We Love You Arsenal We Do!!!
Last night I went to my first football match at the big bad Emirates Stadium to watch Arsenal play Villarreal in the Champions League quarter-finals.
The stadium is amazing all the fans were outside drinking beer and eating chips getting ready for the match.
Just got to my seat and it's a good thing I'm not scared of heights, feeling kind of excited at this point.
After Theo Walcott scored the first goal the stadium went crazy! but I was very shocked how quickly they got over the goal and sat back down, I took so long to stand up in the first place and had to sit back down rather quickly, Adebayor scored the second goal I was a bit quicker at jumping up but by time Van Persie scored the penality I was my feet in a flash.
At this point it was 3-0 to Arsenal and the fans were a lot more relaxed because they knew there was no way Villarreal would make a comeback.
This is when Silvestre got a red card and was sent off, Arsenal fans started singing "Cheerio, Cheerio, Cheerio" very funny!
(Ok got a bit excited Silvestre didn't get sent off it was Sebastian Eguren thanks Ade for correcting me but Arsenal fans were definately cussing Silvestre)
My favourite phrases of the night have to be "Move you mug", "Offside you burke", well these are the clean ones.
Overall it was a great experience but it was 90 minutes of nervousness mixed with excitement with a little bit of fear - MADNESS!!!
We Love You Arsenal We Do!!!
Producer Janine
Comment number 1.
At 16th Apr 2009, ade_the_gunner wrote:Hi Janine!!!
Great pics, hope you enjoyed yourself and all the swearing :p.
By the way, Silvestre didn't get sent off.. Eguren for Villareal did - trust me, the fans wouldnt have been singing "cherrio" if Silvestre was off :p..
ade
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Comment number 2.
At 16th Apr 2009, Arsenal_Almere wrote:She wore, she wore, she wore a yellow ribbon,
She wore a yellow ribbon in the merry month of May,
And when I asked her why she wore that ribbon,
She said its for the Arsenal when they walk down Wembley Way,
WEMBERLY, WEMBERLY, we're the famous Arsenal and we're going to Wembley!!!
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At 16th Apr 2009, Arsenal_Almere wrote:By the way, Janine, 'Burke' is not as clean a word as you might think. It is Cockney rhyming slang. The full phrase is Berkeley Hunt, which I won't say what it rhymes with!
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