORTED ARSENAL?
Nearly 40 years!!
WHEN WAS YOUR FIRST GAME?
Leicester away in 1976
WHO WAS YOUR ARSENAL HERO AS A KID?
Chippy Brady
WHERE DID YOU SIT AT HIGHBURY?
North Bank, Clock End, Family Enclosure.....
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE GAME?
Anfield (have I told you I get a mention on the official DVD?!?!)
TELL US ABOUT WHEN YOU MET AN ARSENAL PLAYER?
Away at Norwich, late 80s/early 90s a young Ray Parlour was sat in the away end right behind me sipping from a hip flask!!!
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE HOME SHIRT AND AWAY SHIRT?
Classic early 70s
WHAT WAS YOUR BEST MEMORY OF HIGHBURY?
So many great games but you never forget the first time!
WHAT IS THE FUNNIEST CHANT YOU HAVE HEARD AT AN ARSENAL GAME?
Pass
WHERE DO YOU SIT AT ASHBURTON GROVE?
Back of North Lower in the corner
Originally from Lincoln and as a 4th Division club fan you always supported a First Division side too. When Charlie fell over onto his back in '71 I fell in love!
HOW LONG HAVE YOU SUPPORTED ARSENAL?
Nearly 40 years!!
WHEN WAS YOUR FIRST GAME?
Leicester away in 1976
WHO WAS YOUR ARSENAL HERO AS A KID?
Chippy Brady
WHERE DID YOU SIT AT HIGHBURY?
North Bank, Clock End, Family Enclosure.....
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE GAME?
Anfield (have I told you I get a mention on the official DVD?!?!)
TELL US ABOUT WHEN YOU MET AN ARSENAL PLAYER?
Away at Norwich, late 80s/early 90s a young Ray Parlour was sat in the away end right behind me sipping from a hip flask!!!
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE HOME SHIRT AND AWAY SHIRT?
Classic early 70s
WHAT WAS YOUR BEST MEMORY OF HIGHBURY?
So many great games but you never forget the first time!
WHAT IS THE FUNNIEST CHANT YOU HAVE HEARD AT AN ARSENAL GAME?
Pass
WHERE DO YOU SIT AT ASHBURTON GROVE?
Back of North Lower in the corner
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Champagne Charlie
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Re: ARSENAL AND YOU
HOW DID YOU COME ABOUT SUPPORTING ARSENAL?
My older cousin and his mates
HOW LONG HAVE YOU SUPPORTED ARSENAL?
Since 1979, but only truly once Kenny Sansom came to my primary school which would've been around 84, i think
WHEN WAS YOUR FIRST GAME?
Everton league cup Cup semis 88
WHO WAS YOUR ARSENAL HERO AS A KID?
Rocky
WHERE DID YOU SIT AT HIGHBURY?
I've moved around except the clockend.
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE GAME?
26.05.89
TELL US ABOUT WHEN YOU MET AN ARSENAL PLAYER?
Kenny Sansom doing a talk at my primary school, shook his hand.
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE HOME SHIRT AND AWAY SHIRT?
Had handmedowns from my cousin but bought my own whilst at uni. JVC blue lightning strike away top
WHAT WAS YOUR BEST MEMORY OF HIGHBURY?
Loads of them
WHAT IS THE FUNNIEST CHANT YOU HAVE HEARD AT AN ARSENAL GAME?
first time i heard the circumcision song
WHERE DO YOU SIT AT ASHBURTON GROVE?
Usually Block 5-6 when i can get a ticket.
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My older cousin and his mates
HOW LONG HAVE YOU SUPPORTED ARSENAL?
Since 1979, but only truly once Kenny Sansom came to my primary school which would've been around 84, i think
WHEN WAS YOUR FIRST GAME?
Everton league cup Cup semis 88
WHO WAS YOUR ARSENAL HERO AS A KID?
Rocky
WHERE DID YOU SIT AT HIGHBURY?
I've moved around except the clockend.
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE GAME?
26.05.89
TELL US ABOUT WHEN YOU MET AN ARSENAL PLAYER?
Kenny Sansom doing a talk at my primary school, shook his hand.
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE HOME SHIRT AND AWAY SHIRT?
Had handmedowns from my cousin but bought my own whilst at uni. JVC blue lightning strike away top
WHAT WAS YOUR BEST MEMORY OF HIGHBURY?
Loads of them
WHAT IS THE FUNNIEST CHANT YOU HAVE HEARD AT AN ARSENAL GAME?
first time i heard the circumcision song
WHERE DO YOU SIT AT ASHBURTON GROVE?
Usually Block 5-6 when i can get a ticket.
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highburyJD
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- Location: Highbury
HOW DID YOU COME ABOUT SUPPORTING ARSENAL?
GloryHunting parents moved to Islington in summer of '71 saw the street parties and became Gooners thinking we would win the league every year! 18 years later till we did. I was born in '76
HOW LONG HAVE YOU SUPPORTED ARSENAL?
First went as an 8 year old, wasn't allowed but sold panini stickers and cigarette cards at school for the £2. Pretended to my mum I was going to play football on HigburyFields. When I first went it was just to see large groups of blokes swearing. Have to say I still love swearing. Really fell in love with football in '86 - the World Cup. Starting going all the time in 86/87 so from then I guess.
WHEN WAS YOUR FIRST GAME?
can't remember, spent the whole time watching the crowd not the game...
WHO WAS YOUR ARSENAL HERO AS A KID?
I thought remembered watching an FA Youth Cup win with Adams. Bould, Rocastle, Thomas, Merson and Davis but on Wikipedia the only Arsenal Youth Cup team is rather less glamourous: Hillier, Morrow, Heaney, Campbell (Miller in goal who I remember saying would play for England!) - sure I saw a youth team win something and really wanted that group to break through... Loved Rocky the best, then Limpar when we signed him. As a teenager couldn't have loved Wrighty any more. Bergkamp was my favourite player in the world before we bought him!
WHERE DID YOU SIT AT HIGHBURY?
Everywhere but only had seasontickets in NorthBank and EastUpper
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE GAME?
Too many... Home: Henry tearing up Liverpool. especially when Carragher, Hamman and some no-hoper (Biscuits?) all start fouling themselves and each other for Henry's wonder goal. The Nike ad 'Gary Who?' last game on the clockend when Wrighty gets his hattrick to be top scorer - bombing through onto a Seman throwout when that big exMillwall muppet (forgotten name) tries to haul him down.
Winterburn taking the piss of Mclairs missed pen. Manure having to do a guard of honour for the champions a few years later.
CWC semi v Sampdoria what a game! (moanie Mancini manmarking the ref)
Ars v Juve super high class game. Henry awesome for 20mins. DB tango dances their defence to death at the end. Winning the league v Everton in '98. I cried. Coming back from 2 nil down v Villa when Merse scored.
Loved watching a few away games at Highbury - remember us battering Ipswich in the Cup the day after Adams stacked down the steps of that club by the Business Design Centre... what was it called?
Us beating Spuds - Kanu wonder goal and hearing Liverpool had drawn with Manure was epic (were there some Spuds fans in Highbury that night or did I dream that...)
Away games Inter away already mentioned - great day. Standard Liege 7-0. Was watching the RealMadrid game on TV in thailand but loved that. Prob favourite FA cup replay 93 @Elland Rd. They were champions and we were 1 nil up (Smudger) and 2-1 down (Shutt then Mcallister spanked a FK) Wrighty at the end + in extra time. PSG away the birth of 1-0 to the Arsenal (a game we drew 1-1!) they had a sick team and their fans were insane. Bizarrely both Paris 94 and 06 were great days/nights out. Being at Copenhagen 94 is a HUGE favourite though my dad going as mad as I've ever seen anybody go. PreMatch prediction was 5-0 Parma.
TELL US ABOUT WHEN YOU MET AN ARSENAL PLAYER?
Met several, never really say much. Tried to shake Glenn Helder's hand in a nightclub loos and he made me wash my hands first! fair enough
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE HOME SHIRT AND AWAY SHIRT?
Arsenal 91 home - bruised nana away (92 was it..?)
WHAT WAS YOUR BEST MEMORY OF HIGHBURY?
being a little kid - smells and sounds I was blown away. Last game v Wigan walking up my steps and nearly crying. Standing by the East stand at the end of the season with Wrighty going mad out the dressing room window (96 and 98!)
