Memories of Highbury

[Anteaters FC]

As you know, it's a momentous occasion this weekend--the last game at Highbury. Let's share some fond memories, shall we? I'll get the ball rolling:

February 2, 2005 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euaNqsJfiA4)

May 4, 2003 (thanks Leeds!) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/2968015.stm)

[StrikerCW]

Where is THAT O'Shea?

[Achtung]

Just when Arsenal think the title is heading back to Highbury...

(That's offside... that is offside... by quite a ways.)

We hit back with...

Oh its a free header, back post, Ryan Giggs! GIGGSY!!!! :cool:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39106000/jpg/_39106421_giggs_pa.jpg



And this incident, the one which many Arsenal fans still won't admit actually happened.

http://static.sky.com/images/pictures/1139473.jpg

[Achtung]

28th November 1990: Arsenal 2-6 United (League Cup 4th Round)

After a difficult first three seasons in charge, Alex Ferguson was thrown a lifeline by the 1990 FA Cup triumph. The next season they moved up to sixth place (from 13th the year before) and won the Cup Winners’ Cup. They should have made it a Cup double by adding the League Cup, but lost the final to Sheffield Wednesday. A highlight of the cup campaign, though, was beating Arsenal 6-2, the Gunners’ heaviest defeat at home since the war. The win came just weeks after the infamous Old Trafford brawl (which saw both sides docked League points) and came courtesy of a hat-trick from 19-year-old Lee Sharpe plus goals from Clayton Blackmore, Mark Hughes and Danny Wallace.

http://www.manutd.com/news/fullstory.sps?iNewsID=289002&itype=466&iCategoryID=156

Just a sign of things to come. :)

[Achtung]

And some slightly more personal memories for me (thanks to the always illustrious Rick B - we kid because we love! :)).

http://eighteenyard.com/England-Dec05-Jan06/slides/113_1344.JPG

[StrikerCW]

I will say that Highbury is the very first football stadium I have ever been in. It was interesting too we went in and found some random guy and he asked if we wanted to go into and take some pictures so we did. It was in the summer unfortunatelly, so the pitch was covered :(. But memorable nonetheless.

On a sidenote, when we asked directions how to get there from some clerk at a muesuem or something he told us to go to the Highbury station. Makes sense.. except there is an Arsenal station. The Highbury station is in fact a 30 minute walk from the stadium! :eek: or so it seems when your lost in an unfamiliar part of North London... needless to say we eventually found it after asking several business owners. After going in, lo and behold the Arsenal tube stop about 3 blocks down..

[Sapphire]

More Giggsy
http://www.index.hr/indexklub/upload/_giggs-vieira.jpg

[Sapphire]

Ruud GOOAAAAAAL!!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39106000/jpg/_39106279_nistelrooy_celebpa.jpg


Edit: I'm clearly having problems tonight. :D

[Invincible]

Paul Scholes scores goals . . . at Highbury.
That's Villa park.

[MtP07]

You can shove your va va voom up your ass... :D :D

http://www.not-always.org/sly/henry.jpg

[Sapphire]

That's Villa park.Dammit. :o

[MtP07]

Highbury is the last English ground that the Babes played in.

[Invincible]

You can shove your va va voom up your ass...

LMFAO!!!! That picture still cracks me up to this day. The whole Arsenal team looked dumbfounded.

Dammit. :o
Hey, we're all human aren't we?;)

[Sapphire]

Hey, we're all human aren't we?;)That's maybe my favorite goal against the Arse too. But, this IS the Highbury thread, so . . . Thanks for the heads up. :)

[Stud83]

Highbury is the last English ground that the Babes played in.

http://www.manutdzone.com/greatgames/greatgame12.html

[billyireland]

You can shove your va va voom up your ass... :D :D

http://www.not-always.org/sly/henry.jpg
"Eh Bobby, what is the French for 4-2?"

[Leto]

More Giggsy
http://www.index.hr/indexklub/upload/_giggs-vieira.jpg

I love that picture.

[holytoledo]

I love that picture.
i would have to say that patrick viera is one player that no matter who he plays for, just as peter griffin would say, "grinds my gears."
When the Arse were playing the bin dippers last season, hamman stuck his foot out to challenge for the ball that viera had in possesion, hamman pulled his foot out and was nowhere near the ball or the player...yet viera went down and acted as if he'd been shot. hamman went yelling to the ref as to be expected,etc. of all the things viera has done, both good and bad, that is the moment that sticks in my mind (i know it wasn't at highbury, but the pic of him laying next to giggs reminded me of it). viera...i always wondered what players who acted like that told their children when they told them about fair play and sportsmanship...stuff like that makes me sick. more than any other ray parlour or martin keown shenanigans, that moment for viera (and his other simulations incident) led to me (not proudly i might add) hoping that 'pool beat arseanl just to show that ******** what was what. and they did, iirc, thanks to neil mellor. only time i will ever be glad that liverpool won a game.

[Republic of Mancunia]

Almost went to Highbury once but never quite made it. I went down to Old Trafford with my dad to buy some tickets for a game at Arsenal on a bank holiday when I was a kid. Thing is, he assumed it was an afternoon kick-off until after we bought the tickets and saw the kick-off time and as he had to be up early for work the next day we never went. He took my ticket out of my hand outside the ticket office (remember it being yellow and black) before going back to the window for a refund, the bastard, lol. I'm pretty sure we ended up losing the game 3-1 so I suppose we didn't miss much.

Think my own personal favourite memory of Highbury has to be our 6-2 win in the rumbelows cup in that same season which included a Lee Sharpe hat-trick. I only saw highlights of the game on "Granada soccer night" on the actual day of the game but the old man bought a video of the match not long after. Inspired by the thread I found these pictures of the match from the programme of the 4th round replay vs. Southampton later that season:

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/7087/highbury15lb.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Caption: Lee Sharpe heads the second of his three goals.

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/1273/highbury23xm.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

United take a two-goal lead, Mark Hughes the scorer.

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/486/highbury31qj.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Mark Hughes again, caught offside as he prepares to volley.

[mhtwins113]

Aww shucks, you just had to bring up that match didn't you?

http://www.savefile.com/files/8578148