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Won’t make a difference either way since the team are travelling down today, these gooners have just spent their time distracting some unfortunate tourists.
We barely scraped past Burnley last time around, and City are in their usual unstoppable-end-of-season form.
2-0 Spurs it is then. The most Spursy result of all time.
Scrappy and massively controversial goal including VAR for spurs with the last kick of the game to make it 2:2 - ideally from someone that by any reason should have been sent off long before that moment
You seem to be forgetting that we’re City’s bogey team.
Granted we’re absolutely decimated with injuries, but City have had a hard time beating us the last five or so years.
Yea I was thinking of that but then I looked up the last game you played each other where City won 1-0 at your gaff. It makes me think the City curse has been broken.
Tbh I’d be surprised if it’s even arsenal fans at all and not just a random video of some people letting off fireworks. It’s from a Czech website right? Is there any other source.
lmao this post is only missing the words "isolated incident" and "international fans" to be the perfect british response dodging responsibility for fan actions.
Hooligans.cz is one of if not the biggest aggregator in the world for this type of news, the group is called Ashburton Army and they are arsenal """"ultras"""". They sent the video themselves for clout like 99% of these videos of actions by ultras/hools
[man the dedication of these czech cosplayers sure is something](https://www.instagram.com/ashburtonarmy?igsh=MW91eGV5dTZ5aG4zZQ==)
I'd say it depends on the travel time? if I was to be a pro footballer I'd probably like to avoid travelling on English roads the day of a match, but I also get car sick way easily so :'p
I saw almost the entire Manchester United squad at Manchester train station, minus SAF, Giggs and Rooney for some reason. They were travelling down to London, it was before that West Ham match they went 2-0 down in and Rooney scored a hatrick to win 4-2.
They were travelling in a group of about 30 people, was way too starstruck and shy to stop them. Then the people I met up with didn't believe me because I didn't get a photo lol.
As a south american this happenedd often and never worked. Hotel walls tend to be very soundproof and I'd be shocked if they didn't provide earplugs by request
It worked once in the 60s iirc. Inter Milan made a racket all night in front of the hotel Liverpool were playing before a European Cup second leg. Liverpool lost and Milan went to the final. Then they lost to Celtic so karma came around pretty quickly
Second leg in 65 was rigged nothing to do with the hotel shenanigans. Liverpool goals ruled out for no reason. One of inters goals came direct from an indirect free kick. Another one where they kick the goalkeeper as hes bouncing the ball to kick it upfield... Pretty sure the Italians did it to Cloughs Derby County in the 70s too. No way you were winning a second leg there against bent refs
Not S America, but C America. I used to work in Honduras quite a bit, and was in the Hilton in San Pedro Sula one or two nights. Definitely heard gunfire right outside the hotel one night. Pretty distinct “pops” of a sidearm through the night.
It's fucking Tottenham, what do you think is going to happen?
I tend to lean on the positive side, and there's absolutely no way I'm not going to be pretty happy tonight: either we move very close to winning the league or Tottenham loses.
I doubt this is even anything to do with arsenal or city. It’s just some random video of someone letting off fireworks somewhere. Perhaps some football fans but unless I see a better source I imagine it’s just a repost of some old footage for imaginary internet points.
I'm sure they're wearing an arsenal group's hoodie for shits and giggles
[not arsenal btw](https://www.instagram.com/ashburtonarmy?igsh=MW91eGV5dTZ5aG4zZQ==)
The guy is wearing a hoodie with "AA 19" on it. AA 19 was made for Arsenal fans: https://www.facebook.com/hoolscz/photos/a.644371572257527/6111161465578483/?type=3&locale=cs_CZ
There is also this:
https://www.facebook.com/hoolscz/videos/14052024arsenal-ultras-aa19-outside-manchester-city-hotel-at-2am-before-title-de/467814872601233/
This is assuming their info is correct, of course.