WHAT IS THE FUNNIEST CHANT YOU HAVE HEARD AT AN ARSENAL GAME?
several all ready mentioned (Sol, Cashley, FatEddieMurphy, Kanu + Caprice) not funny but my favourite was singing we are unbeatable for quite some time
WHERE DO YOU SIT AT ASHBURTON GROVE? EastUpper level with NorthBank pen area - 110.
GloryHunting parents moved to Islington in summer of '71 saw the street parties and became Gooners thinking we would win the league every year! 18 years later till we did. I was born in '76
HOW LONG HAVE YOU SUPPORTED ARSENAL?
First went as an 8 year old, wasn't allowed but sold panini stickers and cigarette cards at school for the £2. Pretended to my mum I was going to play football on HigburyFields. When I first went it was just to see large groups of blokes swearing. Have to say I still love swearing. Really fell in love with football in '86 - the World Cup. Starting going all the time in 86/87 so from then I guess.
WHEN WAS YOUR FIRST GAME?
can't remember, spent the whole time watching the crowd not the game...
WHO WAS YOUR ARSENAL HERO AS A KID?
I thought remembered watching an FA Youth Cup win with Adams. Bould, Rocastle, Thomas, Merson and Davis but on Wikipedia the only Arsenal Youth Cup team is rather less glamourous: Hillier, Morrow, Heaney, Campbell (Miller in goal who I remember saying would play for England!) - sure I saw a youth team win something and really wanted that group to break through... Loved Rocky the best, then Limpar when we signed him. As a teenager couldn't have loved Wrighty any more. Bergkamp was my favourite player in the world before we bought him!
WHERE DID YOU SIT AT HIGHBURY?
Everywhere but only had seasontickets in NorthBank and EastUpper
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE GAME?
Too many... Home: Henry tearing up Liverpool. especially when Carragher, Hamman and some no-hoper (Biscuits?) all start fouling themselves and each other for Henry's wonder goal. The Nike ad 'Gary Who?' last game on the clockend when Wrighty gets his hattrick to be top scorer - bombing through onto a Seman throwout when that big exMillwall muppet (forgotten name) tries to haul him down.
Winterburn taking the piss of Mclairs missed pen. Manure having to do a guard of honour for the champions a few years later.
CWC semi v Sampdoria what a game! (moanie Mancini manmarking the ref)
Ars v Juve super high class game. Henry awesome for 20mins. DB tango dances their defence to death at the end. Winning the league v Everton in '98. I cried. Coming back from 2 nil down v Villa when Merse scored.
Loved watching a few away games at Highbury - remember us battering Ipswich in the Cup the day after Adams stacked down the steps of that club by the Business Design Centre... what was it called?
Us beating Spuds - Kanu wonder goal and hearing Liverpool had drawn with Manure was epic (were there some Spuds fans in Highbury that night or did I dream that...)
Away games Inter away already mentioned - great day. Standard Liege 7-0. Was watching the RealMadrid game on TV in thailand but loved that. Prob favourite FA cup replay 93 @Elland Rd. They were champions and we were 1 nil up (Smudger) and 2-1 down (Shutt then Mcallister spanked a FK) Wrighty at the end + in extra time. PSG away the birth of 1-0 to the Arsenal (a game we drew 1-1!) they had a sick team and their fans were insane. Bizarrely both Paris 94 and 06 were great days/nights out. Being at Copenhagen 94 is a HUGE favourite though my dad going as mad as I've ever seen anybody go. PreMatch prediction was 5-0 Parma.
TELL US ABOUT WHEN YOU MET AN ARSENAL PLAYER?
Met several, never really say much. Tried to shake Glenn Helder's hand in a nightclub loos and he made me wash my hands first! fair enough
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE HOME SHIRT AND AWAY SHIRT?
Arsenal 91 home - bruised nana away (92 was it..?)
WHAT WAS YOUR BEST MEMORY OF HIGHBURY?
being a little kid - smells and sounds I was blown away. Last game v Wigan walking up my steps and nearly crying. Standing by the East stand at the end of the season with Wrighty going mad out the dressing room window (96 and 98!)
