1] Your name: Mike Halpin
2] Age: 34
3] Height: 6ft5
4] Location: was born and raised in west london , married at 25 then moved to hertfordshire
5] Marital Status: married for 10 years in september
6] What first attracted you to Arsenal: was never an attraction there really was not a choice in the matter , my dad was a season ticket holder and basically brainwashed me and my brother . i thanked him for it during my wedding speech
7] Would you have ever contemplated watching matches from The Clock End : well i started off in the junior gunners enclosure , got a season ticket and then used to stand on the northbank with it ! used to stand in the topside of the northbank and always loved the terrace culture , smart casual clothes and the feeling of belonging . can remember spending many a shit game watching the clockend do the job
8] Favourite Highbury memory: so many , but some that spring to mind are my first match at the Home OF Football , just remember the feeling of seeing Highbury loom up from the houses that first time i walked to the ground . the 89 and 91 title seasons , attending every home game those years provides in itself a few memories , the friendly match against france when we beat them 2-0 , we played em of the park and was a sign of things to come .
9] Toughest opponents off the field: tough question as always say 200 game lads toe to toe against another 200 game lads is gonna be a battle
but worst i ever came off was the night before we played sheffield united away one year , was up there for the weekend and staying with my mate who was a sheff wednesday fan , about 15 of us got involved with another group which ended with me being jumped on by three of them and kicking the shite out of me , managed to catch one of them in the face with half a brick but ended up with busted nose , black eye , ripped jacket , lost watch etc , got back to mates house after and instead of him putting packet of frozen peas on my eye to stop the swelling they gave me a frozen wood pigeon
10] Would you contemplate cheating on your other half for a free season ticket: no need to , brother has two gold memberships and we have three silvers as well so always get a ticket when i want one .
11] Preferred residence if money were no object: Well if its in this country would probably be Sandbanks in Dorset as some lovely houses there and also looks nice place to live , if abroad either dubai or singapore
12] Favourite holiday destination: love travelling so have a few , really enjoyed south africa and also australia , liked toronto too , so many places i still want to go to , would love to go to argentina and watch a boca vs riverplate match .
13] Favourite food: Has to be Indian but also love thai and vietnamese food , enjoy cooking as well
14] Favourite drink: hoegarden beer , belgian beer or a nice cuppa tea in the morning !
15] Preferred Radio station: well depends , could be Radio 1 Chris Moyles show , bit of XFM , or Kiss sunday morning rehab or of course BBC Radio 5 for listening to the match when im stuck at work
16] If you won the lottery, what would you do: would start a company up that offered sports tours around the world , so a tour for the ashes series , or the lions tour down under or watching the grand prixs or the ryder cup . would be dream job that involved travelling and sport
With thanks to Mikey for taking the time to do this, I now leave the thread open for others to ask a few questions, within reason of course!