Highbury Farewell 2006

A fond farewell to Highbury, the home of Arsenal Football Club since 1913 as well as host to numerous friends, memories and events that have been a part of my life for 30 years.

Thursday, May 04, 2006

Highbury Memories - Manchester United (2-1) 20 February 1988

It's the last minute and Yanited are awarded a penalty with the score 2-1 to us. The penalty was awarded in front of the North Bank and I was in my normal spot in the middle of the clockend. Up stepped one of the many hated figures at yanited - Brian McClair. Sometimes you have a good feeling about penalties and this was one of those days, he blazed it miles over the bar to mass euphoria at Highbury. What happened after, many believe, started the years of antipathy between the 2 clubs. Nigel Winterburn let McClair know how bad his miss was and it all ended in handbags. 2 years later at Old Trafford we got the first brawl between the clubs....

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