Arsenal Banter Archive January 20 2016

20 Jan 2016 23:37:42
Ok, the age thing is going but what was your first ever memory? not the first game your parents or others took you to or have told you since, but YOURS?

20 Jan 2016 23:46:01
I do vaguely remember Charlie George's winner in 1971 (I was 5 and my Dad took me) , but my first proper game I remember going on my own was in 1977 ( I was 11) , and we beat Everton 1-0 with Richie Powling getting the winner.

21 Jan 2016 05:34:23
My very first memory of watching any kind of top level football was on an old black and white tv in maybe 67-68 when I was at my grand parents, left there with my sister for baby sitting.

Had gone to bed and my grandad got me up to come down and watch, of all clubs, Leeds United in a cup game. No idea what cup, who won or the score.

First real memory of Arsenal was them signing Peter Marinello, thinking he was some flash Italian and watching Charlie score that cup final goal.

{Ed001's Note - I feel young again talking to you lot! My first memory was my grandad taking me to my first match, I can't remember who we played, but we lost and when I got back I wasn't allowed any tea because I must be a Jonah. My uncles were adamant it was my fault we lost and me nan had to sneak me food in the kitchen. She didn't mind if I was a Jonah as she was an Evertonian.}

21 Jan 2016 06:32:15
The first game I ever watched live was at the Dell, Southampton against who, again I can't remember, I can remember Terry Paine, Big John McGrath, as he was known, and Eric Martin the goal keeper.

Even had the pleasure of seeing George Best and Bobby Charlton play at the Dell, 1969 I think, Grandad was a season ticket holder, lived in Eastleigh.

I bloody feel old ed so best Arsenal hurry up and win the league again!

{Ed001's Note - talking about people from before I was born there, so you are old!}

21 Jan 2016 06:42:22
Charlie George is probably the first one that really left lasting impression but also writing to the club and asking for every players autograph in the hope they'd send them on a modern leather football without a lace in it :-) .
I got a lovely letter back thanking me for supporting Arsenal along with some nice memorabilia and every players autograph on scroll wrapped in a ribbon but no sign of the ball, I was gutted at the time as I was only about 9 and was despreate for for a plastic coated ball but looking back now someone somewhere went to a lot of effort to please a little kid.

21 Jan 2016 07:00:36
My first memory was getting my first shirt when I was 6, still have it, got some gloves too.

21 Jan 2016 12:54:52
My first introduction to football was the 1982 World Cup, watching the Brazil team, it got me hooked on the game . Great memories of players like Eder, Falcao, Socrates, what a team they had . I remember being gutted when Italy knocked them out due to Rossi's treble . Until that summer I had no interest in the game, later that year I got a hand me down Arsenal top from a cousin and that is how I came to love the Gunners.

21 Jan 2016 14:36:01
To be honest Ed i have trouble remembering last week let alone 3 decades back! However amongst my earliest memories was the excitement when we signed Supermac, and i will never forget the 1979 FA Cup final, probably the greatest ever cup final from an Arsenal fan perspective. We had a neighbor who was a Manchester United fan, and when they scored each goal he came and banged on our window and goaded. needless to say when Alan Sunderland hit the magical winner our celebration outside our neighbours house pretty much replicated his!

21 Jan 2016 14:52:20
In terms of my earliest footballing memory, probably the 2002 world cup in Japan/ South Korea when I was 7. Or maybe, Stuart Pearce giving me a signed Labbatt's Nottingham Forest shirt in Nottingham around 2000.

21 Jan 2016 15:03:53
My first memory was the Michael Thomas goal.

22 Jan 2016 04:06:50
The World Cup in France in 98 when zidane scored that header to win the game!

22 Jan 2016 14:56:08
On the subject of Charlie George, I was down bis Street in canonbury last week and he was outside his house examining his 4x4 Merc as someone has nicked his number plates!

23 Jan 2016 04:47:30
1994 World Cup. Roberto Baggio missing in the penalty shootout.

20 Jan 2016 21:39:42
Banana skin missed. Phew. Ps there's some old old old gooners on here.

20 Jan 2016 22:02:27
Good result mate.

You are right, but Ed025 and G62 are not over the hill yet :-)

20 Jan 2016 22:03:08
Ay we can remember the pigskin bladder balls and nailed on studs.

20 Jan 2016 22:18:07
Ha ha Steve. r,

I'm a adidas predator boot boy.

