Okay some of you got upset by my comment about if you weren’t there, you don’t count. It was aimed at all the Arsenal we’ve travelled with over the years. Unfortunately you did have to be there to understand the comment.
It is an amazing feeling to travel that distance on the off chance of getting a ticket and finding yourself in the same position as old faces from 20-odd years ago. Singing your nuts off amongst the enemy.
One thnig I forgot to mention was that having travelled that far and paid well over the top for a ticket, I missed the goal as I was queuing for the lav along with loads of other Arsenal.
It was funny as in the bowels of the Bernabau we could hear a faint cheer and looked at each other. “Too quiet for Madrid, it had to be us” we all thought. Confirmation soon arrived, cue Arsenal going mental in the gents and the natives wondering what the **** was going on.
It truly was one of the best footballing nights I’ve experienced and as each day passes I remember something else we got up to.
The Bernabau is probably one of the best football stadiums in the world. The thing it really lacks is amenities, i.e. toilets and bars. If they’ had more loos I’d have probably seen TH score. Never mind, such is life.
KEEP THE FAITH
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February 25th, 2006 at 8:04 pm
Didn’t get to ask earlier but did the ‘We are going to Paris’ song ring out at all during the game?
February 26th, 2006 at 7:30 am
Certainly in the hotel bar after