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.
Maria also goes to Arsenal ladies matches and when the ball flies high and out of the small ground sings (on her own) "One ball over the wall, tr - la - la - la- la" to the tune of Brown Girl in the Ring
An eccentric but passionate Arsenal nut.....like a few on here (no names )
Does Maria go on her own or is there a long-suffering husband?
Do I detect a keen interest ? Or are you enquiring "for a friend"
Maria also goes to Arsenal ladies matches and when the ball flies high and out of the small ground sings (on her own) "One ball over the wall, tr - la - la - la- la" to the tune of Brown Girl in the Ring
An eccentric but passionate Arsenal nut.....like a few on here (no names )
Does Maria go on her own or is there a long-suffering husband?
Do I detect a keen interest ? Or are you enquiring "for a friend"
for romance to blossom she'd have to stop singing! I used to think that bloke in the Beautiful South had an annoying voice but...
brucegrove wrote:Many thanks QG and Z88 for the links.
I started this post off today with a smile on my face remembering these 'slightly bonkers' characters from my youth so it's saddening to read of the demise of Knowledge at such a young age. I recall him as a much younger man than the pics you linked. He had receding brown curly hair and was slightly chubby with national health specs. I seem to recall overhearing him once say that he worked for some toy company although that was yonks ago and the memory blurs. I never knew or spoke personally to him but i just recall a few times on trains where people were good-naturedly asking him obscure questions and he took all questions very seriously and was seemingly able to answer most of them, apparently unaware that he was being gently-ribbed. My overriding recollection is simply that he always seemed to wear this tan suit which was quite incongruous at 80s footy games and seemed to be made of rather uncomfortable looking material. I never knew that he was quite such an eccentric character. I'm now really intrigued and would love to hear any anecdotes people may have of him.
Additionally, i'm also curious at this info which appeared in the Gooner obituary: "The “Cartoon” series that ran several years ago “Mr Logik”!! The article directly aimed at Mr Feinstein caused him great personal offence! Anyone who knew Daniel personally is well aware of this!"
I've never seen this cartoon character and wonder if anybody could put up a link
Try @DarrenArsenal1 who i believe travelled to many away games with Knowledge
Maria also goes to Arsenal ladies matches and when the ball flies high and out of the small ground sings (on her own) "One ball over the wall, tr - la - la - la- la" to the tune of Brown Girl in the Ring
An eccentric but passionate Arsenal nut.....like a few on here (no names )
Does Maria go on her own or is there a long-suffering husband?
Maria also goes to Arsenal ladies matches and when the ball flies high and out of the small ground sings (on her own) "One ball over the wall, tr - la - la - la- la" to the tune of Brown Girl in the Ring
An eccentric but passionate Arsenal nut.....like a few on here (no names )
Does Maria go on her own or is there a long-suffering husband?
This ain't Plenty of Fish mate
Lol.
Surely Maria is best-known for her long, drawn-out, 'Come on you Gunners', usually during the quietest and/or most random moment in the match. Having just seen the YouTube video, she looks nothing like I'd imagined her all these years.
Surely another super-fan for this thread is Michiel (or is it simply 'Michael'?) - the guy who has a thousand shirts, and often has kit changes during the game! It's surprising how often you can spot him on TV. Can definitely recall Ljungberg handing him a shirt during the 2004 trophy presentation celebrations.
Michael the Beret Man is a good bloke, have met him a couple of times after games.
Once on the way home from a game on the tube, he saw one of our fans who was in a wheelchair and quite badly disabled.
Instantly gave him his match programme without being asked to.
Another Mikey is our fan who looks like a slightly older version of Kanu, often seen on TV shouting when we score.
I cannot find a photo of him though.
We used to stand on the northbank when rip roar was in full voice..if im not mistaken he was there with is missus.
We used to chant out rip roar give us a song rip roar rip roar give us a song...he never did though..
Then there was the peanut seller..shouting peanuts in a high pitched voice..for years we would call out peanuts when ever we heard his voice ..he would think the punters were trying to get his attention and fight through the crowd trying to get to where he heard the calls from...
strangest character i ever knew was "penny guy" - on the Clockend in the 90's, he sat/stood behind me. scruffy, middle aged guy with long lank hair and glasses, he always had a tesco plastic bag full of pennies. he was either very poor or really really liked pennies. quote.
Might be the guy we call the caretaker from Scoobie doo that is in block ten at the back. He can also be found in the Chippy opposite Avenell Road sometimes pre and sometimes post matches.
Michael the Beret Man still goes, saw him last season.
Anyone remember Worzel from the 80's/early 90's?
And what about that old bloke with very thin legs, who would wear black drainpipe trousers, a grey trenchcoat, with sunglasses no matter what time of year, and had masses of frizzy white hair, like a glam rock guitarist?
He would stand towards the back of the North Bank, on the curve, outside the roofed section, on the West Stand side.
Had the misfortune to stand next to him at one game, I had to move after a few minutes, he stank!
mattyb wrote:We used to stand on the northbank when rip roar was in full voice..if im not mistaken he was there with is missus.
We used to chant out rip roar give us a song rip roar rip roar give us a song...he never did though..
Rip Roar and his missus Up..the mind boggles.
I craned my neck many times to try to get a few of this guy (as i didn't stand all that far away from him) and on one occasion i thought i saw him..a ginger-haired guy in a brown leather jacket, but maybe it wasn't really him. I'd love to know what inspired this bizarre chant, was it something from history ala 'good old arsenal'?
Every club has it's individual characters. A couple of years ago I went to see AFC Wimbledon with a friend of mine who is a long term (original) Wimbledon fan. We were standing behind the goal and before the game started i noticed a hugely obese guy sprawled across what looked like about 3 seats in the main stand. I'm no supermodel myself these days but i said to my friend 'blimey, look at the size of that guy' and he said 'oh yeah, that's Salad!' Apparently this guy was one of the well known Wimbledon fans of yore. My friend told me that the last time he saw Salad was at some game when it was raining and Salad had slipped over outside the men's toilets and watching trying to get up was like a circus act.
Maria and Knowledge have been done , Maria is loaded but is one of the tightest woman on the planet and can be a pain in the arse but hey she’s ours .
Rip Roar I think was Colchester Mick ruddy complexion wore a Mac looked like a tramp still around I heard !
Mad Scottish Jim
Semi Homeless , paper seller out of Whitechapel no one understood a word he said but didn’t stop him from saying it to all and Sundry .
Perma pIssed and would take a swing at opposition fans without warning or provocation before normally collapsing in a heap .
Used to enjoy being locked up at Christmas so he got fed and a bed he went steadily downhill .
Jumped on the pitch ran over to the home fans end and took a shit at Birmingham City one day sparking off a near riot !
Olly and Solly ( from steaming in) AKA the gruesome two some , Solly from Buckhust Hill Jewish and referred to the n17 mob as the **** now live in Israel since Wenger arrived but b4 that was home and away every week ! Olly still around aged 65 plus,deaf as a post and sprays his words ........goes everywhere !
theres soooooooooooooomany including some of the eds on here
QuartzGooner wrote:Michael the Beret Man still goes, saw him last season.
Anyone remember Worzel from the 80's/early 90's?
And what about that old bloke with very thin legs, who would wear black drainpipe trousers, a grey trenchcoat, with sunglasses no matter what time of year, and had masses of frizzy white hair, like a glam rock guitarist?
He would stand towards the back of the North Bank, on the curve, outside the roofed section, on the West Stand side.
Had the misfortune to stand next to him at one game, I had to move after a few minutes, he stank!
Really enjoyed reading this thread- seems that like in the bigger world a lot of characters are sadly disappearing.
A local lady I knew as a friend used to watch every Gloucester City match home and away for at least 50 years without fail- thats got to be a bit on the bonkers side of masochism
Still are "characters" but now they do daft things like wave "Who needs Wonga when we have Wenger on a yellow T shirt at FA Cup finals
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