20 Jan 2016 16:42:37
Non football related. Just curious, how old are we? Members and Eds?

I am 31. Been a Gunners fan for 18yrs.

{Ed001's Note - Ed025 measures his age in centuries and is still older than you and I put together and Ed003 is his dad. I am 41 meself, just feel a lot older these days!}

20 Jan 2016 17:26:04
53 years old Rue and been an Arsenal fan for well over 40 of them mate.

20 Jan 2016 17:30:43
I'm the youngster on this page.
49 and been a Gooner for about 42 years.

{Ed001's Note - you are never only 49! You must have missed a digit out somewhere....}

20 Jan 2016 18:13:09
27 and 3/ 4.

{Ed025's Note - your only a pup then C S, im a very young looking 57 still a babe magnet and a george clooney look a like.. :)

20 Jan 2016 18:39:32
Lord, I'm a real spring chicken! 22.

20 Jan 2016 18:49:21
Big 50 last October. Supported Gunners since 1971 when watched us beat Chavs 2-1 on The Big Match aged 6! Same score Sunday please COYG.

20 Jan 2016 20:28:52
49 in April been a Gooner since 1974.

20 Jan 2016 20:30:00
Young and handsome 49 Ed :-)

Ed025, George Clooney?
George Formby you mean mate :-)

{Ed025's Note - cheers dags.. :(

20 Jan 2016 17:23:34
33 and been a gunner since the day we beat Liverpool on the last game of the season Michael Thomas I believe! I was only 6-7 years old at the time and my dad tried his best to make me a Liverpool supporter but I turn coated on him ha.

20 Jan 2016 20:45:43
44, been a gooner for 44.

20 Jan 2016 21:02:42
56 and a gunner since 71 and that Charlie George goal in the final, lost count of how many times I did that celebration as a kid. :-)

{Ed025's Note - me too red dog..my 2 brothers are red hot liverpool fans.. :)

20 Jan 2016 21:12:00
Am I the only one that was born a gooner? I thought it was bred in to you. I didn't choose to support arsenal it was expected of me!

20 Jan 2016 21:12:57
My Dad took me to 71 Final, I was only 5 and remember nothing lol.

But, that's when I got hooked on Arsenal.

20 Jan 2016 21:15:16
How did you get to 71 before you were 56.

{Ed003's Note - :-) for the record my brain is 18 and my body 46 - ignore 001's childish put downs on me,I blame it on his hard paper round.}

20 Jan 2016 21:19:37
56 fan since I was 4. Saw my first live game 25 years ago, can't remember for sure but I think it was chelsea, I just know I got tickets free from a cousin, who played for the met. From then on until left highbury, went nearly every month. And wembley each game.

20 Jan 2016 21:36:17
Coming up 45. Been an Arsenal Dan for as long as I can remember. Favourite early memory was going to see the littlewoods cup final when we beat Liverpool.

20 Jan 2016 23:02:17
55 and since the heady days of Peter Marinello!

20 Jan 2016 23:04:44
30 been arsenal fan 25 years.

21 Jan 2016 00:58:18
34 in April, been a gooner since 96, I'm a foreigner from the middle east we didn't have a tv before then lol. watched my first match at the emirate againt city, i think that was a cup game.

21 Jan 2016 07:03:11
28 next month, according to my mother I became a fan as soon as I heard the name on TV, and could get away with saying arse-nal.

21 Jan 2016 08:14:32
28. Must have started following in the Rioch days just because I know I was already a huge fan of Bergkamp, but I remember all the "Arsène who? " stuff - not to mention how he silenced the doubters.

20 Jan 2016 23:02:48
God I didn't realise so many old people can use the Internet! Well done you guys 👍🏻.

21 Jan 2016 09:12:17
33 and fan for 28 years, grew up with a bunch of Tottenham fans and wanted to go against the grain to start with.

21 Jan 2016 15:29:32
20, been an Arsenal fan all me life.

20 Jan 2016 12:02:40
Just seen a pic of the laceless boots ozil will be wearing, there err something.

20 Jan 2016 10:39:44
Let's sign Eboue, just for a laugh. He's a nice bloke. We could always loan him out (Everton? )

20 Jan 2016 05:33:39
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