the day arsenal fc atmosphere died .r.i.p

Never leave anfield - an arsenal fan

As a manu fan I was more intimidated when we had to go to highbury. The emirates doesn't give me that feeling

'It is not what we usually do, because we finished fourth.' Thierry Henry.

RIP Antonio Reyes forever in our hearts ❤️

Henry you legend, hatrick on the last ever game at highbury to secure top 4 ahead of spurs, stuff of legend.

Henry and Highbury was a match made in Heaven.

As a young Gooner, I am upset that I never got to go to Highbury. Now with such high prices I cannot afford to go and watch us at the Emirates, would of loved to witness the famous highbury atmosphere, oh well... Once a Gunner Always a Gunner

I love how at 3:30 as soon as Martin Tyler begins speaking about Spurs possibly getting Champions League, Henry puts Arsenal ahead. Henry was just like "Spurs in Champions league? You're having a laugh!"

Im sure if the fans could go back, they would definitely chose not to upgrade to a new stadium and pay such high ticket prices.

Speaking as a Liverpool fan, of all the old stadiums Highbury is the one I miss most (the rest were largely dumps). The confined space of the pitch, the carpet like surface, marble halls, each stand unique (north bank, clock end)...the place screamed Arsenal. I hate to say it but Arsenal have lost so much of their identity. Yes the new stadium is state of the art, but it lacks character (only difference between it and Benfica's is a clock). The generic bowl design means you could be anywhere. I'm ectstatic we have remained at Anfield and just renovated the main stand...you know where you are when you are at Anfield. The four different sized stands (which compliment each other), the Kop, Shankly gates, Hillsborough memorial..even the this is Anfield sign is being kept for the tunnel entrance. Anfield, Old Trafford and Highbury were the three iconic club grounds in English football.

Money destroy Football

The team's soul ended on that day.

I'm a Liverpool fan and I loved Highbury, special stadium with special atmosphere for a great club, too bad they left this beautiful place, the real Arsenal remained there.

i'm a chelsea fan but when i watched this game it made me emotional. went to highbury a few times it was a wonderful stadium with a lot of history.

And now we have a soulless stadium built for the want of cash in the owners' pockets.

I am from Brazil and i'm a Flamengo fan, so i know what it's like for a team to have such a deep connection with a stadium, and it's just wonderful. But i remember that back in 2004, i was starting to like football and my dad had just put cable tv in our home. So the first international game i ever watched was an Arsenal game, i don't remember exactly against who, but i remember Arsenal won by a landslide. As always, Henry gave a show on how to be one of the best strikers of all time, and the game was on Highbury. The energy from the crowd, that amazing team with Henry, Pires, Touré, Reyes, Fabregas, Lehmann, i fell in love with Arsenal, and it was an emotional moment when they abandoned that stadium to Emirates. 12 years later, i still care so much for Arsenal, as much as i care for Flamengo, my country team. We are 4 points behind of the leader on the league table with 7 matches left to the end of the league, and we are playing one of the biggest classics in the country against Corinthians, and the Maracanã will be reopened today after one long year, and the line between these two moments is really thin and blurry, one of the reasons i identify so much with Arsenal. 70000 people screaming in passion, being brought back home. Just like Arsenal, the passion, the greed to win big matches, that's why i love Arsenal. 12 years later, Arsenal still has my heart.

The death of Arsenal in my opinion, hopefully one day we can get back to that state as a club but it won't be any time soon.

This sends shivers down my spine. I'm Italian and Roma fan, but Arsenal it's my foreign favourite club ever. What a team those years (Bergkamp, Henry, Pires, Ljunberg, Campbell and so on). Wish I could turn back time and be in Highbury for just a moment. Go Gunners!

I'm a portuguese Arsenal fan (that's why I can't possibly feel Arsenal as much as who's born in England) but this video makes me cry tears of joy and sadness at the same time.

Arsene Wenger says Arsenal 'left their soul' at Highbury following Emirates move.

I'm a Manchester United fan. I think this was the greatest stadium, great atmosphere and it was a great place to go

Henry: Best premier league player ever.

I'm not an Arsenal supporter, but it still hurts to see such a historic stadium taken away from the fans. #againstmodernfootball

The invincible stadium very last one in England.

I'm a Villa fan and I was fortunate enough to see Villa play at Highbury a number of times over the years. I saw great wins and big defeats for my club there but it was always one of my favourite away trips. A proper football stadium. Great atmosphere, supporters close to the pitch and one of those grounds that really looked beautiful under the floodlights. Sadly missed.