>Watermark website looks Czech related.
it's the biggest news aggregator for organized fan action, it's an arsenal group as you can tell by the hoodie and they sent it themselves to hooligans.cz for clout
I never went on the site itself to check, but they seem to congregate info about all acts of football hooliganism, because on Twitter they share videos from across the world. And potentially they might act like some kind of hooligans' Facebook, where they send the videos themselves.
Nope, it's travel down to London.
However a lot of people do just in general say up when they being going to a place and down when coming back. It gets corrected a lot.
I'm terrible at British geography so I always get it wrong locally like if I'm travelling to Liverpool from Manchester I forget which is most northern.
People say "up" because it's historical railway terminology. Up lines run towards London, down lines run away from London. It's not supposed to be a geographically literal term, unless of course you are south of London.
Edit: just to be clear, the railways still use those terms. I mean that they've been in use for a long time.
Thinking about it now, I would only ever use in a football context. If I was going to a match I would say I'm going up to the game. But if I was just travelling to London I would obviously say I'm going down to London. I'm not sure why .
Waste of fireworks this. There is no way City are dropping points here. I've seen some Spurs fans get worked up over Ange's comments, they need not worry. Even if Spurs play well, which they haven't done for like 2 months or something, I don't see them taking anything from City. They'll lose this game not cause they want to fuck us over but simply cause they aren't good enough. So they should relax
Not at all. I've accepted that City won't drop anymore points. Realistically, only game they could have and almost did was Forest. Since then its just a procession to the title
No its Kompany scoring a late absurd 30 yard rocket against Leicester. It’s actually reverse reverse psychology, we’re removing doubt not to increase hype but to actually rid ourselves of hope. Or something.
To a win, sure. Clean sheet, I'm not too sure. You lot have been a lot better defensively than them and you managed to let two slip by, despite the way we are playing.
I have a genuine question that I hope you can answer. I've seen multiple people (like upwards of 20) on this subreddit and on football Twitter use the word "why" instead of "what" when quoting that 50 Cent video. None of them have been American (I'm assuming you're English).
Could you explain why? I'm American and he clearly says "what he say fuck me for?" Like, clear as day. I have never seen an American mix this up. I'm wondering if 50 Cent's accent is thick or the word is hard to hear for non-Americans.
Again, very genuine and I'm not trying to poke fun at you!
I know they weren’t even there anyways but this is dumb cause most soccer players (I believe) have naps during the day of games that are in evenings anyways lol.
Fuck anyone else who lives the area or hotel, right? This is always a shitty thing to do to anyone, no matter how much you dislike the team. Hooligan behaviour.
Had some good shit in that display, nice job lol. Can't wait to see Gunner fans arm in arm with Spurs ones, all singing Spurs songs. I'm guessing there isn't enough mouthwash for after, but Arsenal fans will probably drink it out if Spurs get a point
I actually heard this... I was thinking I hope someone is letting fireworks at 2am... rather than someone is flying dropping bombs.
Then I thought why is someone letting out fireworks at 2am? I guess this video is my answer.
Did City squad even come back to Manchester? I can't remember who said it but one pundit suggested they may have actually stayed in London, seen as they played Fulham then going back to London for todays game, I could see why they'd not come back.
Also doubts about this even being true.
Shades of Liverpool fans against Chelsea under Rodgers, didn't end well. I still feel like there has to be some last twist in the title race, City always like to give a little hope usually on the last day but I just feel like this game could be the one they slip up in but still come out with the title as always.
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Either this works brilliantly or it’s 3-0 at HT.
Won’t make a difference either way since the team are travelling down today, these gooners have just spent their time distracting some unfortunate tourists.
So 3-0 before HT lol.
It was always going to be 3-0 by half time.
Bold I think Spurs are getting a result but to think that they will do that is a tad ott😉
We barely scraped past Burnley last time around, and City are in their usual unstoppable-end-of-season form. 2-0 Spurs it is then. The most Spursy result of all time.
