The Soccer Geek

This post is a collection of Arsenal quotes. The club I support is going through something of a rough patch right now and are receiving a great deal of criticism, much of it deserved (at the time of writing – hopefully it will improve in the future!). So now I’d just like to celebrate some of the good things that have been said about the team in the past. Here goes…

• “I am going to make this the greatest club in the world” (Herbert Chapman, 1925)
• “My aim is simple – not just to make Arsenal the best in the Premiership, but the biggest and best club in the world” (Arsene Wenger)
• “When I first came to Arsenal I realised the back four were all university graduates in the art of defending. And as for Tony Adams, I consider him to be a professor of defence” (Arsene Wenger)
• “As far as I’m concerned, Tony is like the Empire State Building” (Ian Wright)
• “I made Tony Adams one of the youngest captains in Arsenal’s history and I never had any doubts about him doing the job. The modern game is short of dominant personalities, so Tony stands out like a beacon” (George Graham)
• “We were blessed with a backbone of men with character who demanded excellence from others” (Don Howe, 1971)
• “If Ryan Giggs is worth £20 million, Denis Bergkamp is worth £100 million” (Marco van Basten)
• “Petit borrowed cash from Alan Sugar to take a cab to Highbury and sign for Arsenal” (newspaper headline)
• “He is a hybrid. He is highly intelligent – he speaks five or six languages. He is cool, calm and collected, a great tactician. He also knows a lot about medicine. It’s very rare that you find all that in a manager” (David Dein on the genius of Arsene Wenger)
• “Sometimes there is nothing better in life than being a Gooner” (Kevin Campbell)
• “What’s it like being in Bethlehem, the place where Christmas began? I suppose it’s like seeing Ian Wright at Arsenal” (Bruce Rioch)
• “I have not a single bad word to say for The Arsenal – it is a great club to play for” (Charlie Nicholas)
• “Other clubs never came into my thoughts once I knew Arsenal wanted to sign me” (Denis Bergkamp)
• “The star of the season was the squad” (Arsene Wenger, 2001-2002)
• “The club is so superbly run. They say a swan serenely glides across the water and underneath it is paddling like mad. At Arsenal they don’t even have to paddle, they glide” (Malcolm MacDonald)
• “Chapman’s vision was of the greatest football team in the world. His genius was actually creating something close to that” (Bernard Joy)
• “He is a truly magnificent keeper. I am lucky to play in front of him every week. You look over your shoulder and feel safe” (Tony Adams on David Seaman)
• “The greatest one player over the years has to be Liam Brady. He is simply the best player I have ever seen in an Arsenal shirt” (Tom Watt)
• “I think without doubt that Dennis Bergkamp is the greatest player to have played for Arsenal in the last thirty years, for as long as I can remember” (Liam Brady)
• “When I am asked why I stayed so long the answer is simple, I never wanted to be anywhere else. I could have earned a lot more by moving, but that wouldn’t compensate for all the good years with a great club” (David O’Leary)
• “I didn’t score as many as I hoped, but it was nice that I always seemed to score against Tottenham” (Charlie Nicholas)
• “Patrick Vieira is simply the king of midfield players in the English game” (Michael Thomas)
• “Arsenal win the World Cup” (Daily Mirror headline celebrates France’s team of AFC stars in 1998)
• “You can attack for too long” (perhaps Wenger should heed the words of Herbert Chapman)
• “Happy those who can remain at Highbury” (Jane Austen – only AFC didn’t remain at Highbury!)

So there you have it: 25 wonderful Arsenal quotes. Which is your favourite? Do you have any to add?

Have fun,

Soccer Geek

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