Arsenal: 8 Incredible Urban Legends You Didn't Know About

Berglkamp the Donkey, Merson the photographer and other assorted Gunners urban legends...

Ian Wright Ghostbusters Arsenal are a team well travelled: with over 100 years of history the club carries victory marks and battle scars from its journey and each one tells its own story. From rivalries to financial restrictions, from flops to legends and from heartache to elation, Arsenal FC's scars connect to tell one of the most enduring and engaging stories in English and world football. Tales of the Invincibles are well versed, and shots of some of the phenomenal goals scored by legends as familiar as the records that cut through the history books belonging to Arsenal talents, but what of the lesser told stories? What about the legends that are not as well known? What was in the DNA of the players who shaped the club and the people who support it? What relics lie in the Arsenal board room, untouchable to this very day and still conjure the magic written eons ago? And most importantly, what of the urban legends and myths that follow the club, half-whispered between fans and traded over pies and pints at away games? The Gunners' rich heritage deserves to be told in these terms, so we're looking at 10 of the most enduring legends associated with the club; most are wholly or at least mostly true, while others are just too brilliantly engaging to ignore despite how completely made up they are. So join us as we stride through the lesser trodden streets of Arsenal's history to separate urban fact from urban fiction...
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