On Saturday, Tim's friend Simon kindly invited Tim along to a corporate box at Emirates Stadium to watch the Arsenal v Newcastle premier league game. Simon had been invited by a broker through his work. We got there nice and early and enjoyed a few beers and the fantastic food on offer before the game started. Arsenal had recovered from a shaky start to the season and dominated right from the start to win 3-0.
There were a few celebrities on the corporate box layer. Matt Lucas, an English comedian and actor was in the box right next to ours (with his dog). It was more exciting, however, spotting Arsenal legend Patrick Vieira, who was sitting with new Arsenal signing Mikael Silvestre. After the game Tim and Simon met Vieira and Silvestre, shook hands and grabbed a photo. Vieira is a massive guy. He was a touch taller than Tim and not as wiry as he used to look on the field - he is actually pretty solid.
After the crowd had dispersed, Tim, Simon and the broker were pretty much the last people in the stadium (the broker insisted that we stayed and finished off the New Zealand wine that had been provided in the box) and just as we were about to leave, current Arsenal star Theo Walcott wandered right past us. Again we stopped him, shook his hand, got his autograph on the match programme and got a photo with him (although it didn't come out very well). He is a pretty small guy - lucky he is so fast!
After leaving the stadium, Tim, Simon and Megan had a few drinks at our place (very close to the Emirates) and Anthea met us before we all went out for dinner on Upper Street. By this stage, Tim and Simon had had a bit to drink so the memory is not too good, but it may have been a French restaurant...?
On Tuesday it was Megan's birthday, so Tim and Megan met up after work for a dinner and show combo. We had dinner at Katana, a Thai / Pan Asian restaurant, which was really nice. Then we made our way to the Noel Coward Theatre to see Avenue Q - the musical. Avenue Q is a comedic musical about a college graduate who moves into a new neighbourhood in New York. It was very funny, we both loved it.
New Gunner
Mikael
Silvestre
Monsieur
Vieira -
legend
Theo (our
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2 comments:
The old, "the photo didn't come out trick", eh Tim? Just like I got a photo with Michael Phelps this week but that didn't come out either!
By the way, what is Arsenal doing buying Man Utd rejects....doesn't look good for the season mate.
Hope you two are well! I enjoy reading what you guys are up to, even if I do occasionally have to put up with posts about Arsenal!
M
Michael who?
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