The Break Water wrote:Ach wrote:Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says the Gunners "lost our soul" when they left Highbury for the Emirates Stadium. (Evening Standard)
He is 100% right.
Sadly I have only been to Highbury once and it was amazing, we beat Newcastle 5-0 and I loved every second of it, I was only 11 years old at the time but I remember how loud it was and my ears were ringing. It was an amazing day. Highbury was 10/10, Emirates is 2/10.
Its still my favorite memory of ever going to football, I have been to Emirates and away grounds as a adult BUT nothing will ever replicate my only once time at Highbury when we beat Newcastle 5-0, I loved it so much
I went to virtually every home game at Highbury between 1970 and 2006
When I was 11 I was among 24 thousand who watched us lose 1-0 home to burnley
It was shit watching the likes of jeff blockley in the team
Amidst an 18 year period without a first division title
It was great because it was watching the Arsenal among family and friends
But the view from my season ticket in the east lower( brought by my grandad god love him) was so poor that I generally stood up at the back with a couple of guys ( I kind of idolised them as they went on away trips) outside of semi finals I hadn't yet been to an away game that wasn't in London.
The atmosphere was shit when things were going bad and great when things were going well
( you know just like football grounds up and down the country and Europe)
I have had a season ticket at the Emirates and also sat all over the ground and have never had a bad view
It has also really rocked in there when we have had a good performance
I love Highbury but the mythology of it is utter bolox
We outgrew it
The move to a stadium in our heartland was a sound one
The fact is we stuck with a failing manager too long