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Carrying on from the theme of recent "best of", thought I would go for the best Arsenal games we have all been to at Highbury/Emirates/other grounds...before anyone says it though, I am assuming that everyone here has been to Anfield in 1989, so lets just leave that one out shall we 
1. Arsenal v Middlesbrough 2004, 5-3...easy first choice for me, absolutely love this game...was almost in tears as a 12 year old at 3-1, wanted the unbeaten record so badly...the football we played to comeback was unbelievable, teams must have loathed playing us back then...we were better, bigger and just sexier than everyone!
My dad went to get me a coke just before Middlesbrough scored their second and missed it, so when Bergkamp scored he thought it was 2-2...he turned to me and said "least you have the record again", there was a massive guy on the seat next to him, that I thought was gonna slap the taste right out of his mouth for jinxing it!
2. Arsenal Legends v Milan Legends 2016, 4-2...picking this one, obviously for the pointless nostalgia, but also because this is when it started getting really hard for Arsène and this was a nice little rest from that...losing the league to Leicester the previous year was the peak of many fans frustration with Arsène, mine too...so to just get the old gang back together for just one more time was amazing...even if Henry and Bergkamp pulling out the day before was a swift kick in the balls!
Bobby and Freddie just looked in tremendous fitness, best wing display the Emirates probably ever saw...Kanu bagging a hattrick, despite trying to start the game as our 12th player...Parlour injuring himself with his first shot, then being seen in the group photo after the game with a beer in hand...etc, etc...just a great game, beautiful day and the Milan team had top legends too.
This was the first Arsenal game I watched live with my mum, she got into football/Arsenal through me, so it was like a weird switch of a parent taking their kid to their first game, was really happy for her...plus, the day before I was in an arcade with my dad playing some air hockey, he had a cup of coffee which he accidentally spilled on the table...he told me, "Wait here, I know what to do" he then bolted out of the arcade, quickest I have ever saw him run...I froze for a bit before eventually getting the hell out of dodge, didn't see my dad for a few hours until we were all back at the hotel...I asked him what his plan was, he told me to let me deal with it...sneaky bastard :rofl:
Hope to see what great Arsenal games yous have all been too, trying to keep it to your top 1, 2 or 3 or so, so we are not all putting down the same games...also, if you have any funny stories from during the game do share to...come on AM, lets get closer as a couple!
1. Arsenal v Middlesbrough 2004, 5-3...easy first choice for me, absolutely love this game...was almost in tears as a 12 year old at 3-1, wanted the unbeaten record so badly...the football we played to comeback was unbelievable, teams must have loathed playing us back then...we were better, bigger and just sexier than everyone!
My dad went to get me a coke just before Middlesbrough scored their second and missed it, so when Bergkamp scored he thought it was 2-2...he turned to me and said "least you have the record again", there was a massive guy on the seat next to him, that I thought was gonna slap the taste right out of his mouth for jinxing it!
2. Arsenal Legends v Milan Legends 2016, 4-2...picking this one, obviously for the pointless nostalgia, but also because this is when it started getting really hard for Arsène and this was a nice little rest from that...losing the league to Leicester the previous year was the peak of many fans frustration with Arsène, mine too...so to just get the old gang back together for just one more time was amazing...even if Henry and Bergkamp pulling out the day before was a swift kick in the balls!
Bobby and Freddie just looked in tremendous fitness, best wing display the Emirates probably ever saw...Kanu bagging a hattrick, despite trying to start the game as our 12th player...Parlour injuring himself with his first shot, then being seen in the group photo after the game with a beer in hand...etc, etc...just a great game, beautiful day and the Milan team had top legends too.
This was the first Arsenal game I watched live with my mum, she got into football/Arsenal through me, so it was like a weird switch of a parent taking their kid to their first game, was really happy for her...plus, the day before I was in an arcade with my dad playing some air hockey, he had a cup of coffee which he accidentally spilled on the table...he told me, "Wait here, I know what to do" he then bolted out of the arcade, quickest I have ever saw him run...I froze for a bit before eventually getting the hell out of dodge, didn't see my dad for a few hours until we were all back at the hotel...I asked him what his plan was, he told me to let me deal with it...sneaky bastard :rofl:
Hope to see what great Arsenal games yous have all been too, trying to keep it to your top 1, 2 or 3 or so, so we are not all putting down the same games...also, if you have any funny stories from during the game do share to...come on AM, lets get closer as a couple!
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