Not sure if the writer has got that entirely right. All Arsenal fans will remember Smudger almost touching the ball :-)
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Not sure if the writer has got that entirely right. All Arsenal fans will remember Smudger almost touching the ball :-)
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Is that the Awimb book that's quoted in there?Quote:
Originally Posted by 71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat
“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...Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty92
I should probably remember given that I did the interview with him!Quote:
Originally Posted by 71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat
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.
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:Quote:
Originally Posted by 71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat
:nod: albeit most of the awimbers interviewed are long gone now :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty92
Perhaps we could have had european glory in the years English clubs were banned because of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
All Liverpoo fans are cùnts, B. To a man. Including my wife.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
I think crushing their hopes right at the death was a bit insensitiveQuote:
Originally Posted by Burney
:hehe: Yeah, it left us with a lot of fences to mend.Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty92
they love a bit of grief them Scousers...
Like, dead? :-oQuote:
Originally Posted by 71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat
*Is* she a man, G?Quote:
Originally Posted by 71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat
NTTAWWIIMO.
No, unlike your mum.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
One would hope not, but statistically speaking one or two may well be.Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty92
Actually, isn't the Scouse bint from The Royale Family (not Aherne, the mother) in there and didn't she croak recently?Quote:
Originally Posted by 71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat
Sue Johnston? No, she's alive, I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty92
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty92
You've heard the stories too :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by 71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat
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Originally Posted by 71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat
I always thought the big ball shaped mark on the side of his face gave it away?
Yes, it sounds even more satisfying that way, doesn't it.Quote:
Originally Posted by 71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat