Topic: Arsenal celebrate 1989 Anfield win

[Runester]

Theo Walcott shows off Arsenal's new away kit, celebrating their title win 20 seasons ago when Michael Thomas scored a late goal at Anfield to snatch the 1989 League from Liverpool.
Walcott admits: “I’ve watched the game on TV a couple of times with my Dad, who’s a Liverpool fan, so he was gutted then!'

[RedSandgrounder]

Isn't Walcott a Liverpool fan as well, remember something about him dancing around the streets in May 2005?

Nice kit though, shame what it's commemerating.

[lfc_col]

Isn't Walcott a Liverpool fan as well, remember something about him dancing around the streets in May 2005?

Nice kit though, shame what it's commemerating.

i reckon its a bit small time really

[Alan_F]

While I understand how important it is for Arsenal I hope they don't wear it at Anfield this year. Celebrating 1989 in any shape or form a few days after the 20th anniversary of Hillsborough would be tasteless in my opinion.

[bradigor]

i reckon its a bit small time really

I know would never see us bringing out kits that remember a past time

[Red Heaven]

still makes me sick when i think about that day

[Bronx Red]

I could understand if they hadn't won  a title since then but I see no other reason only to get another kit on the market to rip fans off .

[Crazynumber9]

That kit is shit

[red_mark1980]

While I understand how important it is for Arsenal I hope they don't wear it at Anfield this year. Celebrating 1989 in any shape or form a few days after the 20th anniversary of Hillsborough would be tasteless in my opinion.

Exactly, hopefully someone at the club will point it out to Arsenal. I wont be holding my breath though

[El Campeador]

While I understand how important it is for Arsenal I hope they don't wear it at Anfield this year. Celebrating 1989 in any shape or form a few days after the 20th anniversary of Hillsborough would be tasteless in my opinion.

Even if you take out Hillsborough from this year's equation, it's a tasteless thing to do at Anfield.

[zimmie'5555]

I don't recall being too downbeat about it at the time, I was only 9, but it was 6 weeks after Hillsborough and that put that into perspective.

[AndrewLFC_1971]

It's fuck all like the one they wore in '89 anyway.

[fletcheri]

I don't recall being too downbeat about it at the time, I was only 9, but it was 6 weeks after Hillsborough and that put that into perspective.

correct i wasn't arsed at the time

[Gareth Keenan]

It's pathetic to say it's tasteless thing to do at Anfield. It's just a gimmick for selling the shirt, it won't be mentioned anywhere else this season after the initial kit launch.

Arsenal are a club who always conduct themselves with a bit of class imo, they won't do anything to deflect from the Hillsborough memorials.

[supermariobros]

While I understand how important it is for Arsenal I hope they don't wear it at Anfield this year. Celebrating 1989 in any shape or form a few days after the 20th anniversary of Hillsborough would be tasteless in my opinion.

Come on now, the whole world doesn't revolve around Hillsborough (Or Munich, for that matter, before anyone brings that up)

So Arsenal nor anyone else, can't celebrate the anniversary of anything that happened in 1989?

Sorry, that just doesn't make sense

Hillsborough was a terrible event, but don't start using it to piss on other people's things that are totally unrelated, don't use the memory of people dying for your own personal use.

[SMD]

Come on now, the whole world doesn't revolve around Hillsborough (Or Munich, for that matter, before anyone brings that up)

So Arsenal nor anyone else, can't celebrate the anniversary of anything that happened in 1989?

Sorry, that just doesn't make sense

Hillsborough was a terrible event, but don't start using it to piss on other people's things that are totally unrelated, don't use the memory of people dying for your own personal use.

He said at Anfield. How does it not make sense? And no disrespect to the Arsenal team of 1989 but I'm sure we were far from focused on the league title that season.

[MBE]

It's pathetic to say it's tasteless thing to do at Anfield. It's just a gimmick for selling the shirt, it won't be mentioned anywhere else this season after the initial kit launch.

