Funniest Arsenal Moments

[Sonic Youth]

with all this vieira talk getting me (and i bet you too) really nervous and cranky, i think it's time we should talk about something more fun.
so..............
i was thinking about posting your most hilarious arsenal matches/moments/experiences or whatsoever.
i'll kick of with 4 momento's

uno:

when i went to highbury for arsenal - middlesbrough in 95, i got interviewd for the english tv. i was eleven years old at the time they asked me why i was here and who my fav players were. so i said ian wright is my favourite players and i've been saving up money for a few years to come to arsenal and then i wanted to go on......but then they halted me and said 'look kid, we're interviewing you because you are dutch and the viewers want to see dutch kids travelling all the way from holland to see the first match of dennis bergkamp alright, so let's do this over'. but i didn't want to lie so they went to interview someone else


2:

when arsenal played a friendly in china in 94 or 95, somewhere around that time. seaman took a goalkick but broke his leg while kicking the ball. he fell down screaming on the ground and everyone went to have a look at him cause everyone instantly saw something was seriously wrong. but one chinese just took the ball and scored when nobody was looking. and then we all think ruud van nistelrooy is the worst sportsman in the world.


3:

carragher in the fa cup 5th round 2001/2002. someone from to east stand threw a coin to him and hit him on the head, he got so angry he threw it back in the crowd and the referee rewarded him with a red card. hilarious.


4:

the old traford brawl last year. i was laughnig my arse of when i saw it happening. i always wondered if the players hated ruud van nistelrooy as well....

 

[steve_ringuk2k4]

my funniest moment... even though i wasnt there to see it... was god himself, mr henry, taking on danny mills in our anthology of games against the boro, and in the corner flag of the north bank/east stand corner, nipping the ball from danny mills who was guarding it in the corner and slotting it through his legs.... the reaction of the fans was great.... even the steward had to laugh...

if only henry had shouted "OLE" as he did it, would of been the icing on the cake.........

bit diaspointing that it didnt appear on the end of season dvd tho...

 

[rachael-8]

well at the fa cup game at leeds in january this year,my dad got tickets as he sometimes polices matches there,he knows a steward there. anyway the steward got us tickets,but they were for the leeds family stand,but he promised us he'd move us to the arsenal bit once all the fans had got in. well i was sat in leeds stand and the arsenal fans were singing songs and sticking two's up in the leeds direction and clapping all the players, i was getting very depressed. kick off arrived and we still hadnt been moved, i thought great ive got to watch my team in a bunch of leeds fans, but then the steward arrived 5 mins into the game. i had to get up infront of all the leeds fans and walk through the away corner of the ground and into the arsenal bit,all the fans were like wtf! especially the arsenal ones. i was so embarressed.once i sat down and took my coat off everything was ok,well for about 2 mins becuase then viduka scored for leeds but we won 4-1

so if anybody who was there sawy a girl in a green coat coming from the leeds section to the arsenla bit,it was me ;D

 

[Anonymous]

Ive got loads, cant think of them all now though!

Heres a couple anyway

1999 at Villa Park, just before Christmas. We are two-nil up at half time through two DB goals.
At half time a guy announces that Father Christmas will be delivering the ball for the second half via a sky dive.
So we wait and wait and wait.
Then looking up to our right at the old Trinity Road Stand there he was - a sky diver dressed up as father christmas.
But he got his jump wrong, caught his shoot on the roof, and then fell virtically to the floor.
The game was delayed for half an hour and Arsenal lost the second half 3-0 and the game 3-2.
It was funny in a dark, ironic sort of way.

