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

12thGooner · Post by **12thGooner** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 10:22 am

who are this Arsenal everyone is talking about. ??

gusher311 · Post by **gusher311** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 7:06 pm

Henry and playing fifa got me into them

highburyJD · Post by **highburyJD** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 7:43 pm

glory hunting parents
they moved to Islington in summer of 71
parties going on up and down the street so they started supporting the Arse
and cursed us to win nothing for years and years

I started going v young, 8ish in the mid 80s, and went to see men swear and fight
was more interested in the crowd than the game

maradonna in 86 actually got me into football proper
still love him
going regularly to THOF : Highbury slowly corrupted me and I ended up another Gooner without even realising

franksav63 · Post by **franksav63** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 7:56 pm

I should have been a West Ham fan, aunt and uncle were West Ham season ticket holders, used to get me their kit every Christmas hated it, the colours, everything.

Lived in W Ham terriority as well, but just loved The Arsenal, their name, their badge and their colours (also the names of their (our) players in the mid seventies) First game 1976, when we were pretty dire... but still loved it. Bitten by the bug and been smitten ever since.

treygoony · Post by **treygoony** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 11:11 pm

Born in a nice place called Kentish Town! But I rarely went Highbury cause my mom was scared off all the hooligans and what not! (mid 90's)

Now I'm stuck in this shithole known as Birmingham (isn't that bad to be honest

) because I've been thrown out of Uni and I'm mooching off me dad

12thGooner · Post by **12thGooner** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 9:22 am

pure glory hunting after watching the Anfield89 game on the tv. went to school the next day a massive Arsenal fan, mostly coz everyone in the world was a liverpool fan and i hated them coz they spoke funny and my old man was a manure fan and he's a knob and my mom is a leeds fan and i had never heard of them.

gunner ever since.

RossieGooner · Post by **RossieGooner** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 11:52 am

Grew up in Colindale in North London. Family friend took me to Highbury when was about 7 and I was hooked.

Just a wee story:

We moved out of our house when i was 10 - on the day before the 1979 final!! Had to take down all the posters and decorations had been putting up for weeks for the final. Also was a real bummer cos where we lived all the travelling fans coaches used to pass by the top of our road on way to Wembley every year, and had been really looking forward to it. Plus to make it worst of ALL, we were supposed to be booked to sail to Ireland on the Saturday so was going to miss FA Cup final - complete disaster for a little Gooner nut like i was.

Funny thing was that me Dad got booking date wrong so we werent sailing til the Sunday. We had to stay with friends for Friday n Saturday night, so got to see the amazing 3 minute Final !! Thanks Dad !!

Hagbard 23 · Post by **Hagbard 23** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 11:21 pm

That is all.

Galasso · Post by **Galasso** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 12:44 am

Born Islington, brought up Kentish Town, Stoke Newington and Stamford Hill (

)

Nobody at my primary school supported man u or lpool. Was a hammer there tho, and a spud too. But we shit 'em

Number 5 · Post by **Number 5** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 11:30 am

It's a family affair for me. Grandparents, Uncles, Aunts and my Dad were all Gooners.

Funnily enough it was one of those typical Arsenal moments that sealed the deal for me at 8 years old. My brother was a Liverpool fan along with most of the kids at school and the rest were Spurs fans. 88 League Cup final and we lose to Luton. Fucking Luton. The stick going round the playground was epic. But it made me more determined to stand by the club. And after that I knew I'd always be a Gooner.

Then about 15 years later I used to drink in the same boozer as that *word censored* Stein's half brother. I'll never be able to shake Luton from my memory.