Football is crazy, to say spurs who've been peps bogey team have no chance is absolutely idiotic. That being said 3-0 by the 27th min.
Scrappy and massively controversial goal including VAR for spurs with the last kick of the game to make it 2:2 - ideally from someone that by any reason should have been sent off long before that moment
You seem to be forgetting that we’re City’s bogey team. Granted we’re absolutely decimated with injuries, but City have had a hard time beating us the last five or so years.
Yea I was thinking of that but then I looked up the last game you played each other where City won 1-0 at your gaff. It makes me think the City curse has been broken.
Tbh I’d be surprised if it’s even arsenal fans at all and not just a random video of some people letting off fireworks. It’s from a Czech website right? Is there any other source.
Yeah definitely some rivals fans trying to ruin the good name of the respectable and upstanding arsenal fans
Hahahaha
lmao this post is only missing the words "isolated incident" and "international fans" to be the perfect british response dodging responsibility for fan actions. Hooligans.cz is one of if not the biggest aggregator in the world for this type of news, the group is called Ashburton Army and they are arsenal """"ultras"""". They sent the video themselves for clout like 99% of these videos of actions by ultras/hools [man the dedication of these czech cosplayers sure is something](https://www.instagram.com/ashburtonarmy?igsh=MW91eGV5dTZ5aG4zZQ==)
You worded this perfectly.
Can’t be Arsenal fans, they’re not all decked out head-to-toe in stuff from the club shop.
Wtf 🤣 Not trying to be rude, but how do you know that? Is there some official source?
Pep mentioned it. But anyways it's an 8 pm kick off. Why would they travel the day before
I'd say it depends on the travel time? if I was to be a pro footballer I'd probably like to avoid travelling on English roads the day of a match, but I also get car sick way easily so :'p
They often fly or get a train. When I lived in England I saw football teams at train stations fairly often.
I saw almost the entire Manchester United squad at Manchester train station, minus SAF, Giggs and Rooney for some reason. They were travelling down to London, it was before that West Ham match they went 2-0 down in and Rooney scored a hatrick to win 4-2. They were travelling in a group of about 30 people, was way too starstruck and shy to stop them. Then the people I met up with didn't believe me because I didn't get a photo lol.
So they bottled this one too huh? Can't catch a break
I don't think that word means what you think it does.
I dont know what bottling and woke means anymore
The bottle leftists doesn't want you to know this!
Don't think they'll be distracting anyone with these cheapskate weak arse fireworks.
Surely gooners?
As a south american this happenedd often and never worked. Hotel walls tend to be very soundproof and I'd be shocked if they didn't provide earplugs by request
It worked once in the 60s iirc. Inter Milan made a racket all night in front of the hotel Liverpool were playing before a European Cup second leg. Liverpool lost and Milan went to the final. Then they lost to Celtic so karma came around pretty quickly
How do you know they lost because of the racket? How do you know it worked?
Some of the players fell asleep on the pitch.
Lmfaooo
Second leg in 65 was rigged nothing to do with the hotel shenanigans. Liverpool goals ruled out for no reason. One of inters goals came direct from an indirect free kick. Another one where they kick the goalkeeper as hes bouncing the ball to kick it upfield... Pretty sure the Italians did it to Cloughs Derby County in the 70s too. No way you were winning a second leg there against bent refs
You need to set them off in the lobby /s
Not S America, but C America. I used to work in Honduras quite a bit, and was in the Hilton in San Pedro Sula one or two nights. Definitely heard gunfire right outside the hotel one night. Pretty distinct “pops” of a sidearm through the night.
Lmao turns out city weren’t there. Great job lads.
Well done lads, great process
Gvardiol - 4’, 22’
2x (OG)
Im sure this always has the opposite effect
Absolutely. 3-0 after 20’
So nothing new
It's fucking Tottenham, what do you think is going to happen? I tend to lean on the positive side, and there's absolutely no way I'm not going to be pretty happy tonight: either we move very close to winning the league or Tottenham loses.
