Gunnersaurus' blog - February 21

Saturday, February 11
Today was extremely busy. First it was off to Shaftesbury Avenue in London for a special birthday surprise for Maddy, who was 11 years old. I met Maddy and all of her friends and we had a great time. Then it was straight back to the Emirates for the live Members' screening of our Premier League match against Sunderland at the Stadium of Light. Over 800 fans turned up to see Thierry Henry score our winning goal in injury time.
 
Wednesday, February 15
The players flew off to Milan yesterday but I stayed behind for a specially-arranged day being held at our training ground, London Colney. I arrived early to meet and greet Junior Gunners of all ages with their parents. We all had lots of fun, and of course, lots of picture taking as well.

Later that afternoon I went back to the Emirates to watch the game against AC Milan. We did not have a great game, however, and ended up losing 4-0 on the night. We have a lot to do in the second leg at the Emirates in a fortnight - but it's not over yet!
 
Thursday, February 16
Today was a Fun Day at the stadium in The Armoury. I went along together with face painters, balloon makers, a magician, football freestylers and we also had a lucky dip. I spent all day greeting the families as they popped into the shop and went on stadium tours. We also has a few school groups from foreign countries and they were so excited to see me.
 
Friday, February 17
I had a request today to meet a group of young children from Paradise Adventure Park in Islington who came to the stadium for a tour. I popped up in the home team dressing room and gave them a big surprise. We all had our picture taken with the players' shirts.
 
Saturday, February 18
It was back to the Stadium of Light today for our FA Cup tie with Sunderland. We lost 2-0 and went out of the cup. I saw my two mascot mates, Samson and Deliah, strutting their stuff around the pitch before kick-off and at half time.
 
Coming up

• A big game against our North London rivals, Tottenham
• Training for Sports relief day
• A day out at Stamford Bridge
• Bacary Sagna’s son’s birthday party

Bye for now,

Big hugs from Gunner

[Tuesday, February 21, 2012]

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