Chaos outside Emirates as 2nd gear Gunners see off Wimbledon
Arsenal 3 AFC Wimbledon 0 League Cup 3rd Round Wednesday 22nd September 2021 7.45pm So let’s start with the chaos outside the stadium with a midweek evening match that saw far more attendees than are normally seen at an Arsenal game on such occasions. The tickets were cheap, not many season ticket holders took up their option to buy a seat, and so we had a crowd that had a lot of people who were not that familiar with attending the stadium since increased security measures were introduced. And of course, for obvious reasons, a lot of people turn up a bit closer to kick off than they can help, and there are often streams of latecomers after the game has kicked off. But nothing like yesterday evening. The stands had a lot of empty seats at the start of the game, for a match which – although not sold out – wasn’t too far off being so. A lot of people arrived late. Ok. There was a lot of unfamiliarity with the new ticket readers in whi...