European Cup Winners Cup Final.
About 25,000 Arsenal Fans travelled to Copenhagen for this final, including most of our gang, past and present.
Our mate JC, was one of the few that never made the journey, as he’d recently had a heart attack and the doctors advised him not to go.
4 Original North Bank Boys.
We arrived in Copenhagen the evening day before the match and after checking in our hotel, went out for a few beers.
We ended up in a pub full of Gooners near the famous “Tivoli Gardens”.
While we’re standing near the bar, a bloke appears in the pub doorway and due to his size, almost blocks out the light.
Eddie C, who was bashed by all those “Lilliputian” youngsters in 1979 at Forest, says to me, that’s Denton.
I could only reply, “I hope he doesn’t remember us”.
He didn’t!!
Match Day - May 4th 1994.
After breakfast on the day of the match, some of us go to see the sights of the City and we all agree to meet up outside the Tivoli Gardens about midday.
Old Gunners and Gooners.
The famous Mermaid is a Gooner.
We then go off to find a nice pub for the afternoon.
One of these pubs will do.
We found a lovely pub by the old docks and it even had a separate section with its own bar outside.
As there’s about 20 of us, we almost fill this section and Granty tells the barmaid to, just keep pouring the beers. She eventually, had to get another barmaid to help, as she couldn’t keep up with us.
After a couple of hours an old mate turns up with his family and we asked him, how did you know we were outside this pub? He replied “I could hear you from 3 streets away”.
Later in the afternoon, a Swedish bloke, who’d been sitting eating his lunch with his mate near us, says that he’s fed up listening to our swearing and all he can hear is;
Fuck you, Fuck this, Fuck that, Fuck him, Fuck her, Fuck, Fuck, Fuck!!
He then asks us, what do you have to say to this?
As one, we reply, Fuck Off!!
A Hilarious moment.
Just as the waitress brings him his dessert of 2 small balls of Ice Cream, the bloke then asks, and another thing, what is Bollocks?
We all point at his dessert and shout, That’s Bollocks!!
An even funnier moment.
That’s one of my greatest memories I ever had with all my mates, because, sadly, it was Teddy Taylor’s last time at a Cup Final.
Teddy, in the middle, Going to his Last Cup Final.
Another Original North Bank boy turns up.
With his 3 Little Gooners.
2 more Original North Bank boys arrive.
The non- swearing Swedish Bloke (with sunglasses).
An Original North Bank boy with his Doppelgänger.
Even Barry Baker turned up - as usual!!
We definitely turned up.
A pair of the wheels also turned up.
I will let the pictures tell the story of the game.
25,000 Gooners turned up.
Thankfully, the Team turned up.
My ticket turned up.
Alan Smith scores - What a turn up!!
The Cup turned up.
John Jensen turned up - injured.
Lee Dixon holds the Cup up.
Another Original North Bank boy with his son are glad that they turned up.
Johnny Jensen and me - I never nicked his wallet!!
Islington Celebrates.
Chairman - Captain - Manager - Commissionnaire.
The Hero on the night.
The Cheerleader on the night.
Me & Spooky are happy.
I bet those Old Dockers in JC’s pub weren’t happy with this result.
We never dreamt that this would be George Graham’s last trophy with Arsenal.
Next Post - Saturday 6/6/2020.
Monkey - Milan - Money.
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