The sacred ground of the Arsenal Football Club (Emirates Stadium) was the destination for my first experience of an English football game – Arsenal v West Brom. Ben’s team (Arsenal) won 1-0. It is incredible to experience first-hand how passionate the English football fans can be. The sound that erupted when Arsenal scored was deafening.
We were all barracking for Arsenal, Ben… (well, maybe 1 or 2 of our party didn’t have their hearts in it, but they did love the atmosphere). We wouldn’t dare barrack for anyone else (you should have seen the security surrounding the ‘away’ team).
It was hilarious though – the Arsenal fans frequently broke out in a chant about Tottenham (for those that don’t know, this is Bruce’s team) singing very loudly… ‘We’ve done it again, we’ve done it again, Tottenham Hotspurs, we’ve done it again!” This refers to Arsenal finishing higher on the table in 2014 than Tottenham. Bruce really had to bite his tongue, while we all had a quiet chuckle (well, maybe not so quiet). COYS.
For Harry Potter fans, on the way to the stadium we passed through Kings Cross station and happened to notice a number of students making their way to the Hogwart Express via Platform 9 3/4.
(Sunday 4/May/14)
Haha cool! So glad you are taking in lots of British culture! Even as someone who is not football obsessed I found d the atmosphere amazing!
…and you need a better commenting system *ahem*.
We agree… wouldn’t happen to know of one would you??
Now that’s a vantage point I recognise. Glad you guys had a good day.
One small correction though – the song about Tottenham doesn’t actually refer to beating Tottenham in 2014 so much as beating Tottenham for 19 years straight!
I hope you joined in the famous Mertesacker song: “we’ve got a big friendly[*] German!”.
[* may have been replaced with another word on the day]
19 years hey? Dad didn’t mention that one! There were quite a few different songs but we didn’t quite pick up all the words 🙂
Have a very happy Birthday for both of you when your special days come around you certainly are in the right place to do it. Reading your wonderful Blogs it sounds like you certainly will. Love both of you dearly and wish the very best of life for you. All going well here at home. I got to phone the Sandra Fraser to get all info again.
Love from Dad and myself. Mum H xxxxx
Thanks mum & dad. Good luck with the tests and enjoy Saturday. All our love xx