Arsenal Fans Today

[kiam06]

Their world cup style celebrations after getting a point said it all to me.

 

[jrb]

Their world cup style celebrations after getting a point said it all to me.

Last time I saw a goal celebration like that was the Napoli fans in last seasons CL game.

 

[LoveCity]

Their world cup style celebrations after getting a point said it all to me.

Last time I saw a goal celebration like that was the Napoli fans in last seasons CL game.

Southampton fans went pretty mental like that.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

We went round the lower divisions singing 'you're only here coz its city', 'small town in blackburn', ' shit ground no fans' . 'who the fucking hell are you' and all that to all and sundry. Yet you're all getting uppity because some fans had the cheek to sing songs about us?

Get some perspective. That's what football fans do, take the piss. We've been doing it for years.

Take it as a compliment and get used to it because it means we've arrived. And to classify an entire fan base based on a few songs is idiotic. Arsenals away support probably isn't dissimilar to ours in its makeup: a bunch of pissed up blokes having a laugh.

How can you get pissed on latte and frappuccino?

Come on Dave your havin a larf mate!

Arsenal's away support in nothing like ours. I wouldn't be surprised if a large precentage of them didn't work for the BBC at Mediacity(moved up from London) and lived in Didsbury. ;-)

I'd say the age/sex/income/behaviour profile of all big city club's away followings is largely the same. Not identical, and fanbases have their own culture, but close.

Arsenal fc will have the same percentage of arseholes following them as us.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Their world cup style celebrations after getting a point said it all to me.

it says one thing: that we are a good team who other teams fear.

 

[Ric]

We were proud of our support like arsenal are proud of their history. As a football fan you cling to whatever you can. It's no big deal.

I largely agree with what you say, but their history involves winning their first major trophy some 26 years after we did so perhaps they should pipe down on that score.

 

[jrb]

I'd be interested to see the size of their weekly home and away support if they went 34 years without winning a trophy.

Sadly I'll either be 71 or dead by then. :-)

 

[DannyBoy2890]

Their world cup style celebrations after getting a point said it all to me.

it says one thing: that we are a good team who other teams fear.

You only had to take a look at how Madrid and mourinho reacted last Tuesday.

If the likes of Real Madrid and arsenal get that excited then we have come a fucking long way!
I remember being a kid and applauding their play against us when they battered us at maine road not so many years ago.
Now I'm gutted that we are only taking a point away from a game versus them.
How times change eh

 

[AFC]

Their dislike for City is almost childlike. I have the displeasure of living in an area where the two local clubs are Southend and Colchester yet a vast number support Arsenal rather thasn their local club.

When they rant the usual rubbish about City, money, runining football, I highlight their clubs own role in the formation of the Premier league, threatening to form a super league if they didnt get a dispropertionate amount of TV revenue, and also highlight they are happy to cherry pick clubs such as Southamptons best players.

How far are Colchester & Southend from Manchester ?

 

[gooner6729]

I'd be interested to see the size of their weekly home and away support if they went 34 years without winning a trophy.

Sadly I'll either be 71 or dead by then. :-)

We did 17 years without between 53 and 70, so the club would probably survive if the drought continues. Newcastle haven't won anything for 50 odd years. Everton have 1 pot to show for the last 30 odd years. Spurs have won 2 League Cups in 25 years. Liverpool won a League Cup, but by most standards have suffered a far worse 7 years than we have.

You're not the only ones to have suffered long stretches of nothing. The only difference is none of the others have had to put up with continually successful local rivals.

 

[BezzMCFC]

They were mouthing off outside ground when confronted by blues they soon shut up. Hate cockneys they have the cheek to call manchester a shithole iv been london it is one of the biggedt shitholes

 

[MCFCTrick]

Their dislike for City is almost childlike. I have the displeasure of living in an area where the two local clubs are Southend and Colchester yet a vast number support Arsenal rather thasn their local club.

When they rant the usual rubbish about City, money, runining football, I highlight their clubs own role in the formation of the Premier league, threatening to form a super league if they didnt get a dispropertionate amount of TV revenue, and also highlight they are happy to cherry pick clubs such as Southamptons best players.

How far are Colchester & Southend from Manchester ?

GFG....cling to those straws Gooner...

 

[jrb]

I'd be interested to see the size of their weekly home and away support if they went 34 years without winning a trophy.

Sadly I'll either be 71 or dead by then. :-)

We did 17 years without between 53 and 70, so the club would probably survive if the drought continues. Newcastle haven't won anything for 50 odd years. Everton have 1 pot to show for the last 30 odd years. Spurs have won 2 League Cups in 25 years. Liverpool won a League Cup, but by most standards have suffered a far worse 7 years than we have.

You're not the only ones to have suffered long stretches of nothing. The only difference is none of the others have had to put up with continually successful local rivals.

That might be the case, but it's laughable that Arsenal fans can question our support and loyalty.

