Reading (3-0) - 29th November 2005

I used the opportunity of the Carling Cup to sit somewhere different from my normal East Lower seat. Thanks to an incompetent Ticketmaster (they don't seem to recgonise Gold Membership numbers - though this is no surprise as the club don't either!) and a VERY HELPFUL Arsenal Box Office I got FRONT row seats in the North Bank Upper Tier. Made my seat seem quite poor in comparison but did give hope of great views at the new stadium. The game itself was lively with a full house (including 7,000+ Reading fans) helped by excellent ticket pricing from Arsenal and a REDaction singing section. This game may have given Steve Coppell an idea of what awaits a likely promotion side next year - we played the kids but with the addition of RvP and JAR up front the difference in class was obvious. Maybe if Kitson had scored when it was 1-0 the score would have been different but minutes later Van Persie showed his class and confidence by getting a superb 2nd goal. All in all a great night (shame I left my bag on a train!)