Community Shield - Arsenal (N) | Sun 6th Aug - 16:00

[Rochdale Blue]

If we win this today, we should have another team photo with four trophies again.

Win more trophies and there won't be room on the photos for any of the players.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Sorry if this has already been posted, but it makes for interesting reading:

Manchester City and Arsenal beware: the curse of the Community Shield

Community Shield winners have finished as champions only once since 2011. We look at what happened each season

www.theguardian.com

Basically, it would statistically be better if we lose on Sunday!

No such thing as a curse. That’s just a coincidence.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Arsenal bought loads of tickets in City end, that's the rumour, lol

When this happens, it’s where fans have got tickets in the middle hospitality tier where very few City fans have ever gone (even for our first trips to the new Wembley against United, Stoke, Chelsea and Wigan where we had ⅔ of the stadium… see video below), and they claim they’ve got tickets in the City end.

Here’s our first trip to the new Wembley where we could have sold the entire stadium out the excitement was so big around this game. Yet on this video you can see there are not many Blues on the middle hospitality tier.



Every time I’ve been to Wembley I’ve there have been fans from the other team above me in that middle tier, some throwing shit down, or spitting in Liverpool’s case.

But they aren’t tickets in our end.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Two hours left to join the first game in the Guess The Team Compy

Rules & Regs in the sticky in this forum & free entrance in the Matchday forum.

It'll take you 2 mins to enter each game and give you seconds of fun ;)

 

[oldhamblue]

Will both teams have their 2023 trophies on show?

Arse will be doing a lap of honour before the game, with their we were top for most of the season trophy

 

[BrazilianGus]

Win on penalties

 

[Bluemoonadam]

Sorry if this has already been posted, but it makes for interesting reading:

Manchester City and Arsenal beware: the curse of the Community Shield

Community Shield winners have finished as champions only once since 2011. We look at what happened each season

www.theguardian.com

Basically, it would statistically be better if we lose on Sunday!

Let's get in won it'll be another nice addition to the team photo.

 

[Sky Blue]

Arsenal bought loads of tickets in City end, that's the rumour, lol

Yawn.

 

[oldius]

Up early, marvelled at the amount of rain, nice coffee, fed the dogs, waited for the rain to slow, a nice walk around my beautiful local park, Gilles Peterson banging out on the hifi, dressed in sky blue, with my sky blue mug of tea, primed and ready for the Community Shield later.
I bloody love these mornings.

 

[SiMCFC]

Not for me this one, always want a City win but this is just a Friendly so I'm genuinely not bothered either way. Arteta going on about it being a final, failing to mention they are only playing it because we won both the League and FA Cup, it's a bit embarrassing from him (as usual) to be honest, all credit to anyone venturing down though, the Arse cry babies can go on about tickets etc but the shoe would be well and truly on the other foot if this was played in The North.