The Chicago Gooners... celebrating during the 2005 FA Cup Final
Meet the Chicago Gooners
The latest stop on our tour of Arsenal America's branches takes us to the Windy City – Chicago, Ill. The group has been gathering at the same Northside pub for years, a place you can always count on finding fellow Arsenal supporters. As Branch Manager Matt Hornberger says:
"Our group is very loose. You show up and watch games. There are always Gooners at the pub. Some know each other well and some don't; but we're all best mates when The Arsenal score."
Group Name: Chicago Gooners
Location: Chicago, Ill.
Year established: Sometime around 1999
Number of people who turn out for matches: 20-30 for the average match and standing room only for the big ones
Home pub: The Globe Pub -- 1934 W. Irving Park Rd. Chicago, IL 60613
Normal match start time: 9:00am CT on weekends, 1:45pm CT for midweek matches with replays in the evenings, but check the match calendar at Arsenal.com or The Globe website for details.
Where we hail from: Most live in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs, we get occasional visitors from Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan and England.
Contact information: For more information check our profile at the Arsenal America website, or email us at chicago@arsenalamerica.com.
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