A true Arsenal man..
Met him loads of times as a kid over at London Colney when watching the first team train..he always said hello and looked out for us.
RIP
RIP DON HOWE
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Perryashburtongroves
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Re: RIP Don Howe
RIP, Don. He was a football man from a different age; kind, gentle, polite and just a good guy.
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Henry Norris 1913
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fuck - only just heard
gutted, loved the bloke, and had a real love for the club. a great coach, not so well suited to management but was there for some great times at Arsenal. A real gentlman too.
RIP
gutted, loved the bloke, and had a real love for the club. a great coach, not so well suited to management but was there for some great times at Arsenal. A real gentlman too.
RIP
Re: RIP Don Howe
Fabulous man,great coach.
Alongside Bertie Mee put Arsenal back on top and winning trophies after a 17 year gap
Loved the man
RIP
Alongside Bertie Mee put Arsenal back on top and winning trophies after a 17 year gap
Loved the man
RIP
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QuartzGooner
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Feel sad.
He was very much a "Mr Arsenal"...player, scout, coach and manager for us.
Wrote detailed pre-game reports of the opposition which were said to be second to none, and modernised players' diets.
Never met him but he came across as a gentleman, one of the old school Arsenal types.
http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archiv ... 1935-2015-
He was very much a "Mr Arsenal"...player, scout, coach and manager for us.
Wrote detailed pre-game reports of the opposition which were said to be second to none, and modernised players' diets.
Never met him but he came across as a gentleman, one of the old school Arsenal types.
http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archiv ... 1935-2015-
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StuartL
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R.I.P Don
Thank you for all your hard work during your spells at The Arsenal a big part of success (double 71 and 3 FA cup finals in 78, 79, 80 and the cup winners cup in 80.
A true Arsenal man, can remember protesting outside the East Stand after he left, singing "Donnie Howe's red and white army"
He resigned due to the club approaching Terry Venables, who was then at Barcelona, to replace him.
Thank you for all your hard work during your spells at The Arsenal a big part of success (double 71 and 3 FA cup finals in 78, 79, 80 and the cup winners cup in 80.
A true Arsenal man, can remember protesting outside the East Stand after he left, singing "Donnie Howe's red and white army"
He resigned due to the club approaching Terry Venables, who was then at Barcelona, to replace him.
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an Arsenal man when Arsenal were THE ARSENAL 
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aubertcourt63
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An Arsenal man through and through and a true gent.
RIP Don Howe
RIP Don Howe
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Don Howe was our coach when I first started following the club in the late 60's. He will always be associated with The Arsenal. Football has lost 2 great figures this week in Don and Jimmy Hill. RIP.
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GranadaJoe
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I promise this story will end up with an anecdote about Don!
In the early 80s I played for team in Kent whose manager left at the end of the season. The new manager who arrived the following season was slightly unhinged.
After one training session he asked if any of us would like to meet the England team. My hand went up like a shot. I took the following afternoon off work and went to pick him up from his house. The entire house was filled with plaster ducks in various stages of completion. The finished ones were decked out in club colours with little bobble hats on and the motto 'I'm quackers about ...' It was like a minature, really shit Terracotta Army.
It turned out that this was how he made his living and we were off to the England hotel to fulfill previous orders and take new ones from the England players.
We left from Chatham in my Simca 1100 and arrived some hours later at the team hotel (I think the Holiday Inn in High Wycombe).
He marched straight up to reception, asked where the team were and, when told they were finishing dinner, marched straight there with me in red-faced, hyper-embarassed pursuit.
Half the players, plus Bobby Robson and Don were still there. They politely asked us to let them finish. We went back to reception and acosted every player who passed. I remember Lee Dixon buying one, John Barnes politely refusing and a player who I didn't recognise, but who turned out to be Graham Roberts with his teeth in, not replying or even breaking stride.
Afterwards we went to the bar where the team had gathered. I remember being shocked at how small they all were. Only Shilton and Hoddle appeared to need adult sized clothes.
My manager tried to sell and chat to them while I loitered on the edge of the group.
