I don’t know how so many Arsenal fans remember random games, but for some reason this one is one of about ten in my life that I can remember. Bendtner and van Persie looked great together and then Diaby got himself sent off and fucked it up.
Lovely photo, that. I went with my mate to a Rangers game back in 65 or 66 somewhere, and that day we had seats in the lower tier of the East Stand - we were usually on the north-east corner of the North Bank.
Glad we had the seats, though. Halfway through the second half the crowd on the North Bank parted like the Red Sea and a hail of bottles were flying - complete mayhem.
When a bunch of this lot appeared in the paper with whatever charges were laid, every one of them was like, for example, “Jimmy MacPhee, unemployed, of Govan”, and so on. We had to laugh. Unemployed, but obviously with enough money for the train fare from Scotland and a belly full of beer. Even spud games never got that bad.
Probably said this last year as well but when the cunt ref gave it I ran out the room couldn’t watch it I was that nervous. Came back in when my brother shouted he saved it hah