"It's up for grabs now!" (at the chazza shop)
At the wife's behest - "it's not like you ever watch them or need them" - three weeks ago I donated a load of old VHS tapes to the chazza shop (they were collecting in our village, so we loaded up the bag and left it out for them).

To be fair, I hadn't watched a video for at least five years, and the VHS recorder has long been replaced by a digital recorder.

The following week, I got a call from a friend who is involved with an Arsenal FC fanzine, asking me if I can write a series for them this season - basically a retrospective of the 1988/89 season, which culminated in Arsenal winning the league at Anfield.

Now, the brain cells aren't as numerous as they once were, and the old memory isn't so hot. Plus, this all took place 20 years ago meaning that, the final game apart, the season's not that well documented online.

Hmmm. This might be a bit more of a challenge than I thought when agreed to write the articles.

But never mind, I'll just dust down the Arsenal FC Official Video 1988/89, which has all the goals from all the matches, and watch it a couple of times to refresh my memory before I start my first article.

Oh b*gg*r.

If anyone sees said video in their local British Heart Foundation shop, could they please send it back to me?
(Capo, Mon 18 Aug 2008, 9:48, 2 replies)

Just watch "Fever Pitch" or read the book by Nick Hornby
i'm sure that will jog the grey matter
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Mon 18 Aug 2008, 10:17, closed)

Gooner LOL!

( Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Mon 18 Aug 2008, 13:21, closed)