We Are The Champions

They sang –

“We are the champions - my friends
And we'll keep on fighting till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
'cause we are the champions”

(Applause)

They bowed.

No, it was not Queen, the band.

It was the Highbury faithful in the North Bank stand and other Arsenal supporters around the world toasting their club last night.

The scene described above may be just a figment of my imagination, but what the heck; it won’t detract from the fact that Arsenal is the Champion.

Winning the 2003/04 English Premier League title was the cake. The icing though, was going through the whole season undefeated. A feat last achieved 115 years ago by Preston North End in 1888/89.

And what a season it has been, the high points and low ones, notwithstanding. Will the supporters subject themselves again, in the coming season, to this emotional roller-coaster ride? You bet they would.

It is said that English football clubs have become the new plaything of the rich and famous.But for mere mortals like us, the fans, it is all about PASSION – yes, passion for the club.

How would you explain, it was otherwise, when –


you put on your replica jersey to go watch your club play….on Astro, in the living room

you get up in the wee hours of the morning, to answer the call of nature, but ended up logging in to Arsenal.com for the results

You splash a hundred pounds, just like that, at the Arsenal shop but kept multiplying everything by six at Mark and Spencer and ended up buying only a 3-part set of briefs


The things we supporters do at times.

Anyway, as my 3-year old grandson Adam (mimicking Sherby and Paul of Celcom’s In play advertisement), told me a couple of weeks ago, “Live the passion, lah!”

Indeed, Adam, I will.