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.
Vince wrote:lol DB10GOONER, I'm sure I saw you in Paris, the day of the Champion's League final, in Pigalle's Bar.
We were there Vince! In the bar on the corner at the little roundabout beside the metro station in Pigalle. I'll post a couple pictures from it tonight (can't access photobucket in work ) and you might spot yourself!!
What a great day that was! We just drank and sang and chanted all afternoon and after the final we drank Paris dry until 8.30 the next morning.
I always get jealous of the Paris stories as I was having a mare financially at the time aand the best I could do was the front room with a load of tinnies.
I did however get on Sky Sports phone in after the show and drunkly slated TH14 for his attitude of blaming the world and his wife for the defeat whislt conveiniently forgetting his one on one that would have put us two up!
gus ceasar is a legend wrote:You are a fit lad DB10!
I always get jealous of the Paris stories as I was having a mare financially at the time aand the best I could do was the front room with a load of tinnies.
I did however get on Sky Sports phone in after the show and drunkly slated TH14 for his attitude of blaming the world and his wife for the defeat whislt conveiniently forgetting his one on one that would have put us two up!
I still blame THBW14 for choking that night, Gus. But then, he choked every final he played in for us... Still a legend for me, but he deffo bottled it that night in Paris. We fucking deserved to win...
corkbarry wrote:Nice pic DB,lovely children. Do you go to the gym(no beer belly)
Nah. Not near disciplined enough for the gym!!
Play football (indoors) once a week, outdoors once a week in a Sunday league (and one nights training per week) and have been doing kickboxing (for fitness) for the last decade or so.
I'm prone to weight gain though when injured. Really fast too (I like me beer and food). When I broke my ankle in two places in 2006 I piled on 2 stone in about a month. I was out from footy for nearly 6 months in total and though I kept the weight gain down to 2 stone I had a hell of a battle to knock that 2 stone back off and get fit again.
Thanks for the compliment on my two little angels. Best thing ever happened to me, those two (and their mom).
Here's a few more (let me know if you're in any of them);
The lady in those photos is our mate Trish who died tragically young (33) the following Paddy's Day weekend. I wish we'd won it for her. She was the life and soul of us that night after the final, got us all singing and drinking again. What a woman. RIP Trish mate.
(Apologies for not resizing but I'm a lazy crunt at times... )
No I'm not on those pics.
It was a great day, with gooners everywhere in Paris.
Where did you watched the game? You had tickets?
I was outside the stadium, watching in one of the bars around the stade de France. Great atmosphere! Shame about the result, as you said.
No I'm not on those pics.
It was a great day, with gooners everywhere in Paris.
Where did you watched the game? You had tickets?
I was outside the stadium, watching in one of the bars around the stade de France. Great atmosphere! Shame about the result, as you said.
My mate and his bro got tickets through UEFA and very kindly gave me and another mate one each at face value (!). We were in one of the side stands deemed "nuetral" and for UEFA twats but it was full of Gooners and Barca. After the game my mate I drank our way back around to the underpass hitting every beer tent on the way. I think we hit about 8 in total...
Man, we were half fucked by the time we met the other lads and made our way back to Pagelle. We spent most of the night in the Cockney Tavern and then went onto a little Parissian night workers bar full of cops and prostitutes and factory workers. We started up a version of "Number one is Perry Groves..." and three other Gooners at the back of the place joined in. The locals gave us a standing ovation when we finished. And some 75 year old hooker tried to pull my mat Doc J. We fell out of there about 8.30 next morning pissed as monkeys. Quality...