I manage to enjoy watching the game live as well as experiencing the game. For a 60,361 seated stadium I learnt that it is the third largest stadium in England after Old Trafford and Wembley.
I remember travelling down from Milton Keynes to Euston to see a few males already wearing the football team's shirt and as I met the boyfriend and travelled to Arsenal tube station I saw more and more people wearing the kit. Different colours for the different years.
There was a tunnel-like path from the tube and a short walk towards the stadium, there was also a number of floors to walk to the seats and it was truly amazing. Amazing to see the photos of the previous captains over the years, amazing to even see the Arsenal Souvinir shop, well, great that everyone inside the shop was thinking about the same thing - their football team. I was thinking, if the team lost, that long tunnel would be similar to the "walk of shame" for the fans but fortunately, the team won and it was a "walk of victory".
During the game I saw team work, I saw formation and I saw support. I enjoyed watching how 22 men are divided into their positions and working together to form a team. I saw supporter's disappointed faces when the players miss a potential goal, the way their hands are covering the sides of their faces and i saw how the supporters jump up of their seats and clap with their faces of joy.
It was definitely different than watching it on television because of the supporters reaction and hear the surrounding sounds of the chants and the sounds of the boo-ing when the opposing team (Tottenham) got the ball and was aiming at the goal, and when the team was arriving onto the pitch.
I just decided to make a little edit to the photo because I have no idea whether the boyfriend would like to see himself on here and for privacy issues *wink wink*
Thank you for taking me :) I enjoyed every moment of it.
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