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#1038

Not really a highlight, but this happened on the same day.

#1039

Greatest manager we ever had, Georgie Graham.

#1040

First ever shoot out in a European Final this. Terrible way for Liam Brady to leave that miss.

#1041

There used to be an incredibly strange stat back in the day that if England or any English team in Europe had a penalty shootout on the left hand side of the TV screen, the team (England/English team) would invariably lose. If it was on the right hand side of the screen, they’d win.

In my mind, this pattern went on for a long, long time.

#1042

That’s not a stat. Just saying.

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#1043

Phenomenon. Coincidence. Whatever you want to call it.

#1044

I think you will find that’s trivia dave. @shamrockgooner has constantly pulled me up on this and I have now learned the difference :sunglasses:

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#1045

On this day in 2004.

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#1046
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#1047

Brilliant video.

Almost as his video on the eve of the Cup final between us and Chelsea

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#1048

So I thought I’d list these (@Stroller please feel free to add/delete/correct me on this one)

1980 Valencia v ARSENAL (left hand side) L
1990 West Germany v ENGLAND (LHS) L
1995 Sampdoria v ARSENAL (RHS) W
1996 Germany v ENGLAND (LHS) L
1998 Argentina v ENGLAND (LHS) L
2000 Galatasaray v ARSENAL (LHS) L
2004 Portugal v ENGLAND (LHS) L
2005 AC Milan v LIVERPOOL (RHS) W
2006 Portugal v ENGLAND (LHS) L
2009 Roma v ARSENAL (RHS) W
2018 Colombia v ENGLAND (LHS) W (the exception to the rule)

#1049

Wasn’t sure where to put this

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#1050

Sad news.

Great full back. I know he was homeless a few years back, too.

I pray he gets back to full health

#1051

England v Spain 96 was RHS I thought.

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#1052

I’ve never seen Highbury east stand in green before!

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#1053

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Santi scoring that free kick has to be one of my favourite arsenal memories :slightly_smiling_face:

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#1054

Wish I was old enough to remember the 89 & 91 Arsenal title winning sides, I’d have loved to go through seasons barely conceding any goals.

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#1055

You know Arsenal beat Liverpool, right?

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#1056

I went to a lot of games when Graham was manager and although it wasn’t the best attacking football to watch it was always good to know that there would be very few defensive mistakes.

The defensive unit of Seaman, Dixon, Winterburn, Adams and Bould, and the defending from set pieces, was the best I’ve seen from any team.
We were the most tactically disciplined side in the league and we did rely a lot on the long ball game to get our goals but it was effective.

It was great to see so many clean sheets, especially when we were winning trophies but supporters were getting fed up with a lack of spending as well as the lack of entertaining football.

Apart from when he bought Wright, Graham rarely bought top flair players and in his last few signings of attacking players like Helder, Carter, Jensen, Schwarz, Kimwomya etc, didn’t do much to get the supporters excited so he was forced out after conveniently being caught taking a bung.

Saying that, he won two League titles, the FA Cup, two League Cups, the European Cup Winners Cup, as well as losing finalists in the European Cup Winners Cup and League Cup, in only eight seasons, which not many other managers have done.

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#1057

Talking of 89, for those who don’t care for Bayern, tomorrow evening on ITV


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