WHAT IS THE FUNNIEST CHANT YOU HAVE HEARD AT AN ARSENAL GAME?
several all ready mentioned (Sol, Cashley, FatEddieMurphy, Kanu + Caprice) not funny but my favourite was singing we are unbeatable for quite some time
WHERE DO YOU SIT AT ASHBURTON GROVE? EastUpper level with NorthBank pen area - 110.
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Reg Niseth
- Posts: 824
- Joined: Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:11 pm
- Location: At the bar
Re: ARSENAL AND YOU
HOW DID YOU COME ABOUT SUPPORTING ARSENAL?
Went with mates from school
HOW LONG HAVE YOU SUPPORTED ARSENAL?
Properly since '75 but saw us play at stamfrod bridge in '72 and '73
WHEN WAS YOUR FIRST GAME?
At Highbury v Everton 1975
WHO WAS YOUR ARSENAL HERO AS A KID?
Liam Brady
WHERE DID YOU SIT AT HIGHBURY?
West Stand Lower
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE GAME?
Anfield '89. Nothing will ever beat that night. But close to it would the Rocky semi against the **** in '87.
TELL US ABOUT WHEN YOU MET AN ARSENAL PLAYER?
Used to drink regularly with the Tuesday Club
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE HOME SHIRT AND AWAY SHIRT?
Anything without the sponsors name on it.
WHAT WAS YOUR BEST MEMORY OF HIGHBURY?
Two pint buckets of beer in the West Lower
WHAT IS THE FUNNIEST CHANT YOU HAVE HEARD AT AN ARSENAL GAME?
**** singing 'we're by far the greatest team . . .'
WHERE DO YOU SIT AT ASHBURTON GROVE?
On me arse
Went with mates from school
HOW LONG HAVE YOU SUPPORTED ARSENAL?
Properly since '75 but saw us play at stamfrod bridge in '72 and '73
WHEN WAS YOUR FIRST GAME?
At Highbury v Everton 1975
WHO WAS YOUR ARSENAL HERO AS A KID?
Liam Brady
WHERE DID YOU SIT AT HIGHBURY?
West Stand Lower
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE GAME?
Anfield '89. Nothing will ever beat that night. But close to it would the Rocky semi against the **** in '87.
TELL US ABOUT WHEN YOU MET AN ARSENAL PLAYER?
Used to drink regularly with the Tuesday Club
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE HOME SHIRT AND AWAY SHIRT?
Anything without the sponsors name on it.
WHAT WAS YOUR BEST MEMORY OF HIGHBURY?
Two pint buckets of beer in the West Lower
WHAT IS THE FUNNIEST CHANT YOU HAVE HEARD AT AN ARSENAL GAME?
**** singing 'we're by far the greatest team . . .'
WHERE DO YOU SIT AT ASHBURTON GROVE?
On me arse
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flash gunner
- Posts: 29243
- Joined: Tue Nov 06, 2007 6:55 am
- Location: Armchairsville. FACT.
Re: ARSENAL AND YOU
HOW DID YOU COME ABOUT SUPPORTING ARSENAL?
My dad was a gooner
HOW LONG HAVE YOU SUPPORTED ARSENAL?
Since i can remember so thats about 30-35 years
WHEN WAS YOUR FIRST GAME?
Notts County FA Cup 1979
WHO WAS YOUR ARSENAL HERO AS A KID?
Brady then Nicholas then Rocastle
WHERE DID YOU SIT AT HIGHBURY?
Stood in the Northbank some weeks Clock end others
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE GAME?
Of the games i went to it has to be sp*rs away in 1988 when Pleat had been caught kerbcrawling and Liverpool away 1991 we won 1-0 with a goal from Merse
TELL US ABOUT WHEN YOU MET AN ARSENAL PLAYER?
I was outside the East stand about an hour and half before kick off and a hire van pulled up out jumped Marwood(who was driving), Davis, Rocastle, Richardson. As they walked past me Marwood turned to me and said "what a way to travel" rolled his eyes and laughed. I also shook hands with Rocky at the end of the 1990 season
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE HOME SHIRT AND AWAY SHIRT?
Home Adidas 1986-88 Away 1989
WHAT WAS YOUR BEST MEMORY OF HIGHBURY?
Winning the league in 1998 i was Northbank lower and the upper tier was literally bouncing above us, worryingly
WHAT IS THE FUNNIEST CHANT YOU HAVE HEARD AT AN ARSENAL GAME?Loads over the years
WHERE DO YOU SIT AT ASHBURTON GROVE?
