It was October. The early autumn sun was low in the sky and the River Thames glistened in the background. An Arsenal fan to my left in the Putney End at Craven Cottage ‘assumed the pose.’ Back arched, chin angled upwards towards the sky, he sucked in a sizeable breath of air. I assumed he was about to inquire precisely what his Gooner brethren thought of Tottenham. But the bellow was different. “We’ve got our Arsenal back!” he yelled with glee. The acoustics in Fulham’s Putney End are outstanding, its hollow structure carries sound to a tee. It wasn’t long before the majority of the away end, drunk on the same sense of heady optimism, joined the man in song. The Gunners were...
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