No doubt most of it was banter, but I'm 100% sure some Arsenal fans actually believe the... "where were you when you we shit" bollox.


TBH Arsenal haven't been the only away fans that have sung it. In fact, who hasn't sung it? :-)

 

[cheddar404]

Their dislike for City is almost childlike. I have the displeasure of living in an area where the two local clubs are Southend and Colchester yet a vast number support Arsenal rather thasn their local club.

When they rant the usual rubbish about City, money, runining football, I highlight their clubs own role in the formation of the Premier league, threatening to form a super league if they didnt get a dispropertionate amount of TV revenue, and also highlight they are happy to cherry pick clubs such as Southamptons best players.

How far are Colchester & Southend from Manchester ?

248 and 232 miles respectively. What next? Capital cities, pop music or famous people?

 

[LongsightM13]

Couldn't understand a word they were saying. Seriously.
Why don't the fans of these Home Counties clubs speak English properly, instead of being even more laughable 'Mockneys' than Blur and Guy Ritchie?

 

[cheddar404]

Couldn't understand a word they were saying. Seriously.
Why don't the fans of these Home Counties clubs speak English properly, instead of being even more laughable 'Mockneys' than Blur and Guy Ritchie?

I could barely hear them at all. I'm starting to think that this is due to my relocated seat position as others seem to be saying they were loud. Strange really as I'm nearer to the away fans than I was.

 

[AFC]

Their dislike for City is almost childlike. I have the displeasure of living in an area where the two local clubs are Southend and Colchester yet a vast number support Arsenal rather thasn their local club.

When they rant the usual rubbish about City, money, runining football, I highlight their clubs own role in the formation of the Premier league, threatening to form a super league if they didnt get a dispropertionate amount of TV revenue, and also highlight they are happy to cherry pick clubs such as Southamptons best players.

How far are Colchester & Southend from Manchester ?

248 and 232 miles respectively. What next? Capital cities, pop music or famous people?

So the original posters comment of supporting your local team doesn't affect a City fan. I understand people move away and still follow their club or family history affects who you support and not where you live, why can't he!

I am a bit disappointed by the comments on here, always thought the real City fans to be quite original with their chants etc and appreciate good support. I thought the banter between opposing fans is what makes football, yet our attempt at a poznan(home and away) and vocally supporting our team is derided - some of the songs we and ALL clubs sing are cringeworthy, but you cant win Highbury library or Loudmouthed Twats?. Originality in songs is not always best...The sky commentator in the box will submit to that!

We all have the same newbie support that has diluted our clubs in the sky era but some of us still exist. In 1987 we played you lot at your spiritual home we were 0-3 down but you were facing relegation, the banter(and even a conga on the platt lane benches) are the sorts of things that stick in the memory for me. The piss taking of our support by the section next to us on the north stand despite being 4-0 up (shall we sing a song for you Arsenal in the "cockney accent" etc - you had to be there) was fucking annoying but still funny!

Don't knock the banter between fans,in days of ridiculous prices,little relation to current players who show no loyalty to their clubs or fans. There isn't much left!

I'll leave you to slag off the cockney newbie with too much to say as I still have a prawn sarnie to eat.

Regards & Respect

 

[gooner6729]

I'd be interested to see the size of their weekly home and away support if they went 34 years without winning a trophy.

Sadly I'll either be 71 or dead by then. :-)

We did 17 years without between 53 and 70, so the club would probably survive if the drought continues. Newcastle haven't won anything for 50 odd years. Everton have 1 pot to show for the last 30 odd years. Spurs have won 2 League Cups in 25 years. Liverpool won a League Cup, but by most standards have suffered a far worse 7 years than we have.

You're not the only ones to have suffered long stretches of nothing. The only difference is none of the others have had to put up with continually successful local rivals.

That might be the case, but it's laughable that Arsenal fans can question our support and loyalty.

No doubt most of it was banter, but I'm 100% sure some Arsenal fans actually believe the... "where were you when you we shit" bollox.


TBH Arsenal haven't been the only away fans that have sung it. In fact, who hasn't sung it? :-)

No, its not like you are Chelski who have had sub-10,000 crowds in the Premiership era. On the other hand I reckon you have started attracting JCLs as well, just like us, United and of course Chelski. Doesn't do those people any harm to have their nose dragged in it.

Like you say, its a bit of harmless banter. Funny thing is I can't ever remember there being any malice in the atmosphere at AFC v MCFC matches. Not even in the 80s when there was a poisonous atmosphere at a lot of matches against a lot of clubs.

 

[BezzMCFC]

Why were they asking where our chelsea shirts were?

 

[crystal_mais]

I spend alot of time in London through work and my wife is also from London. The Arsenal fans I know are decent lads. Absolutely envious of what progress we are making and were chuffed to bits each time we beat the RAGs (FA Cup & League)

There were a load of them in the pub (The Grove) yesterday, decent lads. Friendly banter.