Anywhere i can get a ticket
My dad was a gooner
HOW LONG HAVE YOU SUPPORTED ARSENAL?
Since i can remember so thats about 30-35 years
WHEN WAS YOUR FIRST GAME?
Notts County FA Cup 1979
WHO WAS YOUR ARSENAL HERO AS A KID?
Brady then Nicholas then Rocastle
WHERE DID YOU SIT AT HIGHBURY?
Stood in the Northbank some weeks Clock end others
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE GAME?
Of the games i went to it has to be sp*rs away in 1988 when Pleat had been caught kerbcrawling and Liverpool away 1991 we won 1-0 with a goal from Merse
TELL US ABOUT WHEN YOU MET AN ARSENAL PLAYER?
I was outside the East stand about an hour and half before kick off and a hire van pulled up out jumped Marwood(who was driving), Davis, Rocastle, Richardson. As they walked past me Marwood turned to me and said "what a way to travel" rolled his eyes and laughed. I also shook hands with Rocky at the end of the 1990 season
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE HOME SHIRT AND AWAY SHIRT?
Home Adidas 1986-88 Away 1989
WHAT WAS YOUR BEST MEMORY OF HIGHBURY?
Winning the league in 1998 i was Northbank lower and the upper tier was literally bouncing above us, worryingly
WHAT IS THE FUNNIEST CHANT YOU HAVE HEARD AT AN ARSENAL GAME?Loads over the years
WHERE DO YOU SIT AT ASHBURTON GROVE?
Anywhere i can get a ticket
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merson_is_god
- Posts: 2379
- Joined: Sun Mar 14, 2010 11:43 am
- Location: At the computer
HOW DID YOU COME ABOUT SUPPORTING ARSENAL?
My dad and brother used to go to all the games
HOW LONG HAVE YOU SUPPORTED ARSENAL?
Since I was 10
WHEN WAS YOUR FIRST GAME?
First game I remember was home to Chelsea
WHO WAS YOUR ARSENAL HERO AS A KID?
Charlie Nicholas
WHERE DID YOU SIT AT HIGHBURY?
Stood on the North Bank(just right of centre just behind the middle walkway) Sat clock end
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE GAME?
Far to many lots of favorite games for lots of different reasons
TELL US ABOUT WHEN YOU MET AN ARSENAL PLAYER?
Meet DB10 and sold him his christmas trees. Meet loads of players down the years
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE HOME SHIRT AND AWAY SHIRT?
All of them
WHAT WAS YOUR BEST MEMORY OF HIGHBURY?
Peanuts roasted peanuts, Knees up mother brown, the making of good friends just because they supported Arsenal
WHAT IS THE FUNNIEST CHANT YOU HAVE HEARD AT AN ARSENAL GAME?
For he's a jolly good Vela(my dad made it up)
WHERE DO YOU SIT AT ASHBURTON GROVE
I dont I stand most of the time but if I did have to sit Block 11 near the back
My dad and brother used to go to all the games
HOW LONG HAVE YOU SUPPORTED ARSENAL?
Since I was 10
WHEN WAS YOUR FIRST GAME?
First game I remember was home to Chelsea
WHO WAS YOUR ARSENAL HERO AS A KID?
Charlie Nicholas
WHERE DID YOU SIT AT HIGHBURY?
Stood on the North Bank(just right of centre just behind the middle walkway) Sat clock end
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE GAME?
Far to many lots of favorite games for lots of different reasons
TELL US ABOUT WHEN YOU MET AN ARSENAL PLAYER?
Meet DB10 and sold him his christmas trees. Meet loads of players down the years
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE HOME SHIRT AND AWAY SHIRT?
All of them
WHAT WAS YOUR BEST MEMORY OF HIGHBURY?
Peanuts roasted peanuts, Knees up mother brown, the making of good friends just because they supported Arsenal
WHAT IS THE FUNNIEST CHANT YOU HAVE HEARD AT AN ARSENAL GAME?
For he's a jolly good Vela(my dad made it up)
WHERE DO YOU SIT AT ASHBURTON GROVE
I dont I stand most of the time
but if I did have to sit Block 11 near the back