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Written by Adam Gold Sunday, 19 December 2010 13:05

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Let’s have some Arsenal inspired fun facts with Gunnertalk’s own published author Adam Gold….
 
They Said It!
An extract from
The Arsenal Miscellany
By Adam Gold
Forward by Frank McClintock
Published by Vision Sports Publishing
 
“We nearly didn’t sign him because the letters did not fit on his shirt.”
David Dein remembers the purchase of Giovanni Van Bronckhorst
 
“It sounds ridiculous, but I always put my watch into the right pocket of my trousers. If anybody wants to nick it, they’ll know where to look now I suppose.”
Steve Bold gives away his superstition.
 
“I told my son Josh that Howard Wilkinson wanted Daddy to play for England. He told my daughter Olivia and they had tears in their eyes as they asked me, ‘Does that mean you’re not going to play for Arsenal any more?’”
Lee Dixon has some explaining to do to his kids.
 
“Kenny Dalglish came on at the same time as me and everyone expected him to win it for Liverpool. But here I was, a ginger-haired nobody, setting up the winning goal for Arsenal.”
Perry Groves shocks himself after the win over Liverpool in 1987’s League Cup Final.
 
“I started clapping myself, until I realised that I was Sunderland’s manager.”
Peter Reid agog at a Dennis Bergkamp goal against his side.
 
“I think Iost my barnet flicking the ball on for all them years at the near post from Brian Marwood’s corners.”
Steve Bould thinks back to when he had hair.
 
 
What’s In A Name?
 
Arsenal have been known as ‘The Arsenal’ at times since moving to Highbury in 1913, but have four official names since their foundation in 1886. These are:
 
1886                           Dial Square
1887-91                     Royal Arsenal
1891-1913                 Woolwich Arsenal
1913 - present          Arsenal
 
 
Ian Write Write Write
 
‘We’re by far the most intelligent team, the world has ever seen!” Arsenal fans from the literary world:
 
Melvyn Bragg
David Frost
Nick Hornby, author of Fever Pitch
Michael Moore, author of Stupid White Men
Piers Morgan
Andrew Motion (Poet Laureate1999.)
 
Hit Squads
 
The Arsenal team have hit the charts a few times with songs recorded to help gee them on to victory, Most famous was ‘Good Old Arsenal’ sung to the tune of ‘Rule Britannia’, with lyrics written by none other than supersize-chinned football pundit Jimmy Hill. It reached the last 16 in the charts. Here is the full list of records released by the Arsenal team:
 
Here We Go Again                        1932
Good Old Arsenal                         1971
Arsenal, We’re On Your Side         1972
Roll Out The Red Carpet                1978
Super Arsenal                               1979
We’re Back Where We Belong       1989
Shouting For The Gunners             1993  
Hot Stuff                                       1998
Arsenal Number One                      2000  
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