Highbury stadium

mark starr · 15-05-2006, 06:31 AM

For the uninitiated Arsenal are moving to a new football stadium just down the road from Highbury and were planning to sell off mementos from Highbury including the seats at £19.99 each. Sadly for those ,particularly season ticket holders, who wanted to buy the seat they had sat in for years Arsenal has run foul of the EU as the paint on the seats contains a minute amount of Cadmium which can theoretically cause infertility in men and the EU have advised it would be dangerous to sell the seats!!!!

Intbel · 15-05-2006, 04:01 PM

Does this mean Arsenal supporters are, theoretically, sterile? :shock:

22ANDUK · 15-05-2006, 07:04 PM

I think the EU should pay more attention to Arsene Wenger's culinary skills as Head Chef at the Marriot.

TomPhil · 16-05-2006, 06:04 PM

I was one of those who ordered a seat and was very disappointed to receive an E-mail the other day telling me that due to an EU direction I would no longer be able to receive my purchase.

Is there anywhere that the EU won't stick their noses? It is, of course, a second blow in the space of a few days to football fans, who, from next year will have to pay about £150 extra in subscription fees to watch Premiership matches, after the EU insisted that Sky Sports should not have a monopoly on showing Premiership games. Who exactly, one wonders, have either of these directions helped? Maybe the EU just likes telling people what to do.

eublues · 16-05-2006, 08:16 PM

Who told the EU about the cadmium?

15-05-2006, 06:31 AM	#1 (permalink)
mark starr Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 645	Highbury stadium For the uninitiated Arsenal are moving to a new football stadium just down the road from Highbury and were planning to sell off mementos from Highbury including the seats at £19.99 each. Sadly for those ,particularly season ticket holders, who wanted to buy the seat they had sat in for years Arsenal has run foul of the EU as the paint on the seats contains a minute amount of Cadmium which can theoretically cause infertility in men and the EU have advised it would be dangerous to sell the seats!!!!

15-05-2006, 04:01 PM	#2 (permalink)
Intbel Uber Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a field near you - look for the yellow and purple tent ... Posts: 4,665	Does this mean Arsenal supporters are, theoretically, sterile? :shock: __________________ We are all free to choose - every step of the way - no exceptions.

16-05-2006, 06:04 PM	#4 (permalink)
TomPhil Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Stockport Posts: 498 Party: UKIP	I was one of those who ordered a seat and was very disappointed to receive an E-mail the other day telling me that due to an EU direction I would no longer be able to receive my purchase. Is there anywhere that the EU won't stick their noses? It is, of course, a second blow in the space of a few days to football fans, who, from next year will have to pay about £150 extra in subscription fees to watch Premiership matches, after the EU insisted that Sky Sports should not have a monopoly on showing Premiership games. Who exactly, one wonders, have either of these directions helped? Maybe the EU just likes telling people what to do. __________________ "A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government." In Labour we trusted and now we are busted... again. It's the economy, stupid.

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15-05-2006, 07:04 PM	#3 (permalink)
22ANDUK Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,438	I think the EU should pay more attention to Arsene Wenger's culinary skills as Head Chef at the Marriot.

16-05-2006, 08:16 PM	#5 (permalink)
eublues Uber Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,189	Who told the EU about the cadmium?