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Andy Kelly

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Arsenal fan and unofficial club historian. Website: The Arsenal Collection.

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Andy Kelly @goonerak.bsky.social · 38m

Tonight saw Bilk at the Corn Exchange in Hertford. Brilliant night out. So much energy. Really nice young lads as well.

Andy Kelly @goonerak.bsky.social · 4h

Not sure why VAR waste so much time on contentious penalty decisions against Arsenal. Just don't give it straight away and be done with it.

Andy Kelly @goonerak.bsky.social · 9h

Ange Postecoglu: "...the story always ends the same with me and a trophy!"

Andy Kelly @goonerak.bsky.social · 10h

Jenrick supports Wolves. He was born in 1982. Wolves played against Villa in 1981-2 & 1983-4. I doubt his dad took him to either of those games at Villa Park. Next time they played at Villa Park was September 1989. I reckon he's being economical with the truth.

Andy Kelly @goonerak.bsky.social · 11h

I remember having a pair of monkey boots and my mum cursing every other day as she had to try and get the dog shit out of the tread in the soles.

Andy Kelly @goonerak.bsky.social · 17h

Yes, at the time Henry Norris and William Hall were director's of both Fulham and Woolwich Arsenal.

Andy Kelly @goonerak.bsky.social · 1d

Arsenal first played a league game at Craven Cottage 112 years ago. I hope we fare better tomorrow than back then when the Cottagers won 6-1. Arsenal losing Angus McKinnon early didn't help.
Programme here, and match report from the Islington Gazette.
thearsenalcollection.org.uk?page_id=54726

Andy Kelly @goonerak.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, it is.

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Outside Write (Chris Lee) ⚽️ @outsidewrite.bsky.social · 3d

NEW POST 📣

Continuing my look at iconic stadiums and Art Deco gems, here’s a new piece on Highbury Stadium, the former home of the Arsenal, and where the club won all 13 of its English league titles.

Have you been? What did you think?

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#groundhopping #arsenal

Iconic Football Stadiums: Highbury Stadium (Arsenal FC)

Continuing my look at Art Deco football stadiums, let’s celebrate the beauty of the Arsenal’s former home, Highbury.

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Andy Kelly @goonerak.bsky.social · 3d

BUS WANKERS!

Andy Kelly @goonerak.bsky.social · 3d

I can't qwhite put my finger on it. I'm sure Raheem Sterling would be able to help.

Andy Kelly @goonerak.bsky.social · 3d

🎶 You were working as a scorer in an Arsenal quiz, when I met you 🎶
It seems that me and Arsenal's newest director have history.
Hopefully this formative memory for young Ben will now be worth a Directors Box invitation or two.

Andy Kelly @goonerak.bsky.social · 3d

The minute books from 1927 to 1939 are online on The Arsenal Collection website. Plenty of details about the upgrade of the stadium.
thearsenalcollection.org.uk?cat=770

Minute books – The Arsenal Collection

thearsenalcollection.org.uk

Andy Kelly @goonerak.bsky.social · 3d

They were making massive profits at the time. Their success on the field meant fans were cramming into Highbury whilst the maximum wage cap meant their wage bill was easily managed and didn't rise each year.

Andy Kelly @goonerak.bsky.social · 3d

I went once or twice!
The floor of the East Stand was originally marble slabs with no cannon or monogram. The floor was relayed around 1950 using terrazzo tiles with the cannon and monogram also added.

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Aubrey Hirsch @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social · 4d

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Andy Kelly @goonerak.bsky.social · 4d

Chelsea and Mamchester City were two of the teams that wanted to form the ESL.

Andy Kelly @goonerak.bsky.social · 5d

How many Premier League titles have Arsenal and Manchester United won since FFP/ PSR was introduced?

Andy Kelly @goonerak.bsky.social · 5d

41 years ago today I was at Filbert Street to see this absolute cracker of a game. Behind after a first minute own goal, a missed penalty, a superb team performance, loads of goals and a pitch invasion as Arsenal fans were pelted with bricks by Leicester fans from outside the stadium!

Andy Kelly @goonerak.bsky.social · 6d

They are both personas of Helen Lederer on amphetamines.

Andy Kelly @goonerak.bsky.social · 6d

How Scotland never adopted this as their national anthem, I will never know.
A perfect pop song that still sends tingles down my spine.

Andy Kelly @goonerak.bsky.social · 7d

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Andy Kelly @goonerak.bsky.social · 7d

Never been so up for Monday morning to come around ASAP after reading this.

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Just Another Gooner @n5-1bu.bsky.social · 7d

With all the talk about changes to the emz this may be of interest. An article in The Architects’ Journal about the stadium from 2005.

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117 – Building the Emirates Stadium

It’s July 2005 and whilst the team prepares for the last season at Highbury just around the corner on Ashburton Grove the new ground is nearing completion. Today’s scans from The Archit…

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Andy Kelly @goonerak.bsky.social · 9d

It's reassuring to know that it wasn't just me, though.
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The Skids,`Into The Valley`Maxell advert

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