Arsenal 2x season ticket holder, Packers fan, comedy club goer, 80s futurist music lover, real ale drinker, Londoner, countryside hiker, dad, orphan, widower.
I lost my husband 14 months ago .
We were both lifelong Gooners and season ticket holders.
Today is the first time I have genuinely felt happy since he died.
Thank you @Arsenal , I love you 🏆🔴
A telling line from Stan and Josh Kroenke in the programme: We are building something very special and, wherever this month of May takes us, there will be no standing still when the season ends. We are always forward in our approach,..., and relentless in the pursuit of progress.
Josh Kroenke “There will be no standing still once this season ends”
Invest again, build a dynasty. This club deserves it. Arteta deserves it.
These fans who have stuck by you through it all deserve it most.
@DarrenArsenal1@johncrossmirror Not missed a Wembley final since 1980. Lost a stupid ballot and muggins here (who went to every League Cup game this season), misses out.
I’m not bitter though 🤬🤬 At least I’m in the 12P… Enjoy the game Darren… 🔴⚪️
Arsenal could conceivably be the only English team left in the Champions League after tonight.
Maybe other Premier League teams should try doing some 'set pieces and anti-football'.
Think Gyokeres' near post clearing header defending Everton's late corner last night is my favourite thing he's done so far in an Arsenal shirt. Absolutely threw himself at it 👊
Martinelli's little blocking run on the defender as well to make sure he couldn't put any pressure on Dowman 👌
The little things...
I come from A place and A time where I was brought up to understand the virtue of “never giving up” and I believe that directly correlates to why I have seen Arsenal win 5 league titles, wrestling victory from the jaws of defeat to win every single one of those titles against the popular belief we wouldn’t.
What happened to us as Arsenal fans?
When did that stop meaning something?
Because all I’ve seen on my tl these last few days would suggest we are not 4 points up having been the most consistent and best team in England this season…
It’s an absolute disgrace!
So long as I’m breathing, there is at least one person that still believes…WHO IS WITH ME? #COYG
Yep, there is something untouchable about the era of Highbury—the smell of the grass, the tight corridors, and the North Bank in full voice without a smartphone in sight.
You’re absolutely right; the "battle-hardened" generation laid the foundation. Traveling to cold away ends in the mid-80s or trekking across Europe for a Cup Winners' Cup night required a level of dedication that these social media wetwipes can't replicate. That history is the literal DNA of Arsenal, and it's why the club carries the weight it does today.
Whether it’s the memories of Anfield '89 or just the grind of the "Boring, Boring Arsenal" years that turned into gold, that loyalty is what makes the badge mean something.
Cheers for keeping that spirit alive.
#COYG.
I drive Uber on the night shift. At 2 AM, I picked up a guy from a hospital. He got in the back, looking shell-shocked. Didn't say a word. We drove in silence for ten minutes. Then I heard a sniffle. I glanced in the rearview. He was staring out the window, tears streaming down his face. "Rough night?" I asked quietly. "My wife," he choked out. "She just... the cancer. She's gone." My heart stopped. I turned off the meter. "I'm not taking you home yet," I said. He looked up, confused. "What?" "You can't go to an empty house right now. Not yet." I pulled into an all-night diner. "Come on. Coffee and pie. On me." He hesitated, then nodded. We sat in that booth for three hours. He told me about her laugh. How they met. How she hated peas. I just listened. When I finally dropped him off at 6 AM, the sun was coming up. He shook my hand. "Thank you," he said. "For not making me be alone in the dark." I didn't make a dime that night. But it was the most important drive of my life.
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Broke up with someone because we went out for a curry with friends and he karate chopped the plate of poppadoms "so we could all share" despite there being more than enough to have 2 each. I don't need that in my life.