The Riders of the Night

about

Once upon a time in North London...... a long time ago... there was a bunch of Lads.... and this bunch of Lads were made up all different political and religious beliefs, they all left school and took on different and varying jobs. Among them were Brickies, Window Cleaners, Market Traders, Duckers & Divers, and a few musicians. Some would ply their trade on Chapel Market or the building sites of London, others in any place they could get a gig. But one thing these lads all had in common was a love of beer, birds, Beanos and most importantly a pathological and unswerving loyalty and devotion to Arsenal Football Club. Community meetings were held most weeks on Saturday mornings in various boozers in the N5 vicinity, followed by the mass meeting on the terraced steps of The Clock End at Arsenal’s famous stadium in Highbury. This was a place where sporting entertainment in various guises could be witnessed. It was also one of the few places you could legally get a light ale after 3 o’clock on a Saturday afternoon as the country was still in the grips of the post-war licensing laws. All in all a good day out could be pretty much guaranteed and the revelry would often be dragged out into the late of night. Alternately there would be weeks when The Arsenal would visit other places and the lads would act as The Gunners “12th Man”. The location of these places could vary in distance from as short as the other end of the Seven Sisters Road to such far flung places as Newcastle in the N

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The Riders of the Night - We're The Clock End, Highbury

The Riders of the Night - B' Jesus Said Paddy

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Good Old Arsenal

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B' Jesus Said Paddy

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Kerb Crawler

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B' Jesus Said Paddy - EP

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We're The Clock End, Highbury

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We're the Clock End, Highbury - EP

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Kerb Crawler - Single

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Good Old Arsenal - Single

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b'jesus said pddy

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B'Jesus Said Paddy

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