2000 I think it was at Maine Road, we were winning something like 4-0. City were ****e and going down. Then on runs a guy wearing only his city shirt.
He runs onto the pitch, launches into a two footed tackle on Nelson Vivas who shat himself and runs off. The guy chases him and tries to kick him up the arse.
At this point about 15 stewards run onto the pitch, and treat the crowd to a comedy of errors in rugby tackles.
The half naked guy must have escaped about 5 attempted 'tackles'
At this point thw whole crowd if on its feet clapping this guy.
Eventually he is caught and mobbed by stewards.
About 10 of them take him of the pitch (lifted in the air).
It was a very very cold night, and well things tend to shrink in the cold.
A variety of songs about the guys manhood were sung by both sets of supporters.
A ture classic event. Anyone else see this?

 

[Anonymous]

How could I forget! Half time in the title winning game at Old Trafford.

They did a penalty shoot out, in which an Arsenal fan took part in.

This guy, a legend in my eyes, cant remember his name though, scored every pen he took. And he did it by taking the piss - real quality pens.
The mancs who took part in it were **** - sending the ball over the bar or rolling them along the ground to the keeper.

Every pen he scored was cheered by the 3000 gooners at the other end, and at the end, the guy took this jumper off to reveal his Arsenal top, and infront of the Stretford End gave the mancs the finger, whilst running all over the OT pitch, fists clenched in the air. We were all pissing oursleves, and the guy had his name chanted for like 5 minutes. Someone else on the board had to have witnessed this?!

 

[johe]

How could I forget! Half time in the title winning game at Old Trafford.

They did a penalty shoot out, in which an Arsenal fan took part in.

This guy, a legend in my eyes, cant remember his name though, scored every pen he took. And he did it by taking the piss - real quality pens.
The mancs who took part in it were s**t - sending the ball over the bar or rolling them along the ground to the keeper.

Every pen he scored was cheered by the 3000 gooners at the other end, and at the end, the guy took this jumper off to reveal his Arsenal top, and infront of the Stretford End gave the mancs the finger, whilst running all over the OT pitch, fists clenched in the air. We were all pissing oursleves, and the guy had his name chanted for like 5 minutes. Someone else on the board had to have witnessed this?!

Rofl, think of it, that was classic.

And how can anyone forget, when we were a few up against Leeds last season Henry tries a shot on the rebound at the open goal - and hits Razor in the arse!

 

[Henry IV]

Henry bamboozling Danny Mills at the corner flag last season was hilarious. :mrgreen:

 

[Beany]

Kanu nicking the ball & crossing for Overmars to score that Goal against Sheffield Utd in the FA Cup, after they had kicked the ball out following an injury to one of our players.

Steve Bruce going ****ing mental, Overmars looking bemused & Kanu (on his debut) having no frigging idea what was going on...

 

[Alexone234]

Giles Grimando smacking Simione in the face during the CL match. THEN stating it was an accident, when replays showed him leaping in the air and punching that Argie git in the chops.

The OT debacle, with Keown jumping on horse boy, I loved it. And what I loved more way the replay outside highbury with one bloke wearing a horse mask and another wearing a monkey mask. Quality moments

 

[Jose_Reyes_2005]

Kanu nicking the ball & crossing for Overmars to score that Goal against Sheffield Utd in the FA Cup, after they had kicked the ball out following an injury to one of our players.

Steve Bruce going f****g mental, Overmars looking bemused & Kanu (on his debut) having no frigging idea what was going on...

Lol that was ****ing hilarious.

 

[Anonymous]

In no particular order:

1. Henry running length of the pitch to score against the yids, then running all the way back again to slide on his knees and stare at the Sp**s fans Great moment, that picture is still my background on my computer. He also said after "i wish i didnt do that because i was so tired i couldnt breath for like 5 minutes"

2. This werent an arsenal game, nor was i there, but i saw it on tv once back in the 80's. There was large amounts of taunting going on between rival fans until eventually a home fan threw a flare at the away fans. Due to there being no more than 100 away fans on a cold winter day the flare landed safely in the middle of the terrace, the away fans walked up to it and began to warm their hands using it as a campfire

3. Another one from back in the 80's, when on tour back in those days rival hooligans used to make it their duty to come back with plunder, each team had their different items, for example liverpool would raid jewellry stores. I was actually travelling with some cardiff lads and we were talking about what sort of things they would steal, i asked them what, they said they would show me, they ran off and came back waving around 9inch dildos and porn magazines

4. When at the arsenal training ground my son was playing in between some trees with his cousin, wrighty walked past and asked if he could play, he then began to take shots at my son in goal.