After an hour or so the players started to drift away so we marched back to reception where the loony asked which room Bobby Robson was in. To my amazement the girl told him and we set off down the corridor. The loony knocked at the door and Don opened it. The loony stepped in (Booby, Don and another bloke had charts and diagrams spread out all over the bed) and tried to chat and sell. After Bobby explained he was busy, what with a Euro Qualifier the next day, the loony piped up with "I'm a manager as well". He proceeded to give the England management a run down of our team. He then asked for some advice about attacking corners, as he felt we we poor in that area. Don then took some paper and drew and explained a tactic he recommended. He then explained he had work to do and wished us good night.
I couldn't believe the team were staying in shit rooms in a shit hotel and particularly that Bobby and Don, and most of the players, were so polite. I'm sure you'd get arrested if you tried it now.
Epilogue.
The following night I was at Wembley to see us lose 0-1 to Denmark. Barnes was particularly shit, never once beating his man.
Don's corner tactic drawing looked like something from Stephen Hawking's blackboard. We practised it for half of every training session, twice every week, for months and never once scored from it.
I've often wondered what happened to the drawings. They would have been an amazing souvenir.
In the early 80s I played for team in Kent whose manager left at the end of the season. The new manager who arrived the following season was slightly unhinged.
After one training session he asked if any of us would like to meet the England team. My hand went up like a shot. I took the following afternoon off work and went to pick him up from his house. The entire house was filled with plaster ducks in various stages of completion. The finished ones were decked out in club colours with little bobble hats on and the motto 'I'm quackers about ...' It was like a minature, really shit Terracotta Army.
It turned out that this was how he made his living and we were off to the England hotel to fulfill previous orders and take new ones from the England players.
We left from Chatham in my Simca 1100 and arrived some hours later at the team hotel (I think the Holiday Inn in High Wycombe).
He marched straight up to reception, asked where the team were and, when told they were finishing dinner, marched straight there with me in red-faced, hyper-embarassed pursuit.
Half the players, plus Bobby Robson and Don were still there. They politely asked us to let them finish. We went back to reception and acosted every player who passed. I remember Lee Dixon buying one, John Barnes politely refusing and a player who I didn't recognise, but who turned out to be Graham Roberts with his teeth in, not replying or even breaking stride.
Afterwards we went to the bar where the team had gathered. I remember being shocked at how small they all were. Only Shilton and Hoddle appeared to need adult sized clothes.
My manager tried to sell and chat to them while I loitered on the edge of the group.
After an hour or so the players started to drift away so we marched back to reception where the loony asked which room Bobby Robson was in. To my amazement the girl told him and we set off down the corridor. The loony knocked at the door and Don opened it. The loony stepped in (Booby, Don and another bloke had charts and diagrams spread out all over the bed) and tried to chat and sell. After Bobby explained he was busy, what with a Euro Qualifier the next day, the loony piped up with "I'm a manager as well". He proceeded to give the England management a run down of our team. He then asked for some advice about attacking corners, as he felt we we poor in that area. Don then took some paper and drew and explained a tactic he recommended. He then explained he had work to do and wished us good night.
I couldn't believe the team were staying in shit rooms in a shit hotel and particularly that Bobby and Don, and most of the players, were so polite. I'm sure you'd get arrested if you tried it now.
Epilogue.
The following night I was at Wembley to see us lose 0-1 to Denmark. Barnes was particularly shit, never once beating his man.
Don's corner tactic drawing looked like something from Stephen Hawking's blackboard. We practised it for half of every training session, twice every week, for months and never once scored from it.
I've often wondered what happened to the drawings. They would have been an amazing souvenir.
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QuartzGooner
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Granada Joe
Simply the craziest anecdote I have read on here!
Simply the craziest anecdote I have read on here!
Re: RIP DON HOWE
Don Howe all of the above comments apply, was a real gent, loved the Arsenal
My dad did his coaching badges with Don, in these days when people pass on there are understandably over the top comments
That does not apply to Don, RIP
My dad did his coaching badges with Don, in these days when people pass on there are understandably over the top comments
That does not apply to Don, RIP
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Excellent. Just excellent!GranadaJoe wrote:I promise this story will end up with an anecdote about Don!............
