Just a little report from me on the game on Saturday.
Saturday 8th October. Midday kick off.
Left my home and got on the tube to Arsenal.
I started to walk down towards the stadium and noticed this huge green awful building. I thought 'surely this isnt the ground'! Its all the offices, it really is an ugly sight.
Well anyway, there i am walking down the road with thousands of gooners and what should happen!!! When i get a call on my mobile. Not a big problem, but the ring tune on my mobile is United Callypso! Talk about your heart missing a few beats and seeing your life pass before your eyes. Im frantically trying to find my mobile and people are looking at me wondering what the tune is. I find it and turn it off before it got to the lyrics of manchester. Phew, lucky escape. I later see whats behind that ugly building.
I get to the away section of the emirates, not much police at all i noticed the whole day. It started to rain very heavily then.
I get inside and get my first beer to get me into the loud singing spirit. No queuing up to get a beer, but at £3.50 im not surprised. Staff are very good actually. A million times better than ours and even have manners and a smile. Something oT could do with. The floor though is an issue. Its got this grey paint on it. When wet, its like an ice rink. not only was we trying to stand up, the police was holding on to each other with dear life. Im thinking one day the emirates will have a claim against them for a broken limb. Now the toilets are the same as ours, but with the amount of smoke in there from the smokers, its lucky to see a foot infront of you. Most people just held out til the end of the game. I was talking to a guy and i asked him about his journey to get here. He was from Perth, australia. He only makes the Arsenal v United games each year and had only been to OT twice. But to do a 6000 mile journey, i was impressed.
I finally get yo my seat. Its not easy to find, the row numbers are on a little disc on the floor at the other end of your row and most people are stood on them. The seat numbers are at a 75 degree angle on the chair leg. Just almost impossible.
Saturday 8th October. Midday kick off.
Left my home and got on the tube to Arsenal.
I started to walk down towards the stadium and noticed this huge green awful building. I thought 'surely this isnt the ground'! Its all the offices, it really is an ugly sight.
Well anyway, there i am walking down the road with thousands of gooners and what should happen!!! When i get a call on my mobile. Not a big problem, but the ring tune on my mobile is United Callypso! Talk about your heart missing a few beats and seeing your life pass before your eyes. Im frantically trying to find my mobile and people are looking at me wondering what the tune is. I find it and turn it off before it got to the lyrics of manchester. Phew, lucky escape. I later see whats behind that ugly building.
I get to the away section of the emirates, not much police at all i noticed the whole day. It started to rain very heavily then.
I get inside and get my first beer to get me into the loud singing spirit. No queuing up to get a beer, but at £3.50 im not surprised. Staff are very good actually. A million times better than ours and even have manners and a smile. Something oT could do with. The floor though is an issue. Its got this grey paint on it. When wet, its like an ice rink. not only was we trying to stand up, the police was holding on to each other with dear life. Im thinking one day the emirates will have a claim against them for a broken limb. Now the toilets are the same as ours, but with the amount of smoke in there from the smokers, its lucky to see a foot infront of you. Most people just held out til the end of the game. I was talking to a guy and i asked him about his journey to get here. He was from Perth, australia. He only makes the Arsenal v United games each year and had only been to OT twice. But to do a 6000 mile journey, i was impressed.
I finally get yo my seat. Its not easy to find, the row numbers are on a little disc on the floor at the other end of your row and most people are stood on them. The seat numbers are at a 75 degree angle on the chair leg. Just almost impossible.
