My favourite game: when Blackburn stunned Arsenal in the 2013 FA Cup | Michael Butler

04 June 2020 01:25
As a Rovers fan living across the road from the Emirates, it was a great feeling to watch this scrappy win even from the home endIt is a wonderful thing to live next to a football ground. Every other week my road, bordering the Emirates Stadium, would become transformed and a palpable, fleeting feeling of community would blossom. Groups pouring out of pubs, singing or huddled in conversation; parents skipping down the road, just as excitable as their wide-eyed sons and daughters; a few older figures in hats and scarves that might give you a nod before shuffling off to get in their seats, nice and early. Related: 'It's still ridiculous' – Van Persie's 2012-13 season at Manchester United Continue readingreadfullarticle

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