Top 5 Worst Moments As An Arsenal Fan

It's not easy. Being an Arsenal fan. Just ask this guy.

Being constantly ridiculed by your friends:
" Empty Trophy Cabinet"
"8 years"
" Obafemi Martins"

We have our moments of glory, and moments of utter despair.

Here are the Top 5 Worst Moments for the Arsenal faithful, in my opinion:

5. Manchester United 8 Arsenal 2, 28th August 2011


On the bright side, we scored the highest number of goals we'd ever amassed at Old Trafford in the history of the Premier League. On the other hand, we conceded the highest number of goals ever between Us and Manchester United in the history of the Premier League. This was a strong Manchester United against a damaged Arsenal. We gave starts to Carl Jenkinson, Francis Coquelin and Armand Traore on the biggest stage in England. The numbers on the bench for Manchester United added up to 106. Arsenal's bench : 267. Given the heavy defeat we were handed, the game was actually pretty end-to-end, Manchester United accumulated 25 shots, Arsenal made 19 shots, for a defeat that humiliating, the result does not actually reflect the performance.

But we were in for a rough fortnight us Arsenal fans:

" #i'd8-2beanarsenalfan" - Twitter Trend
" Ha ha i'd 8-2 be an arsenal fan" - Facebook status

The social media websites were filled with comments like these. It was a wake up call for Arsene Wenger. And at the expense of the dignity of the Arsenal supporters.

4. Arsenal 2 Tottenham 3, 20th November 2010


This was more of a shock than painful. Every year, we were expected to put our North London rivals, Tottenham, to the sword. And we had done for many years. The previous year, we had lost, due to an injury crisis in the team, 2-1 to a spectacular Danny Rose debut goal and a close range finish from Gareth Bale. But now we had everyone back for this game. Fabregas, Nasri, Van Persie. We were a shoe in.

45 minutes later, we were elated. Samir Nasri's tight finish and Chamakh's gambling tap gave us a 2-0 lead at our own ground.

45 minutes later, we were shell shocked. Gareth Bale, Rafael Van Der Vaart and Younes Kaboul had struck for Tottenham to give them a 3-2 lead.

I remember myself just staring into open space. Just staring. Still trying to comprehend what had just happened. And I mentally prepared myself for the inevitable grilling I was to face on Monday from my Spurs supporting friends (L*ke H*ll).

We weren't the only team in North London.

3. Nasri leaving Arsenal to Manchester City, 24th August 2011

Now we knew nobody was safe.

We had now lost 4 key players to the Manchester giants in Emmanuel Adebayor, Kolo Toure, Gael Clichy and Samir Nasri. It wouldn't be long before the likes of Robin Van Persie, Theo Walcott and Jack Wilshere appear in the City crosshairs.

It was also a stab in the back by the Frenchman, he had become the best CAM in the Premier League at Arsenal, they had guided him to the stardom that now surrounds him, and he'd just thrown it back in our faces.

He shouldn't feel glory now that he has won the Premier League. Silva, Aguero, Kompany, Yaya Toure and Joe Hart should be the only players in the team who should receive a medal for their efforts. They've carried their team to this silverware with their virtuoso performances week in week out. The rest are hanger-ons.

2. Carling Cup Final 2011, 27th February 2011

That was the game. The game that could have changed Arsenal. From winning the cup, we would have had the confidence to go on and possibly win the title in the same season. But we didn't in dramatic circumstances.

The second half was Arsenal vs Ben Foster, the Birmingham defence was hapless, but Ben Foster put in a match winning performance to keep the Blues in the game. A free kick from Foster inside him own third of the pitch found the giant Nikola Zigic, who flicked the ball on. But it was going straight to the out rushing Wojiech Szczesny. But Laurent Koscielny intervened. The second that followed decided their future. Laurent measured himself to clear the ball, but backed out at the last minute. Szczesny fumbled the ball, unfortunately straight into the path of the substitute Obafemi Martins.

It could have been all so different.

1. Eduardo injury, 23rd February 2008


Emptiness. That's all we felt on that fateful day. Just emptiness.

We knew we were sunk. When I saw the looks on the faces of our player : Fabregas, Hleb, Sagna and Adebayor. I knew we'd lose the title race, and maybe even lose the game. We were flying at the top of the table and were looking like genuine title winners. But Martin Taylor had to rip the script.

I could have been us who won the 2007/08 title...