EinmalImmerEwig
Bent on his knees by asking to get banned !
My best Arsenal team was the 89-91 side. Perfect defence, creative and strong midfield, and goalscorers. If it hadn't been for the curse of alcohol that team would have won everything there was to play for, and I mean everything.
That team, with the addition of Gascoigne and Lineker would have won the World Cup in Italy '90
Seaman, Lukic, Dixon, Winterburn, Adams, Keown, Bould, Thomas, Rocastle, Davis, Merson, Gascoigne, Smith, Lineker, Marwood
That squad would have beaten the World.
Which brings me to my favourite International team.
Brazil 1970
The quality of that front 5 of Pele, Jairzinho, Gerson, Tostao and Rivelino will never be seen again.
Carlos Alberto and Brito in defence, ably abetted by Piazza and Everaldo, and Clodoaldo in Midfield. If only they'd had a decent goalkeeper.
Just like watching Arsenal 89 - 91
My 'best' other team is the Lisbon Lions, Celtic '67
All but one of the 15 players in the squad born within 10 miles of Celtic Park, Glasgow, only Bobby Lennox born 30 miles away on the Coast.
A proper team representing their City, something we will also very sadly never see again.
That's what football for me should be about.
Your village/town/city competing against other villages/towns/cities to see who is best, with people from your village/town/city
Before anyone mentions that I'm from Switzerland and so why am I supporting The Arsenal...
My Dad was from Kentish Town, my Mum from Zürich. I now live in Zürich.
I lived for 20 years in England. Junior Gunner, then Season Ticket, Arsenal Bond, Arsenal share. All of those of course gone now. As is The Arsenal that I grew up with.
That team, with the addition of Gascoigne and Lineker would have won the World Cup in Italy '90
Seaman, Lukic, Dixon, Winterburn, Adams, Keown, Bould, Thomas, Rocastle, Davis, Merson, Gascoigne, Smith, Lineker, Marwood
That squad would have beaten the World.
Which brings me to my favourite International team.
Brazil 1970
The quality of that front 5 of Pele, Jairzinho, Gerson, Tostao and Rivelino will never be seen again.
Carlos Alberto and Brito in defence, ably abetted by Piazza and Everaldo, and Clodoaldo in Midfield. If only they'd had a decent goalkeeper.
Just like watching Arsenal 89 - 91
My 'best' other team is the Lisbon Lions, Celtic '67
All but one of the 15 players in the squad born within 10 miles of Celtic Park, Glasgow, only Bobby Lennox born 30 miles away on the Coast.
A proper team representing their City, something we will also very sadly never see again.
That's what football for me should be about.
Your village/town/city competing against other villages/towns/cities to see who is best, with people from your village/town/city
Before anyone mentions that I'm from Switzerland and so why am I supporting The Arsenal...
My Dad was from Kentish Town, my Mum from Zürich. I now live in Zürich.
I lived for 20 years in England. Junior Gunner, then Season Ticket, Arsenal Bond, Arsenal share. All of those of course gone now. As is The Arsenal that I grew up with.