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10 Reasons why tottenham are in The Arsenals Shadow

1) The Arsenal were formed in London in 1886 – tottenham become part of London in 1965

2) The Arsenals ground holds 60,000 – tottenhams holds 36,000

3%) The Arsenal have won the league title 13 times – tottenham just twice and not since 1961

4) The Arsenal have won the title twice at white hart lane 1971+2004 – tottenham have never won the title at Arsenals ground

5) The Arsenal have won the FACUP 10 times – tottenham 8 times and not since 1991

6) The Arsenal have never been relegated – tottenham were last relegated in 1976/77

7) The Arsenal have played in every year of the Champions League since 1998 – tottenham just once

8) The last time tottenham finished higher than The Arsenal was in 1994/5

9) In 177 games played, The Arsenal have won 76, tottenham won 54 with 47 draws

10) In the words of their highest ever goal scorer, Jimmy Greaves
“Arsenal have class. I remember when I was at Spurs, the Arsenal players would arrive for matches in their navy blazers with the gold gun emblem sewn into their pockets and grey slacks. We couldn’t match their ground with that beautiful main entrance, marble halls and spiral staircase. Even in 1961 when we won the Double, we were never as big a club as Arsenal.In the early 1960s, Spurs had a great manager and a great team. But they have never been a great club. Even when we had Bill Nicholson as manager and the likes of Dave Mackay, Cliff Jones, Danny Blanchflower and myself, Spurs still lived in the shadow of Arsenal.”

10 Reasons why we will/could/might beat Munich + starting 11

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1) We beat them there 2 nil last season.

2) In the home tie we was more than a match for them when we had 11 men.

3%) 2 nil up is a tricky scoreline, they wont know if they should stick or twist.

4) The German league isn’t very competitive this season, we will be there hardest home game so far.

5) There is little or no pressure on our lads here, they can go out with freedom and attack from the start.

6) Koscielny should be back to partner the BFG at CB and with no Gibbs or Monreal captain marvel will move to LB

7) Giroud loves scoring away from home….

8) Sanogo is out.

9) Ozil will have a point to prove after his less than convincing performance in the home game.

10) Wenger Knows, this is the one to prove we are not a team that’s still big game bottlers.

Likely starting 11 – Fabianski, Sagna, TV, BFG, Kos, Flamini, Arteta, Ozil, Ox, Santi, Giroud.

COME ON THE ARSENAL !!!

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She Wore A Yellow Ribbon, The Arsenal’s Wembley Song

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The Arsenal first wore a golden Yellow shirt in the FA CUP final in 1950 and again in the 1971 final. From elder fan’s I have spoke to the “she wore a yellow ribbon” song was sung in the late 50’s but took until the 70’s to really become popular.

Like all football songs old and new they are ripped off from a popular song and ‘she wore a yellow ribbon’ comes from a 1949 John Wayne’s film of the same name. It become a song that was sung in different army regiments as well as other football clubs, West Ham and Villa have a claret version, but it was The Arsenal that made the song our own with 3 cup finals in a row 1978/79/80.

What did she wear ??
She wore, she wore,
She wore a yellow ribbon,
She wore a yellow ribbon,
In the merry month of May!
And when, I asked,
Oh why she wore her ribbon,
She said it’s for The Arsenal,
And we’re going to Wembley!
Wembley,
Wembley,
We’re the famous Arsenal,
And we’re going to Wembley!

This website was formed in 2007 and named after the song and in 2011 when the club ran the competition ‘build a banner’ a ‘she wore a yellow ribbon’ banner was made and sits proudly in the North East corner of the ground.