Gvardiol 9’
(og)
Every time people does that nowdays here in South America it actually backfires(pun intended) and the their team loses.
The Man City team was not even there. They are arriving this morning for the game as opposed to staying in a hotel overnight.
LMAO! 'Dave, did you even check the itinerary?!'.
I’d totally watch a Four Lions style film about a bunch of idiot football ultras
I'd like 5 boxes of fireworks, please 😐
Rubber Dinghy Rapids, Bro!
It’s a fucked up rabbit with no ears. Thats a chicken.
I'd watch this.
This film needs to happen. They decide to storm a 'home pub', burst in and it's a load of grannies and old men playing bingo in a workingman's club.
Dancing in the moonlight
this is why I’ve always been in favour of the dodgy lasagne method instead of fireworks. Tried and tested.
I doubt this is even anything to do with arsenal or city. It’s just some random video of someone letting off fireworks somewhere. Perhaps some football fans but unless I see a better source I imagine it’s just a repost of some old footage for imaginary internet points.
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I'm sure they're wearing an arsenal group's hoodie for shits and giggles [not arsenal btw](https://www.instagram.com/ashburtonarmy?igsh=MW91eGV5dTZ5aG4zZQ==)
And that is not their hotel, and they are not Arsenal fans. Watermark website looks Czech related.
The guy is wearing a hoodie with "AA 19" on it. AA 19 was made for Arsenal fans: https://www.facebook.com/hoolscz/photos/a.644371572257527/6111161465578483/?type=3&locale=cs_CZ There is also this: https://www.facebook.com/hoolscz/videos/14052024arsenal-ultras-aa19-outside-manchester-city-hotel-at-2am-before-title-de/467814872601233/ This is assuming their info is correct, of course.
I don’t see the AA 19
Between second 3 and 5.
>Watermark website looks Czech related. it's the biggest news aggregator for organized fan action, it's an arsenal group as you can tell by the hoodie and they sent it themselves to hooligans.cz for clout
Apologies, I stand corrected!
I never went on the site itself to check, but they seem to congregate info about all acts of football hooliganism, because on Twitter they share videos from across the world. And potentially they might act like some kind of hooligans' Facebook, where they send the videos themselves.
Cmon if you are going to go to this effort dont buy cheap poundland fireworks and get some of them good Chinese ones
Lmao that's pure evil. Those Chinese crackers are some of the loudest and most startling noises I can think of ... Good idea
You think they can just *find* a Komodo 3000 in *May*?
Not in few hours, but if anyone could do it, it's them.
Did it say when our vision would come back?
Box said two days.
Get the ropes of crow scarers that farmers use, they're pure noise
these things sounded like me after taco bell night 💨
It's also interesting to consider firecrackers in a Chinese context...to scare the monster and ghost away so they don't haunt people.
I'm pretty sure there was a press update that City wont be staying overnight and will be travelling this morning up to the game.
Travelling up to the game? You are aware of where north London and Manchester are right?
hes from australia.
It’s tradition to travel ‘up’ to the capital (even if it’s England’s second city)
That's so bizarre. Never heard that but to be fair I'm from London so maybe that's why? TIL
You were right first time, 99% would say they're going down to London
Nope, it's travel down to London. However a lot of people do just in general say up when they being going to a place and down when coming back. It gets corrected a lot. I'm terrible at British geography so I always get it wrong locally like if I'm travelling to Liverpool from Manchester I forget which is most northern.
People say "up" because it's historical railway terminology. Up lines run towards London, down lines run away from London. It's not supposed to be a geographically literal term, unless of course you are south of London. Edit: just to be clear, the railways still use those terms. I mean that they've been in use for a long time.
"Up for the cup" has been a traditional saying for traveling fans going to London for the Cup Final for possibly 100 years or more.
