Ever played at highbury?!

Yesterday when my sister cam home from uni, she said a friend asked her to "play at highbury":eek: Being as we are both Gooners, it seemed to hard to be true. So today I went along with my sister, I went into the marble halls and was given a "spectators" wrist band:( while my sister smiled with glee as she walked off down the hallway into the dressing rooms.

10 minutes past and I was watching her run around from the East Stand. Then all of a sudden "WE NEED MORE PLAYERS" i heard that and belted it down the stairs....and hey presto I WAS PLAYING ON THE PITCH ASWELL:D :D

Still cant believe it! I played 4 small - half pitch matches for the "North Bank" Team. There were 10 teams...4 Veteran teams (North Bank, West Bank, East Bank & South Bank), 4 Young teams (18-28, North Bank, South Bank, West Bank, East Bank) and then 2 ladies teams which were East and North Banks. Then I played a 15 minute game on the full pitch. As we all wanted to score we chose a rolling attack as our tactic. Once we shot we would head to defend and let others attack. Didnt really work out tat way though...it was more of a 8-1-1 formation:D As a result we did lose....and unfortunatly I didnt score BUT...as I was finishing I ran over towards the North Stand goal and walloped the ball in! That was my goal at highbury!:D

After I was given a medal to say I had played there, some other goodies, photos, a flag thingy and met Mr Charlie George...Arsenal Legend! He presented the trophies and stuff.

Just thought I would share it...pretty awesome experience!

Not very nice photos of me below...the T-shirt I was given was hmmm somewhat petite!:D In the first picture...my sister is 2nd from left

Haha not bad, seems too good to be random though.

I would only play there if i was paid some money and got to poo on the center spot. :rolleyes: :D
Can you guess which team i support?? :D

[quote=spi-ti-tout]Haha not bad, seems too good to be random though.[/quote]

It was a ballot! Anyone who renewed their season ticket with arsenal for the new stadium was entered. 50 people were chosen. But only 3/4 accepted so there were spaces...hence why my sisters m8 (who renewed her season ticket) was asked if she had n e friends who wanted to play. So I went a long to be the photographer and take some pics but they still didnt have enough players.:D :D

[quote=Suka]I would only play there if i was paid some money and got to poo on the center spot. :rolleyes: :D
Can you guess which team i support?? :D[/quote]

Tottenham would be my 1st guess followed by Man. Utd then Chelsea

[QUOTE=carbrochuretom]Tottenham would be my 1st guess followed by Man. Utd then Chelsea[/QUOTE]
Yid Army!!

Goodstuff, I play football every wednesday night in a club, nothing professional though, and no step up a ladder :)

i play umm baseball

Yeah, i've played at Highbury

(Seriously its like the ghetto of the my city, played soccer there once :D )

ive played numerous times at highburry, oh fifa 2006 doesnt count?

Good job mate, The stands look impresive when they are empty. sort of gloomy...

Havent played at Highbury but i have watched a game there...The pitch is quality...

What is actually gonna happen to Highbury now that they've got the Emirates Stadium opening in a couple of months? Is it gonna be demolished for housing and stuff?

[quote=Jack_Bauer]What is actually gonna happen to Highbury now that they've got the Emirates Stadium opening in a couple of months? Is it gonna be demolished for [B]housing[/B] and stuff?[/quote]

erm kinda lol [URL="http://www.thestadium-highbury.com/"]http://www.thestadium-highbury.com/[/URL]

Looks very nice and im glad to say one of my uncles bought one!:D