As a Christmas present i recieved 2 tickets to tour The Emirates Stadium - the £390 million home of Arsenal.The tour was led by former Arsenal legend Charlie George whos most famous goal was in against Liverpool in the 1971 FA Cup final which secured Arsenal the double.
On the tour i got to sit in the players horse shoe dressing room and have photos taken with the players shirts. Other parts of the tour included sitting in the directors box, the press conference room, the dug outs.
Despite all this the best bit for me was just sitting in a normal seat and looking around the stadium. I've seen it on the TV loads of time but actually just sitting there is something else you dont realise how big it is until you've been and the atmosphere is electric with just a few dozen people so i can't imagine what it must be like in front of 60 000 people. I loved the old stadium Highbury and i still get a tear in my eye when i see its sad state now the move is something that Arsenal needed to do and will allow them to compete financially with the best teams in Europe.
All in all it was a great day. I enjoyed it so much that when i got home i joined the Arsenal season ticket waiting list! Hopefully i dont have to wait too long to get my ticket now.
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