Too young for something really serious![]()
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."
Was that just before the Sperz 2001 cup semi? You were talking about Skiltord in that game the other day. The glw and I watched it with won of our best Sperz mates, Chris, in the pub opposite our flat in Hackney - The Elephant's Head.*
The fans were singing Rocky's name shortly before Bobby scored. At the final whistle, Chris said I don't want to hear it from you. I said the game's meaningless. Rocky's dead. Our starry no.7 scored to ram the point home. We went back the the flat and didn't talk about it. Would rather have had a living Rocky.
*The pub was owned by an old Irish couple. He was a Gooner, she was Sperz. They always put out loads of free nibbles for the NLDs. They were Catholics but we gave them a Ganpati statue to go behind the bar because it was The Elephant's Head.
We lived there 2000-2004. The Elephanted-Headed God gave us loads of good luck and fortune then. Removed loads of the obstacles to our silverware.