Arsenal 5-3 Middlesbrough

Yorkshire_Gooner · Post by **Yorkshire_Gooner** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:20 pm

yeh i was there north bank lower tier near the jumbotron, one of the best games i have been to, even at 3-1 i had that we wont lose this feeling!

Post by **Chippy** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 12:18 pm

For some reason I can't remember they had loads of Junior Gunners on the pitch with flags before the game. My lad was one of them. Highlight for him was TH14 nearly hit him with a ball during the warm up

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Cause of the flag thing we got some free tickets, but had already bought ours so the missus came along. When we were 3-1 down she was worried I was going to blame her as a bad omen. At the end of the game she could not believe how exciting it had been, but I think we convinced her that all games are not that good.

stats · Post by **stats** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 7:41 am

one of the best matches i've ever been to at the Arsenal
one of the reasons i miss highbury so much is that game TBH
it was a nice hot summers day & the first home game of the season & it was the first time i went to a game in the east upper for ages, a person like myself likes to get in early to the ground to read the programme & the gooner which i remember doing that day (kinda shite doing it at the grove not the same feel)
the grass was spotless & very green even got a couple of photos somewhere cos it looked the bollocks that day & the grove was just about to get built at that point
anyways remember henry putting us ahead with a lob then suddenley out of nowhere boro were 3-1 with that goal out of nowhere & hassinwank scoring as well
thinking to myself WTF is going on here we've got this far & we fuck up now
the rest speaks for itself

bergkamp got a goal from just outside the area then pires got us back on level & jose stright away put us in front then thierry scoring a tap in
happy days that was & boro 7-0 was nice as well

(can't beat the everton game though)

sithegooner · Post by **sithegooner** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 4:09 pm

I was at the 5-3 sittin in the north bank behind the goal. TH14's goal was awesome! Remember thinkin FUCK when they went 3-1 up but then one of the best attacking performances ive ever seen from then on. DB10 with a great goal then reyes scored a cracker! What a game. I also went to the game after on the wednesday vs blackburn. Got offered tickets straight after the boro game!! couldnt say no after that!!!

This Is The Daybreak · Thu Feb 21, 2008 5:53 pm

In the West Lower for that in my days as a Cannon Club member...moved to the Clock End for the last year at Highbury.

Was absolutley fantastic but I remember being 3-1 down and still feeling that there was no way we were going to lose, had every confidence as we were so good in 2003/2004 and the start of 2004/2005 I never tended to feel worried when I was following the Arsenal. Those first couple of months of that season I can remember being some of my most enjoyable as an Arsenal supporter.

All_Arsenal_1886 · Post by **All_Arsenal_1886** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 7:01 pm

Dicko this was the 5-3 game i was telling you about on the coach on the way back from Manchester lol.

Remember it now?

AFC 49'er · Post by **AFC 49'er** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:21 pm

I was there - great game - I just knew from the start we would be watching something special.

RP7 was warming up at the corner flag North Bank/East Stand and I saw his reaction when Boro's 3rd went in. His head went down and that's when I knew he loved the club as much as the fans.

Bergkamp was captain that day

Most important after the 3 points, we stretched that unbeaten run

Cesc is God · Post by **Cesc is God** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 12:36 am

I will never forget this game. I remember Pires getting the equaliser and then Reyes getting the 4th...

That was truly orgasmic!