And thus ended the golden era of Arsenal football club..... 😔😔

I'm a Wigan fan from a young kid in the 90's, I'm willing to bet I've been to more football grounds than anyone in the comments section. Went home & away season after season with one of my uncles & his mates, been everywhere watching them.

Love Highbury, such a beautiful stadium. Wish they had kept it part of the club somehow, using it as a training ground or something, play the odd friendly there

Highbury legendary place,Henry king of the Highbury!!!!!!

Highbury is Arsenal. Arsenal can never reestablish the feats and historic moments of this stadium

" Football is finished at Highbury for all time. & it’s finished with a Thierry Henry Hat-trick. " - What a beautiful ending to a beautiful story.🙏♥️

I wish we still had highbury today

I know it’s not on the same scale, but I’m glad we never left Ashton Gate.

Would rather be with 38,000 at Highbury than 60,000 mutes at the Emirates

Cant watch without throwing a tear, beautiful moments.

I am a Manchester United fan for me Highbury was just an incredible stadium and I have always admired Arsenal's style of play and I admire that they are doing things the right way and not doing what City n Chelsea are doing. Arsenal were a class act at Highbury shame they couldn't end the 2005-2006 season with a Trophy Parade. I think that Henry was one player we will never see again in the premier league wish United bought him he would of been amazing. Highbury an incredible stadium shame it had to go. IF they had won a trophy that season say the Premiership it would of been the perfect send off

Oh my God seeing Reyes here breaks my heart RIP

I'm Manchester utd fan i like the highbury beautiful what an atmosphere definitely better that the new stadium back then

I was at highbury 3 times the last time in 1996 while on vacation on the uk I saw them play borussia mochengladbach in the uefa cup just a beautiful stadium coming out of the tube station and looking up to see the stands the street around it everything is just so much about money now nobody cares about tradition history culture it is so saf

gone but never forgotten

whyyy this was the best stadium in the world

I'm not ready for when this happens at Goodison

STADIO OLD ARSENAL . THE BEST.!! FROM ARGENTINA🇦🇷

As a Spurs fan, the Gunners should’ve never left Highbury

My first game watching Arsenal was in 1974 against Leeds, I've still got the program. I was 6 and my dad had me on his shoulders in the north bank. 46 years later, i have a cupboard full of programs and a lot of good memories. I miss the old Highbury, it was a very beautiful football ground. I feel like my home has been demolished.

I watched this game for my second time watching football in my life that's why i like to play and love arsenal 14 is a real arsenal legend

the stadium transition has been rough, but arsenal will pull through in the end. Theres nothing like the arsenal of highbury, especially in the 2003/2004 season. AFC forever

When i die take me back to Highbury

It just feels like Arsenal are a different club now 😔

I am a Wigan fan and I remember going here this was my first ever away game

What an iconic stadium 😢... Really money destroyed football

I'm A Manchester United Fan And I thought It Was Sad Watching Such A Great Stadium Being Closed Down

A beautiful place full of history! Respect from a Liverpool fan...

Thanks for all the memories Highbury 😢😢😭😭❤️❤️

I am 73 now, have never been to the emirates but used to travel to Highbury for the home games, memories, Charlie George, Bob Wilson, the great Leeds team and yes George best, a fan all my life but an armchair one now, funny isn't it how it gets in your blood

'Dawning of a New Era' -- Turns out an era of mediocrity.

simply unforgetable. All those glories and memories

Firstime i love football is when i watch Arsenal play beautyful football in highbury 2004 Arsenal and highbury my first love

I'm a Manchester United fan but I have to say that the spirit of Arsenal died along with this beautiful stadium. Emirates is mothing but just a producr of money which sucks honestly.

We will always love you Highbury

Arsenal is not Arsenal anymore without Good ol Highbury. Don`t know why we ever left that Stadium. The biggest mistake ever.

For this team I fell in love with the premier league, it reminds me of my childhood when I woke up early in the morning just to watch some games on TV ... greetings from Argentina

4:57 R.I.P Jose Antonio Reyes (01/09/1983-01/06/2019). Played for Arsenal 2004-2007.

ME ENAMORÉ DEL FUTBOL INGLÉS AL VER AL ARSENAL *JUGAR CHAMPIONS* EN AQUEL CAMPO DE HIGHBURY PARK... Juré que un día visitaría esta cancha. Una pena que YA NO EXISTA ESTE ESTADIO... También que José Antonio Reyes ya no esté en esta tierra 😢

ffs why couldn't we just like extend Highbury

From a Liverpool supporter ... there’s something about Henry in an Arsenal shirt scoring at Highbury. Top player

I am Forest fan but this was a beautiful watch. Makes me appreciate our stadium our way more. Amazing stadium it was!

