And the link to that article was this and not what you posted above:

http://justwebsitereviews.com/review-of-11gunners-com-indias-newest-arsenal-website/10

PS:Thank U for ur appreciation. I don’t have words to describe my feelings…
Go Gunners & Come on India…

I am not against the fact that you people follow certain foreign club, but my point is if you follow Arsenal then learn from them and we should tranmit that passion to our clubs and in India we can built clubs like of Arsenal, Barca etc. So that fans don’t have to limit themselves to T.V they can actually go and watch their hometown clubs.

I am not against the fact that you people follow certain foreign club, but my point is if you follow Arsenal then learn from them and we should translate that passion to our clubs and in India we can built clubs like of Arsenal, Barca etc. So that fans don’t have to limit themselves to T.V they can actually go and watch their hometown clubs.

ive been following arsenal for 14 years, so pls dont mock my or any other gooners passion or dedication to the club… and moreover i was a huge fan of my local club SBT in the I league and used to see all the home matches in the top tier until they got relegated. i dont support any other indian club not even kerala clubs like fc cochin or viva kerala. i have spent enough and more money on arsenal mechandices and that too original nike ones.

india to the WC2018 is a distant proposition but remember we had beat UAE in the world cup qualification round a few years back, goal scored by abdul hakkim of SBT. what tazz was reffering to was optimistic and im sure i’ll see india in a world cup before i die. im 28 now

@Tazz : can you share what you are smoking? India for 2018 WC — have you EVER seen two Indian clubs playing … the clubs are better than the National team thanks to the foreigners and the club level football is light years behind the top Asian standards. Are you even a real person or a spam bot which is looking at the posts here and replying by referring the wiki?

@Gunner
Sorry if you got offended buddy. The intention of mentioning not-so good things about Indian football was that we infact are eons behind the European powerhouses. But hope, as they say, is a very good thing. Given the right back-up, I’m counting India featuring in the 2018 WC, by when OUR GENERATION would have reached its peak.

@Ram
You are partially right here. Games were shown live even before the date we mentioned, but Prime Time coverage of EPL in India, began only in ’01. Then on, all the games were shown on the network, live or deferred. And I suppose, that made the difference.

@Gooner Ji
Patna rocks. India rocks. Arsenal rocks.

@Brickfields
35 years back? that’s Stone Age to me! Hats off to you guys for being the torch-bearer’s of the Gooner Movement in India for so long. Your passion transcends time, in the real sense!

@Ganesh
We have arrived for sure baby. Go Gunners..
PS: I reiterate: “Totter-Scum WHO!?”

@Manas
Arsenal under the Professor, has flair in equanimity with the Brazilians. No two doubts about that.
Calcutta is football-crazy and so are we. Would love it if you spread the word around for us Manas.

@Indian Gooner
Arsenal fans in India are fiercely Loyal, as you rightly put. Lack of Silverware has not deterred us one bit in supporting the lads. Wonder what do other fans have to say on the same!

@Song Dynasty
Reminds me of Dhyanchand. Although a Hockey player, his brilliance was unmatched.
Like the player you are referring to, many guys back home have the flair and a bagful of skills. What we lose out on, though, is lack of upper body strength. If proper training & diet techniques are introduced, I’m pretty confident, your sighting Indian kids running rings around defenders would be more oft! Amen to that!

im 29, followed arsenal ever since 1995.

awesome article guys. but one small correction i remember seeing the 1999-00 season arsenal manutd match in which henry scored with the backside to the goal the kick over barthez. i dont remember exacly but i guess ive seen live games on espn as early as 1998. i started following arsenal from 1995, as my fav player DB10 landed at arsenal. i used to read it thru our local mallu newspaper mathrubhumi and got hooked on ever since 1998 whn i c’d see the matches.

i remember those days there were only arsenal and manu fans and a few guys supporting chelsea coz of zola. nowdays i find that a lot more ppl follow the classless chavs…

I also watch Arsenal and clearly know the difference between a fan of a club and of individuals. 90% of the people don’t realise this little thing.

As far as the Indian football is concerned you have to support your clubs and national even in lows and even though they are not so attractive to watch and tell them hey we 115 crore are standing by you just play your game. Then you will see change will happen.

Remember : THE BALL IS ROUND!

After the hype by the local media that football is played by 4 teams in UK and 2 teams in Spain, it has become mainstream across India. Truth be told, Arsenal was never heard of in these shores before the AW era; in the early 90s there was program in the local TV [im from Bengal] which showed highlights of matches from the top European leagues — so recent viewers like me were aware of Liverpool, Manure but not Arsenal; aware of PSV [they toured India during that time as well], AJAX, Parma, Milan clubs, Juve, Lazio, Sampdoria [well performing those days], Careca-Maradona team [:( forgot the team name], but not Arsenal. AW-Henry-DB10-Pires [no1 mentions Pires] sold Arsenal to India and as you see it sells well.

Unfortunately, it is the manure supporting c*nts who are the majority here, followed by Chelski and Arsenal.