The FA Cup - Where were you when....
I had chosen a seat closest to the TV. My teams detractors were therefore behind me. As we pinned gallant but lucky Hull back like a circus ringleader lashes his whip to strike fear into the big cat on the pedestal, the two Arsenal haters amped up their jibes, especially Chavski boy. He despised us, chucking out such gems as " It's a sh!t cup anyway", followed by " we thought we'd give you a chance to win something for a change". It was getting desperate. It was now a mission to displace my new found sense of optimism. Instead of snarling back like I had done prior to Kos' wonderful piece of adaptability, I instead chose to smile. We were going to win this.
Ramsey scores the winner. I again choose to take my jersey off, but instead adopt Aarons celebration Vs Norwich. Standing with feet shoulder-length apart, arms aloft. Proud. I had contemplated what to do if we hadn't fought back. I would've cried. Big racking sobs. No shame, just pain. I know I would have cracked. The celebration was so pure, so absolutely driven by the rainbow of emotions I was not only going through at the moment, but the darker range of feelings I had suffered in the 1st half. It was cleansing.
I was silently weeping when Arsene lifted the Cup. Justification for what he has suffered. For the questioning of his decisions by mere journalists. I wiped my tears away, luckily everyone had sojourned to outside to enjoy the sun and cider. I was sitting alone. I turned the TV off and the biggest smile stole across my face. I went outside with another cider and enjoyed the rest of the night without the weight of the match atop my shoulders. We won the Cup.
The rest of the night was enjoyable, I beat an absolute beast of a man in a press-up competition ( for a 20-a-day smoker as well, that's quite a feat ), I got merry for the 1st time in years and I scrolled through my twitter TL and enjoyed everyones' own stories of where they were, what they were doing. Every tweet raised a smile. I'll never forget where I was and what happened when we won the Cup in 2014. It's now, just like when the camera showed the engraver scribing our name on the Cup before the final whistle, permanently written upon my memory.
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