Football night .. Arsenal vs Spurs

well it was in fact a football night.....finished work Saturday evening...after a long week, not to mention the preceding chaotic week in New Delhi I figured Id earned myself a night out. So off I go...joining Martin...whos waiting in front of his ManU game. I sit through that game for the first hour....but after half time is when I start to get nervous and edging for the place to switch the other channels to Arsenal game. turns out thats not to be....so we move on to Wall Street....where Im told Arsenal game is CERTAINLY to be on.

walk in there....lo and behold! what do I see...... bar filled with Aussies!! and amongst them Jeff and Gavin Brown. small world? well maybe not. after all we have been living in the same city these past 5 or 6 years, yet only manage to run into each other now. so I sit there, pretending to try and make some sense of this game of RUGBY! that was on the huge screen... Aussie vs Welsh. You all know that Id normally be all supportive of aussies....but not this night....I needed my Arsenal dose. was just telling Dave and Martin we'd have to leave for a different place after half hour so I can find one with Arsenal game on. Suddenly Dave walks back and tells me....oh you can watch it upstairs....and by the way Arsenal is down 1 goal! HUH?!?! remember that Arsenal tends to lose games that I dont watch!! I missed the first half...and they were losing! I needed to do something...and QUICK! finally found my way to the right TV..setlled down in front of it...and before we know it...final whistle and Arsenal 3:1 up against Spurs hooray!!

The better breed of fans?

we could debate this all month and each will claim they are the more passionate football fans of the world. hard to say...but I can only comment based on my experience with the English and the German fans.....have to say the English are disappointing. mainly because you expect them to be more fun and crazy about the game since dont they claim to be the original inventor?
the Germans.....Ive never enjoyed watching German teams....theres something missing in the style ...prefer the Dutch, the italians, the spanish even the Czechs and English.......but I have to give the thumbs up to the football fans......

will come back to say why .....maybe even share some pics to prove it :p

Arsenal Emirates Stadium

so this was my Day 2 in London
Started out by heading to Waterloo station to meet Keith....from there we went to the War Memorial followed by a fish and chips pub lunch.
The real excitement of course comes right after lunch, as this was where I changed into my Arsenal shirt (already was carrying my Arsenal backpack that day) and then headed on the Piccadilly line tube towards Arsenal. Of course I have to mention how most of the tube was filled with red-coloured tshirts :)
so got there.....did a quarter circle of the stadium, went inside the Arsenal shop briefly....and soon it was time for kick off....so we headed back towards the main street and found a local Arsenal Pub..watched the game there....Arsenal won 2:1 yyayyyyy!!!
and yes Id have loved to be able to watch the game at the stadium, but seems it just isnt my luck......
anyhow I went back after the game to get another look and take some photos of the place, including got some shots of the fans who were waiting for the players to drive past in their cars :P

from there headed out to Brixton to meet Navdeep and a few of her friends for a Mexican dinner and some drinks. Russell was also there :) so was good to see another familiar face

Champions League 06/07

so last Wednesday the second leg of the Champions League was played (around 3am Bangkok time)...Arsenal vs PSV Eindhoven. score ended on a 1:1 draw....but that meant on aggregrate Arsenal lost and is now out of the race <>

I blame this on the fact that no channel in thailand (free to air nor cable/paid TV) showed the game live grrrrrrrrr!!!!! this meant my brother and I couldnt support the team in real time. grrrrrrrrrr
and as has been known any time I miss a game, we tend to lose. sighhhhhhh

Arsenal vs Chelsea:Carling Cup Final

gee what a bizarre end to the match! 3 red cards and 2 yellows given in the 90th+ minute!!!
and yes we lost 1:2 to chelsea......

grrrrrrrrrr