I haven’t been going to Highbury since I was a little kid. My dad didn’t take me to the stadium when I was five. I can’t possibly say the stadium meant as much to me as it did to somebody who lived down the road from it.
But I do appreciate history. I respect tradition. Highbury is not just a stadium, it’s a landmark and it is just important in the history of the club as Norris, Chapman, Hapgood, Drake, Brady, Mee, Adams, Rocastle, Bergkamp, Wright, George, Thomas, Bergkamp, Henry and all the other great players who called the marble halls their home.
Highbury is class, just like the club that called it home for so many years. Yes, it is time for the Arsenal to move to a new stadium. It makes sense to do so, but respect should be paid to that fantastic place.
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