Smudger

[71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat]

Not sure if the writer has got that entirely right. All Arsenal fans will remember Smudger almost touching the ball :-)
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/feb/09/golden-goal-alan-smith-for-arsenal-v-liverpool-1989?CMP=share_btn_tw

[Monty92]

Not sure if the writer has got that entirely right. All Arsenal fans will remember Smudger almost touching the ball :-)
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/feb/09/golden-goal-alan-smith-for-arsenal-v-liverpool-1989?CMP=share_btn_tw

Is that the Awimb book that's quoted in there?

“The biggest falsehood is that I actually briefly raised my flag and that this was the cause of the protests,” Barnwell said when interviewed in 2005 for the book ‘It’s Up For Grabs Now’.

[71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat]

Is that the Awimb book that's quoted in there?

“The biggest falsehood is that I actually briefly raised my flag and that this was the cause of the protests,” Barnwell said when interviewed in 2005 for the book ‘It’s Up For Grabs Now’.

Good spot - it sounds about right for the time. I've got it somewhere, in the loft I think...

[Monty92]

Good spot - it sounds about right for the time. I've got it somewhere, in the loft I think...

I should probably remember given that I did the interview with him!

Funnily enough I pulled out a copy the other day as my mum was badgering me about trying to get involved in the film project.

It's a great read.

[Burney]

Not sure if the writer has got that entirely right. All Arsenal fans will remember Smudger almost touching the ball :-)
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/feb/09/golden-goal-alan-smith-for-arsenal-v-liverpool-1989?CMP=share_btn_tw

Weirdest thing I've ever heard about that game is Liverpool fans hating us for winning it when we were supposed to lose because Hillsborough. I've even seen them pretty much suggest we ought to have rolled over and that not doing so was somehow disrespectful to the 96 :rolleyes:

[71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat]

I should probably remember given that I did the interview with him!

Funnily enough I pulled out a copy the other day as my mum was badgering me about trying to get involved in the film project.

It's a great read.

:nod: albeit most of the awimbers interviewed are long gone now :-(

[Pat Vegas]

Weirdest thing I've ever heard about that game is Liverpool fans hating us for winning it when we were supposed to lose because Hillsborough. I've even seen them pretty much suggest we ought to have rolled over and that not doing so was somehow disrespectful to the 96 :rolleyes:

Perhaps we could have had european glory in the years English clubs were banned because of them.

[71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat]

Weirdest thing I've ever heard about that game is Liverpool fans hating us for winning it when we were supposed to lose because Hillsborough. I've even seen them pretty much suggest we ought to have rolled over and that not doing so was somehow disrespectful to the 96 :rolleyes:

All Liverpoo fans are cùnts, B. To a man. Including my wife.

[Monty92]

Weirdest thing I've ever heard about that game is Liverpool fans hating us for winning it when we were supposed to lose because Hillsborough. I've even seen them pretty much suggest we ought to have rolled over and that not doing so was somehow disrespectful to the 96 :rolleyes:

I think crushing their hopes right at the death was a bit insensitive

[Burney]

I think crushing their hopes right at the death was a bit insensitive

:hehe: Yeah, it left us with a lot of fences to mend.

[IUFG]

they love a bit of grief them Scousers...

[Monty92]

:nod: albeit most of the awimbers interviewed are long gone now :-(

Like, dead? :-o

[redgunamo]

All Liverpoo fans are cùnts, B. To a man. Including my wife.

*Is* she a man, G?

NTTAWWIIMO.

[71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat]

*Is* she a man, G?

NTTAWWIIMO.

No, unlike your mum.

[71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat]

Like, dead? :-o

One would hope not, but statistically speaking one or two may well be.

[Monty92]

One would hope not, but statistically speaking one or two may well be.

Actually, isn't the Scouse bint from The Royale Family (not Aherne, the mother) in there and didn't she croak recently?

[Burney]

Actually, isn't the Scouse bint from The Royale Family (not Aherne, the mother) in there and didn't she croak recently?

Sue Johnston? No, she's alive, I think.

[71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat]

Actually, isn't the Scouse bint from The Royale Family (not Aherne, the mother) in there and didn't she croak recently?
Liz Smith? Can't remember if she's in there...but yes, she did croak at age 86 recently. The scousers probably wore their armbands.

[redgunamo]

No, unlike your mum.

You've heard the stories too :-(

[Alberto Balsam Rodriguez]

Not sure if the writer has got that entirely right. All Arsenal fans will remember Smudger almost touching the ball :-)
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/feb/09/golden-goal-alan-smith-for-arsenal-v-liverpool-1989?CMP=share_btn_tw


I always thought the big ball shaped mark on the side of his face gave it away?

[redgunamo]

Not sure if the writer has got that entirely right. All Arsenal fans will remember Smudger almost touching the ball :-)
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/feb/09/golden-goal-alan-smith-for-arsenal-v-liverpool-1989?CMP=share_btn_tw

Yes, it sounds even more satisfying that way, doesn't it.