They shouldn’t knock down these old grounds even if the team is moving like they could let another club use it, it’s a shame to lose the old grounds with so much history

Stop blaming the stadium. Many top teams change venues (Bayern, Juventus, etc.) without dropping their quality. It's the management the one at fault.

When Arsenal had the fear factor...a proper fortress! Never been the same team since we left Highbury 🔴

Arsenal’s soul is left at Highbury

Back when you could actually afford to go regularly without skipping a meal

Makes me cry. Always

As a Dutch Bergkamp fan, I used to love watching Arsenal those days. Great team, nice stadium, good atmosphere. Went once to the new stadium, since than I don't give a shit about Arsenal anymore. I've been to funerals with a better atmosphere.

Highbury was home because for decades working class people went there without worrying about how much the ticket would cost. By the late 80s the North Bank was around 4 pounds a game. Football changed in the late 90s

Great ground. Shame money grabbing ruined our game.

This gave me GOOSEBUMPS. damn :(

i'm a Sheffield United fan and i can remember when i was 9 walking around the stadium days before we faced Arsenal in the FA Cup 5th Round which finished 1-1! such a memorable stadium! RESPECT

Sad that the promise of moving away from this beautiful gem to that stale oval was the ability to sign players, and still 10 years on there's been no equivalent of the team that went to the CL final that season, or the invicibles a few seasons before that, with Henry, Bergkamp, Pires, Vieira, Campbell, Cole, Ljundberg, Fabregas, Van Persie, etc. There's hardly a player from today's teams that you would take over any of the players from back then. Even Özil and Sanches would have a hard time replacing Bergkamp, Ljundberg, etc. of back then. What a travesty.

haha totenham is always under our shadow

loved highbury,the games were so special i miss

I may not be much of a soccer fan but I can't deny how awesome these environments are

We moved from Highbury, which was similar to Anfield, but there was a soul in the stadium. - Arsene Wenger

Such a shame they built a plastic, soulless stadium instead. The move was warranted, but the designers made no character in the new stadium, sadly. It's dull, the atmosphere is dull.

Had that video lasted much longer, I would have teared up. I am sick at how soul-less, corporate and money-grabbing The Arsenal has become. Cashburton is filled with Tarquins and tourists. Even our manager turned into a dictator after the sacking of Dein and refused to spend the money that was always there (the austerity was a lie) and is stuck in his ways, obsessed with his vanity projects and is now committed to awful sideways football and even worse defending. Now we bottle it season after season under a manager who won't realize his time is long over and are stuck with a disinterested owner (and puppet board) who only cares for money and won't make a change. Where did our Arsenal go? It was abandoned with Highbury.

The more years pass by, the bigger realization comes how memorable these moments are!

I remember this like it was yesterday. I was 19 working at a bookies William hill when this game was taking place. We were a proper team then.

Arsenal played in Highbury on the invincible season...What a great memory..

Woah, we were really close to the Europa League before we were Europa-League standard

Memories. I remember crying with joy in this stadium. Long live Highbury.

I remember watching this match when I was 6 in my old vintage arsenal top brought tears to my eyes

love this video, love Thierry, love the crowd. glory is to come, we just have to be patient gooners

feel sorry for them, so much hope then but still no EPL trophy at the Emirates

Back when Arsenal were one of the top teams in not just England, but Europe

I was there, Wigan fan. Brought myself some souvieners back home with me.

RIP Reyes 🙏🏼❤️

02:06 RIP Reyes :(

The day Arsenal as a club went the other way round. It’s a shame really we were unbeaten but I can see arteta finally doing something after 16 yrs as if u can win the fa cup in 6/7 months beat Man City Liverpool Chelsea Wolves that is really amazing he’s doing a massive clear out of the squad and will sell 9/8 players this transfer window he’s looking to build the team around Aubameang as he might sadly sell Lacazette Bellerin Holding Gwendouzi and some others bring in Uepcomeo (I don’t know how to spell his name he also is a CB) He bringing in Coutinho and there’s been talks of Partey as well and Auba wants arteta to get Ousmane Dembele and I can see arteta changing the mindset of these players to become one of the best clubs in the world hopefully this will happen

as a chelsea fan, i love highbury and i wish arsenal never moved to the emirates