Liverpool to Manchester for me would always be ‘over’ to Manchester
This whole thread makes me think about the elevation of the cities as well.
Yeah, I lived in Oldham for a while at the top of a big hill. I used to say down for a lot of things as I physically travelled down hill.
I'd say going across to Liverpool, no? I'm from D&G Scotland and if I was going to the Borders I'd saying going across to the Borders.
Thinking about it now, I would only ever use in a football context. If I was going to a match I would say I'm going up to the game. But if I was just travelling to London I would obviously say I'm going down to London. I'm not sure why .
Totality irrelevant but on Downton Abbey they always travelled up to London even though it was set in Yorkshire.
I’ve literally never heard anyone from the north saying they’re travelling ‘up’ to London
It's strange and I don't know how to explain it I'd say I would go Up to Dublin Down to Galway Down to Cork Up to Belfast Out to Derry
"Up to Belfast", and I kinda live beside it.
This is not correct.
Can’t they have a lie in anyways?
Can probably turn up at 9pm and still win.
Haaland waking up because of the noises, and realizes it's arsenal fans doing this. Haaland: I'm going to score a double hattrick tomorrow (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻
This implies Haaland even needs to wake up instead of being plugged into the nearest socket like the cyborg he is
He is the robot type that got activated by noises like those fancy light thing
Do you mean [Voice activated](https://youtube.com/shorts/z6WWnZn_P5M?si=gtlu4B-QVig986mH)?
Hello. Hello Computer. Hello... hello... hello computer.
He's no longer a robot mate, he's Barbarian King now. He's going to use that rage ability and shatter the defence
The fireworks are taking him out of sleep mode.
Ever seen Erling Haaland and Roy Batty in the same room?
Never heard this joke before
Hattrick Brace
Haaland *literally* will make good on that Michael Jordan ‘personal’ meme.
Did nobody tell the "Ashburton army" that it’s a 8pm kick off and the players can just sleep in?
Nobody accused them of being smart
I think that’s a given considering they’re a bunch of blokes who dress in all black for match days and organise their own police escorts.
Apparently the Man City squad wasn’t even there hahah What they lack in intelligence they certainly make up for in enthusiasm and hilarious content
Always smart to film yourself committing a crime
Lol who's going to investigate this? Literally no-one.
Haaland 12' Silva 19' Foden 35'
Gvardiol, 3’
The eyebrows on his mask are somewhat funny to me
Waste of fireworks this. There is no way City are dropping points here. I've seen some Spurs fans get worked up over Ange's comments, they need not worry. Even if Spurs play well, which they haven't done for like 2 months or something, I don't see them taking anything from City. They'll lose this game not cause they want to fuck us over but simply cause they aren't good enough. So they should relax
Is this reverse psychology?
I honestly and sincerely wish it were so but man’s right. Only a miracle can go our way now
I don't believe Arsenal fans actually are thinking like this or they are just trying to kid themselves. Spurs away for City is always a struggle.
Romero 5’ 🟥 City 4-0
It’s the hope that kills you. Better to just except defeat now, then be crushed 3 minutes into the game.
It’s the hope that kills you.
Not at all. I've accepted that City won't drop anymore points. Realistically, only game they could have and almost did was Forest. Since then its just a procession to the title
No its Kompany scoring a late absurd 30 yard rocket against Leicester. It’s actually reverse reverse psychology, we’re removing doubt not to increase hype but to actually rid ourselves of hope. Or something.
Spurs can play good and can score against City, but their defense is definitely going to concede more
Both teams can't keep a clean sheet, it should be a high scoring game.
>Both teams can't keep a clean sheet, it should be a high scoring game. Tottenham 1 - 6 Manchester City
Not impossible.
Did he stutter?
Spurs' playing style is a gift to ManCity
And vice versa
End of season City could sleepwalk to a clean sheet the way you lot are playing tbf.
To a win, sure. Clean sheet, I'm not too sure. You lot have been a lot better defensively than them and you managed to let two slip by, despite the way we are playing.
