Hi there, Arsenal fan. If you think we’re trying to make you nostalgic, you’re right. If you also think we’re trying to make you cry because your club is now in shambles, you’re also right.

Just enjoy this throwback to the times when Arsenal used to be lit.

Arsenal goes 49 league games unbeaten in the 2003/2004 season

Arsenal beats Madrid at the Bernabeu Stadium in 2006

No English club had ever done this.

Arsenal plays against Barcelona in the Champions League final in 2006. 

Only God knows when we’ll see this happen again.

They still lost anyway, but that’s not the point.

Bergkamp scores the goal of the season in 1997

Thierry Henry helps Arsenal to a 5 – 1 win against Inter Milan in 2003

Where did all the good times go?


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Arsenal wins the FA Cup final against Liverpool in 1971

Arsenal wins the “Battle of Old Trafford” in September 2003

Here’s Arsenal winning the league right at the death in 1989. 

They hadn’t won a league title in 18 years prior.

Narrator: “and downhill they go from here”

The Invincibles of 2003/2004

Just try and hold back the tears, okay?

Appointing Arsene Wenger as Manager in 1996

Gunners will deny their love for this man but deep down, they know they want him back.


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