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Old 1st March 2003, 12:18
1-0_to_the_Arsenal 1-0_to_the_Arsenal is offline
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Famous Arsenal Supporters:

Fidel Castro

Revealed during the 94/95 Cup-winners Cup campaign: "At the time of the away leg against Auxerre, Fidel was touring that part of France, and declared that if it wasn't for the inherent security risks involved, he would have given anything to watch in the flesh the team that he had followed passionately since the double season of 1970/1!!
David Soul
('Hutch' from "Starsky and Hutch")
Usama Bin Laden
Author Adam Robinson (in a book called "Behind the Mask of Terror") claims that he (Bin Laden) became a fan when living in London in the 1990s, and was a regular on the terraces during the Cup-Winners Cup runs.
Kevin Costner
Actor
(revealed in Sky preview to 1998 FA Cup Final)
Gillian Anderson
Dana Scully from the X-Files. Alleged to be a committed Gooner by the Empire 1997 list of "top 100 sexiest movie stars"
Dame Alicia Markova
Legendary ballet dancer. Born 1910 in Finsbury Park, watched Arsenal in her childhood.
Hakan Sukur
Turkish striker. Laura Nadir informs us that Sukur dresses his little girl in Arsenal strip when he can catch a game on telly from Milan
Ronnie Biggs
Great train robber from the 1960s
John Gotti
Now dead head of the Gambino (NY) family. Received the Arsenal magazine every month.
King Olav V of Norway
Sadly departed, devoted fan.
Aleksander Kwasniewski
(president of Poland, became a fan when working in London in 1974)
"During his recent visit to London, the Foreign Office inquired whether there was any extra-curricular activity Mr Kwasniewski might enjoy. He replied that he wanted to see the Gunners at Highbury.
"The FO pointed out that Arsenal were playing away. How about Chelsea? Employing some of the more robust expressions he picked up in Britain, the president declared that no self-respecting Arsenal fan would be remotely interested in watching Chelsea."
Daily Telegraph 27th March 1996
Vladimir Kramnik
Chess World Champion
Ferenc Puskas
Hungary, Honved, Real Madrid Football Legend.
"I well remember as a boy growing up in Hungary that there was only one club for me - Arsenal"
Olof Palme
Former Swedish prime minister. Assasinated in 1986.

Tomorrow...THE WORLD!!! HA HA HA HA HAAAAAARRRRRRGGGHHHH!!!!!






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Old 1st March 2003, 15:56
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Thanks

Never heard of it.
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Old 1st March 2003, 18:06
1-0_to_the_Arsenal 1-0_to_the_Arsenal is offline
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Yeah, but you've probably never heard of bin Laden, Castro or Poland either
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Old 1st March 2003, 18:14
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Well ,,This is new too

Maybe you could give a lecture on this >>>>New Communist Party
New Communist Party of Britain Workers of all countries, unite! Welcome
To Our Homepage We are Communists because we believe in Socialism. ...
Description: Founded in 1977 in response to the move of the Communist Party of Great Britain towards Eurocommunism...
Category: Society > Politics > Socialism > Marxism > Communism > Parties
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/2853/ - 4k - Cached - Similar pages

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Old 1st March 2003, 18:45
1-0_to_the_Arsenal 1-0_to_the_Arsenal is offline
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British Communists???? I live in a Working-Class (I think the US-speak is Blue-collar) area - so I've never seen a Communist
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Old 1st March 2003, 22:10
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Well

So much for that,,I am sure Bunky will do a report on the subject for us.
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Old 2nd March 2003, 20:11
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Sorry I have seen a Communist - when I was on holiday in Moscow I saw Lenin, I s'pose he counts as a Communist.
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