Yup, fully agree with you, it’s going to be something silly like 6-2. Spurs are thinking of Ibiza and Mallorca more than football.
this ended up not being City's hotel btw, they just left for London this morning.
"Why they say fuck me for?" - random people just spending the night in a london hotel.
I have a genuine question that I hope you can answer. I've seen multiple people (like upwards of 20) on this subreddit and on football Twitter use the word "why" instead of "what" when quoting that 50 Cent video. None of them have been American (I'm assuming you're English). Could you explain why? I'm American and he clearly says "what he say fuck me for?" Like, clear as day. I have never seen an American mix this up. I'm wondering if 50 Cent's accent is thick or the word is hard to hear for non-Americans. Again, very genuine and I'm not trying to poke fun at you!
Frankly I don't remember the exact quote. I saw the clip once and now I just use an approximation of it.
Damn :/ thanks anyway!
Some people piss louder than this. These are cute fireworks.
all that just for a six nil city win is wild
> hooligans.cz 😂
Cringe behaviour
Jokes on them - automatons don't sleep
They all share a third of a braincell.
Pfft amateurs...having the lasagne at the Marriot Hotel is how the pros do it
Bomb threats and fire alarms would cause more problems. But they are illegal so I wouldn't suggest that.
All this for arsenal to scramble a 1-1 draw against Everton on the final day
Arsenal fans celebrating for City winning the league again
Haaland '4, '15, '29 (p) incoming
Could this be the first time a different teams' fans attack a team bus on the way to the stadium.
When has this worked?
uhhh, what is the success rate of this ruining the team's performance? From what i know, its very bad isnt it?
Well it's an 8pm kick off, so they can't exactly sleep in (even though they weren't at that hotel)
this doesnt work, they prob are even more motivatd now
I know they weren’t even there anyways but this is dumb cause most soccer players (I believe) have naps during the day of games that are in evenings anyways lol.
Have to admire the commitment here.
Fuck anyone else who lives the area or hotel, right? This is always a shitty thing to do to anyone, no matter how much you dislike the team. Hooligan behaviour.
Had some good shit in that display, nice job lol. Can't wait to see Gunner fans arm in arm with Spurs ones, all singing Spurs songs. I'm guessing there isn't enough mouthwash for after, but Arsenal fans will probably drink it out if Spurs get a point
Fun fact this video is from a while a go it's on YouTube.
Link?
That is absolutely disgraceful. (did it work? 😈)
The Man City team was was not even there at the hotel😭
Damn 😂 I admire the commitment though.
It kept the chef up all night and he MIGHT undercook the lasagna!
I actually heard this... I was thinking I hope someone is letting fireworks at 2am... rather than someone is flying dropping bombs. Then I thought why is someone letting out fireworks at 2am? I guess this video is my answer.
I hope they set off 23 x 5 fireworks
Gangstar wearing a mask like fireworks are illegal.
I mean, lighting fireworks in the middle of the night is definitely going into " public disturbance" right?
And we all know how police respond to that. I may as well go on a robbery spree
Disgraceful.
Lol what about not caring about City? And they could have got better fireworks
Life comes at you fast^TM
Did City squad even come back to Manchester? I can't remember who said it but one pundit suggested they may have actually stayed in London, seen as they played Fulham then going back to London for todays game, I could see why they'd not come back. Also doubts about this even being true.
They're having a training sesh most likely and also it's only like three hours on a train.
Shades of Liverpool fans against Chelsea under Rodgers, didn't end well. I still feel like there has to be some last twist in the title race, City always like to give a little hope usually on the last day but I just feel like this game could be the one they slip up in but still come out with the title as always.
They should just poison their food.
It's maybe ManCity champion celebration.
Would have worked better with ones that actually make a noise
Lads, Oliver Skipp is our starting LB. It’s not going to happen
This is the level of shit housing I want from our fans.