by Briggsy » Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:02 pm
by Gunflash » Wed Jul 22, 2009 9:54 pm
by Libertine » Sat Jul 25, 2009 9:44 am
by Libertine » Sat Jul 25, 2009 9:55 am
Gunflash wrote:David Rocastle
- Rocky's Arsenal career started in poor circumstances in 1985 as a crumbling Arsenal team lumbered to a goalless draw with Newcastle.
by Arsenal Tone » Sat Jul 25, 2009 10:22 am
by hja » Mon Aug 10, 2009 1:27 pm
by InTheNorthBank » Wed Aug 12, 2009 2:37 pm
Gunflash wrote:David Rocastle
- Rocky's Arsenal career started in poor circumstances in 1985 as a crumbling Arsenal team lumbered to a goalless draw with Newcastle. However, Rocky was a catalyst for the youthful revolution that would sweep Arsenal to glory from 1987-1991. His emergence on the scene was a rare bright spot for Arsenal in the mid 1980s.
As a creative midfielder he was simply brilliant. He had pace, skill and vision. He scored the goal that set Arsenal on their way back to the top - the injury-time winner against Spurs in the League Cup semi-final replay of 1987. At Old Trafford he made fools out of Ince, Robson and Schmeicel with a brilliant lob that even Alex Ferguson admired. During the 1988/89 Championship season, Rocky was brilliant from start-to-finish.
Yet above all, Rocky was Arsenal through and through. It's a cliche, but if you cut him, he'd bleed red and white. His skills may have made him a perfect fit for the Wenger era but he had the heart, soul and passion for the club that too many of his successors have lacked. When George Graham told him that he would be sold, Rocky cried. That's how much the club meant to him. He knew what it meant to play for that badge.
Whenever the Arsenal old boys get together for their Anfield '89 reunions, sadly there is a gap at the table because of Rocky's tragic death from cancer in 2001, at the age of just 33. Nobody will ever forget David Rocastle and nobody should.
by the real gooner » Wed Aug 12, 2009 3:48 pm
by bishop05 » Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:57 pm
by gzagee » Mon Aug 17, 2009 10:12 pm
by Arsenal Tone » Mon Aug 17, 2009 10:18 pm
by gzagee » Mon Aug 17, 2009 10:24 pm
Plymouth Gooner wrote:It always amused me that they had to pay us (well Graham) to sign Jensen.
by Gunner_Paul » Mon Aug 17, 2009 11:24 pm
by Gunflash » Thu Dec 10, 2009 12:12 am
by TRA Dial Square » Fri Dec 11, 2009 10:58 am
In August 1977, he was transferred from Tottenham to their arch-rivals, Arsenal, with Tottenham thinking he was nearing the end of his career. However, Jennings saw off rivals for the goalkeeper's jersey to play for Arsenal for another eight years. Whilst at Highbury, he helped Arsenal to three successive FA Cup finals, in 1978, 1979, and 1980. In total, Jennings made 327 appearances for Arsenal, 237 of them in the League, between 1977 and his eventual retirement from first-team club football in 1985.