re: Arsenal 2014/15 Season Long Thread

Since nobody else will, I figured I would just go ahead and pay tribute to the man who made me an Arsenal fan ... King Henry! I'm sure many of you Gooners from here in the U.S. probably became fans of the club in much the same way as I did by watching this man who just today called it quits on a brilliant professional career.

I only followed Arsenal toward the end of Thierry Henry's time at the club, so I will never know what it was like to be a supporter of that period from 1998-2004 with the double-winning seasons and Invincibles and all of that, but I hope that level of success will return to the club one day soon.

I've gone on to grow a deep love of Arsenal FC over these last 7-8 years or so, and I have The King to thank for that. The spring of 2006 was the first time I ever paid any attention to the Champions League, and there was just something about watching Arsenal that drew me in. I was absolutely gutted when they lost to Barcelona in the UCL final that year, but didn't understand why it affected me so much at the time. Henry's class was so evident in leading the team even at that time when he only had maybe a year or two left at the club.

Congrats again on a great career Thierry Henry, my favorite ever Arsenal player!