5. When my son was being ball boy at the training ground a bergkamp rocket flew over the goal, bounced once and my son tried to catch it but the power knocked him over (he wasnt hurt).

6.Back in the 80's playing against liverpool, someone threw a coin at one of their players who picked it up, looked at the crowd, gave us the thumbs up and stuck it in his shorts, thieving git

7. At the training ground another day my son was very kindly given david seamans old goalie gloves, and anders limpars boots on the same day.

8. When i built a football goal in my back yard for the boy i asked my mate if he knew where i could get a net for it, he said he would get me one. He came back a day later with a full size net, when i asked him where he got it he said he had 'borrowed' it from the arsenal training ground (he worked there). When i drove past the next day i looked and the main training pitch goal didnt have a net on it I still have that net in my back yard

9. Away to millwall years ago me and the lads got to the ground late and in our rush to get into the stadium we forgot to check the tickets properly, when we arrived on the terrace we were surrounded by millwall fans :|

10. In a game back in the 80's the ball got lost in the crowd, the player walked up to get it and someone threw it at him, it hit him straight in the head. He walked towards the packed terrace as if he was going to hit the person who did it, as he stepped forward the whole crowd decided to take him on and they all lunged forward at once he quickly shat himself and ran off. You really have to see that one but it looks great when you see it on tv.

 

[___jeff]

 

[Gazza Martinez]

Man City away 03/04-
The almost-own goal when Lauren cleared the ball into Keown's head, and then it deflected off the crossbar and into Jens before being hacked clear. Classic.

 

[Jose_Reyes_2005]

Does anyone remember that incredible own goal lauren scored against city ?

Funny stuff.

 

[calvinngai88]

I remembered a game 2 seasons back, where a corner was whipped in, Kolo Toure headed into his own net. Instead of keeping quiet (like many players would do after scoring an own goal), he shouted and screamed like hell! Wondering he's scolding himself OR the keeper then, because he was facing at the keeping and shouting. ;D

 

[Ridge]

I remembered a game 2 seasons back, where a corner was whipped in, Kolo Toure headed into his own net. Instead of keeping quiet (like many players would do after scoring an own goal), he shouted and screamed like hell! Wondering he's scolding himself OR the keeper then, because he was facing at the keeping and shouting. ;D

was that against aston villa or something? we lost 2 precious points that game we threw away the title... :cry:

 

[Jose_Reyes_2005]

yea it was against villa.

 

[Eastrek]

This one was funny at the time but prob not now..... Inter Milan home game, Inter 3v0 up making a sub, whoever was being replaced was making such a meal of getting off, shaking everyones hand, trotting over to the ref to shake his hand, then walking off really slowly, in this time the stadium announcer had already announced the departing players name, then when he finally reached the touchline the announcer said ".....is EVENTUALLY replaced by xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" (cant remember who) The whole of Highbury cheered that, actually that was the only thing we cheered that night!

 

[johe]

I remember last season against Soton at St. Mary's, when Jens and Ph*llips were involved in a spat. Ph*llips was stepping on Jens's foot for some reason, and then he (Jens) started complaining to the ref and pushed Phillips away and when the referee waved Jens over, he looked like he couldn't be bothered and just stood there looking at the ref shaking his head. Then when the game was over, he threw the ball at Phillips's head.

And another was where Stefan Schwarz (or was it Anders Limpar?) was involved, I'm not sure what game it was, but he got sent off, so when the ref showed him the red card, he followed the ref protesting his innocence, and then suddenly the ref turns, takes up the red card AGAIN, and shows it to him one more, to the ironic cheering of the crowd.

 

[Gurgen]

Love ur sig johe