Darren Berry
May 15, 2004. I watched from the North Bank as Patrick Vieira lifted the Premiership trophy in the North London sunshine thinking “this will never be done again.”
Paddy wasn’t merely lifting the Premiership trophy, he was lifting it as the captain of the only team in Premier League history to go through an entire league campaign undefeated.
20 years on, that feat is yet to be repeated.
A couple of years ago, I began to write a book celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Arsenal Invincibles.
From the first time I fired up the laptop, I was back there in 2004.
Those memories began to flood back. Game by game, emotion by emotion, I was able to immerse myself in that incredible season….
Van Nistelrooy’s last minute penalty miss at Old Trafford. That Henry goal against Liverpool on Good Friday.
Winning the league at White Hart Lane.
Even watching on my own in a pub in Walton-on-the-Naze as we scraped a draw at Portsmouth to leave us just two games from being Invincible.
And, of course, that glorious afternoon in the Highbury sunshine as we secured our place in the history books.
I’m rapidly approaching half a century on this planet and, with the way the world is right now, most of my days are taken up thinking about keeping up with the bills and simply doing my best to get by.
Modern life leaves little time for stopping to remember what happened 20 years ago!
So, writing this book was the perfect way to escape the day-to-day and transport myself back to the Invincible Season for a few hours at a time.
I hope the book has the same effect on anyone that reads it. The feedback I’ve had so far certainly suggests that to be the case.
So, if you feel like taking a trip back to that glorious season, now is the perfect time, as we prepare to celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Arsenal Invincibles.
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