A nostalgic recounting of the author's experience at the 1998 FA Cup final between Newcastle United and Arsenal. It details pre-match festivities, humorous encounters with local fans, the match atmosphere, and a heartwarming interaction with Ian Wright after the game.
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Newcastle then didn’t reach any ‘proper’ cup finals until I was 18, vs recently crowned Premier League Champions Arsenal in 1998. One of our mates, Stevie, lived in Watford at the time, and a load of us descended on his place for the weekend. Arrived late on Friday, with the plan being to travel back up on Sunday.
We headed into London the next day, on the way almost causing trouble when asking a local Watfordianite ‘When’s the next bus due?’, which he misheard as someone calling him ‘A posh jew’. Language/accent barrier crossed, we had a good laugh when he finally understood us.
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