Arsenal are a club who always conduct themselves with a bit of class imo, they won't do anything to deflect from the Hillsborough memorials.

Precisely.  In fact, at the time, Arsenal risked the wrath of the FA and a possible points deduction by refusing to even contemplate paying another league game, even when having been ordered to by the FA, until Liverpool had decided whether or not we were going to complete our fixtures.  Anyone deriding Arsenal for bringing out a commemorative kit to celebrate a league win is either mentally defective or ignorant of the facts of the time. 

[fletcheri]

He said at Anfield. How does it not make sense? And no disrespect to the Arsenal team of 1989 but I'm sure we were far from focused on the league title that season.

You are right IMO they would not have won the league had the tragic events not transpired in the same way that Everton were in a no win situation in the FA cup final.

[supermariobros]

He said at Anfield. How does it not make sense? And no disrespect to the Arsenal team of 1989 but I'm sure we were far from focused on the league title that season.

No, i agree Liverpool's mind would not have been 100% on the game but that isnt the point.

So they have a shirt that apparently celebrates them winning the game 20 years ago?

Big effing deal, just get on with it

It would be typical of some fans who, in the build up to Arsenal at Anfield, go way fucking overboard with this claiming all sorts of injustices and god knows what

Better to focus on the real issues of Hillsborough, rather than get all hot and bothered about Arsenals kit, no?

[SMD]

No, i agree Liverpool's mind would not have been 100% on the game but that isnt the point.

So they have a shirt that apparently celebrates them winning the game 20 years ago?

Big effing deal, just get on with it

It would be typical of some fans who, in the build up to Arsenal at Anfield, go way fucking overboard with this claiming all sorts of injustices and god knows what

Better to focus on the real issues of Hillsborough, rather than get all hot and bothered about Arsenals kit, no?

You're shifting the goalposts. The comment was that it would be considered tasteless if they wore it at Anfield. Now suddenly we're throwing our weight behind this and ignoring others? Take a look at the threads on Hillsborough, McKenzie and Anne Williams' fight.

[Scott-S-]

if they wear it at anfield then its more reason to beat them!!

[L6 Red]

No, i agree Liverpool's mind would not have been 100% on the game but that isnt the point.

So they have a shirt that apparently celebrates them winning the game 20 years ago?

Big effing deal, just get on with it

It would be typical of some fans who, in the build up to Arsenal at Anfield, go way fucking overboard with this claiming all sorts of injustices and god knows what

Better to focus on the real issues of Hillsborough, rather than get all hot and bothered about Arsenals kit, no?

Why don't you take a look around the site before you start mouthing off, eh?

[rodderzzz]

Of course they'll wear it at anfield for fucks sake, its their away shirt, and so what if it celebrates their win 20 years ago...

[Alf]

Precisely.  In fact, at the time, Arsenal risked the wrath of the FA and a possible points deduction by refusing to even contemplate paying another league game, even when having been ordered to by the FA, until Liverpool had decided whether or not we were going to complete our fixtures.  Anyone deriding Arsenal for bringing out a commemorative kit to celebrate a league win is either mentally defective or ignorant of the facts of the time. 

I agree Arsenal were very good around the time of Hillsborough, I don't care what kit they wear as long as there supporters observe the minutes silence on that day. I was speaking to an Arsenal fan in the pub on the day England won the Ashes 3 years ago and inevitably the subject of 1989 came and she said all she thinks of when she remembers that season is Hillsborough.

[Cruiser]

Its their away kit for next season so obviously they'll wear it at all away fixtures including Anfield. That isn't any disrespect to Hillsborough.

Fuck sake.

[cornelius]

Arsenal are a club who always conduct themselves with a bit of class imo

Wenger has no dignity whatsoever and his players disciplinary record is an utter disgrace. Prior to that you have the George Graham years, which this shirt is commemorating, and again you wouldn't exactly call some of the things he or his players got up to as 'conducting themselves with class'.

