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21 signs you’re a hardcore Arsenal fan

What is it really like to be a Gooner?

1. You’re all about beautiful football

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2. You named your dog Chippy…

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…after this man:

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3. You can’t stand Spurs fans

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4. You fondly remember May 8, 1971 as the day Arsenal clinched their first double

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5. You’d like to erase the signings of Andre Santos, Pascal Cygan and Igors Stepanovs from your memory

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6. You love Gunnersaurus for snubbing a handshake from John Terry

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7. Although you play at the Emirates these days, Highbury will always be home

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8. You know Jack Wilshere would get into just about any team in the world

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9. Hearing the name ‘Nayim’ brings back heartbreaking memories

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10. You pray the next transfer window is the one that Wenger splashes out

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11. These two guys are dead to you

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12. In your eyes, this man is the best midfielder the Premier League has ever seen

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13. He's also a legend for being one of the few people to put Roy Keane in his place:

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14. "Thomas, charging through the midfield... it's up for grabs now... Thomas, right at the end!". That sentence never gets old

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15. Dennis Bergkamp is a genius

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16. And you tried this over and over again back in 2002:

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17. You can name the whole Invincibles squad... even Jeremie Aliadiere

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18. You think Gervinho would have actually been a decent player if only he could finish

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19. Your love for Thierry Henry knows no bounds and that goal in Paris was all Paul McShane's fault

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20. And you remember when he pulled Inter Milan apart:

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21. Even though it's been a barren few years, you have belief in this man

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A version of this post was published on 14 April, 2014

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    Mute Brian
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    Apr 14th 2013, 9:06 PM

    Was it not keane who put viera in his place in that incident!

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    Mute Headtheball
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    Apr 14th 2013, 9:29 PM

    It was indeed. In his place and in his pocket.

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    Mute Ben Calton
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    Apr 14th 2013, 8:29 PM

    Bergkamp is not just a genius, he is a God to us Gooners

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    Apr 14th 2013, 8:38 PM

    Bergkamp was a class player

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    Mute Paul Sweeney
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    Apr 14th 2013, 10:31 PM

    Re #13… Only one man was put in his place that night. It wasn’t Keane

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    Mute Liam Ó Cróinín
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    Apr 15th 2013, 6:24 AM

    The only man who didn’t get a deserved mention in this article: he’s French, he’s quick his names a porno flick, Emmanuel!

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    Apr 15th 2013, 10:20 AM

    Adebayor isnt french

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    Mute yoman
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    Apr 15th 2013, 1:13 PM

    Oh dear I feel stupid now. You meant Emmanuel Petit….

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    Mute Big Pat
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    Apr 15th 2013, 12:48 AM

    Yes, Roy Keane was put in his place. Put in his place that February in 2005. That night when Man United beat Arsenal 4-2 in Highbury and John O’Shea scored with a chip.

    If by put in his place, you mean a place above Vieria, than you are precisely right.

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    Mute Tomás O'Connor
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    Apr 15th 2013, 9:06 PM

    No mention of Tony Adams or Ian Wright?!

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    Apr 15th 2013, 12:05 AM

    Number 1. If your a big Arsenal fan surely you’d remember before Wenger when Arsenal did anything but play football.
    Number 13. United hammered Arsenal that day, in no small part due to Roy dominating Vierra completely.

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    Mute Colm Coughlan
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    Apr 15th 2013, 9:28 AM

    Wenger spends the money like its his own

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    Dec 29th 2013, 3:10 PM

    Have to laugh at the Wilshere one. He is easily one of the most overrated players in the PL. he’s terrible today and I do t see him making midfield of either Chelsea or City let alone Real, Barca or Bayern.

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    Mute Paddy
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    Dec 30th 2013, 9:00 AM

    Do you not think Arsenals midfield is superior to Chelsea and City’s though? I would say arsenals midfield is by far the strongest in the league. Wilshere is a good player with the potential to be a great one. He is most definitely captain material in the future, and also the only people who “over rate” him are fans of other clubs.

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    Mute John Burke
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    Apr 14th 2013, 9:22 PM

    We don’t trust in wenger any more. Time for change. We want our ARSENAL back.

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    Mute Shane O Reilly
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    Apr 14th 2013, 10:06 PM

    The man has got arsenal out of the group stages for the past 16 years is it? And all that building an academy and a shoe string budget and running a profitable club. Can’t wait till he is gone so that arsenal ‘fans’ will realise how good a thing they had going.

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    Mute Joseph McGranaghan
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    Apr 15th 2013, 12:06 AM

    Arsenal fans who gripe would realise just how good a manager Wenger is if he left.

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    May 2nd 2013, 8:19 AM

    If you’re my housemate, you spend every May saying, “Yeah, that’s a nice-looking Premier League trophy you’ve got there… shame it’s not made of solid gold.”

    http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/483/248792496891a4542fd21.jpg

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    Mute Rory Fleming
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    Dec 29th 2013, 4:28 PM

    I’m all of these, great to see us top of league but people still criticise wegner ?! I don’t know why..
    Gooner till I die <3

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    Mute Alan McCarthy
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    Apr 15th 2013, 5:58 PM

    How can you be happy with wenger when he is consistently settling for 4th place.. No wonder van persie and nasri left..

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    Mute John Burke
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    Apr 14th 2013, 10:31 PM

    Sad when ye young Arsenal fans are happy with getting into the champs leag and call that a good season. Arsenal football club should be winning champs leag and prem simple as. Go follow spurs for yourself.

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    Dec 30th 2013, 11:19 PM

    As a 38 yr old Gooner, I remember the 80′s (before Graham) and I personally cringed when we won the 2 cups in ’93, when the style of football was ‘Puke’. Arsenal were miles behind United before Wenger arrived. If you want to blame anyone, blame the directors for not giving him the funds to compete with United & Chelsea. Or just look at how well that gamble worked for Leeds.

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    Mute Tomás O'Connor
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    Dec 29th 2013, 5:31 PM

    This article was posted in April? Why is it up again?

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    Mute Stephen Farrell
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    Dec 29th 2013, 4:26 PM

    You know you’re a hardcore arsenal fan when you boo the team whenever they lose a game, doesn’t have to be during a run of defeats though…

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    Mute Josh Rogan
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    Apr 23rd 2013, 1:26 PM

    gimps

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    Dec 29th 2013, 3:11 PM

    22. You like to moan

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    Mute Treble 99
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    Dec 29th 2013, 5:13 PM

    You like to troll !

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    Mute Shane Kearney
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    Dec 29th 2013, 5:21 PM

    “You hate United”. Add to this list and every list you guys now do in this series

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    Mute Hubert Darcy
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    Dec 29th 2013, 8:13 PM

    Big arsenal fan but Wilshere is at best our 3rd best midfielder ; ozil and Ramsey are better right now

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    Dec 29th 2013, 11:02 PM

    And cazorla, flamini and arteta.

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    Mute Ciaran Purdy
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    Dec 30th 2013, 12:57 AM

    Diarmud is right

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    Mute Ciaran Purdy
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    Dec 29th 2013, 7:41 PM

    No. 8 wilshere was a joke right?

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