Arsenal are a catalogue of appalling behaviour the last 20 years or so.

[Anfield Fox]

Wenger has no dignity whatsoever and his players disciplinary record is an utter disgrace. Prior to that you have the George Graham years, which this shirt is commemorating, and again you wouldn't exactly call some of the things he or his players got up to as 'conducting themselves with class'.

Arsenal are a catalogue of appalling behaviour the last 20 years or so.

Fact: There isn't a single "big" British club that a majority of Liverpool fans like or respect. Actually i would say it is a majority of all clubs.

[Alan_F]

Unless I've got the dates wrong we play Arsenal at home on the 18th April 2009. Perhaps any other date wouldn't seem so inappropriate.

Maybe I am over-reacting but I can't see why Arsenal need to have commemorative shirts for the 1989 win in the first place - are we going to have commemorative shirts next year for the 1990 win? - and secondly, you can't separate Arsenal's title win in that dramatic game and the reasons why the game was played after the season finished.

[Degs]

Fact: There isn't a single "big" British club that a majority of Liverpool fans like or respect. Actually i would say it is a majority of all clubs.

I can think of 1.
Liverpool.

[deadlybuzz]

No matter how coincidental the shirt is and the date of the fixture is against us in April, it's not just a one-off for the day, it's their away kit for the entire season. They probably had this style planned out on the drawing board months and months ago but I don't think they could have predicted the dates of the fixtures for this season.

[MagicHat]

I could understand if they hadn't won  a title since then but I see no other reason only to get another kit on the market to rip fans off .

it's a legendary day among Arsenal fans. The other titles we have won since then aren't as big, it is considered the start of things, add in Fever Pitch and the way we won it, Anfield 1989 means a lot more then Goodison 1998 or Old Trafford 2002

[Ron]

Wow. So they made a shirt with a completely different company, Nice not Adidas, with a completely different sponsor, Fly not JVC, with a completely different logo, one that hopefully has been designed by an under 12 year old rather than the cool looking cannon with the AFC balls logo. But the colors are roughly the same, I'll give you that. Piss poor try to remember a cornerstone in your history, Arsenal ! Why make a commercial pisstake out of it rather than making a nice banner or re releasing the video or at least something a little bit "worthy".


Actually, those colors are not right either, the yellow was lighter on the original, I think.

[Ron]

... you can't separate Arsenal's title win in that dramatic game and the reasons why the game was played after the season finished.

Too fucking right !

And the way they won it, we had the same goal difference and the same points , they scored 2 more goals and we conceded two less.

[Jin]

It's a bit silly isn't it.

[L6 Red]

it's a legendary day among Arsenal fans. The other titles we have won since then aren't as big, it is considered the start of things, add in Fever Pitch and the way we won it, Anfield 1989 means a lot more then Goodison 1998 or Old Trafford 2002

Except you won the title at Highbury in 1998 against Everton?

Good knowledge there.

[Marcus6]

I hardly think it's being disrespectful

[Ron]

I hardly think it's being disrespectful

No, it's too pathetic to be disrespectful.
Still, if you can make the fans' wallet bleed a little bit more ...

[Antony]

Forgive me for being ignorant but how is this disrespectful...

And it isn't small time ffs. How is it small time when a club brings out a shirt which celebrates one of their most famous days?

Have you seen some of our clubs merchandise...NOW thats small time.....

[Guz-kop]

I dont thinkthe shirt will overshadow anyone's thoughts when we play Arsenal. A day after the anniversary, no doubt the shirt will get a mention but there will only be one thing people will be focussed on

[Tommy_W]

it's a legendary day among Arsenal fans. The other titles we have won since then aren't as big, it is considered the start of things, add in Fever Pitch and the way we won it, Anfield 1989 means a lot more then Goodison 1998 or Old Trafford 2002

Your players were practically wanking on the pitch when you won the league at our gaff