{"id":41,"date":"2020-01-04T14:39:22","date_gmt":"2020-01-04T14:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adobrzanski.ddns.net\/goonerholics\/?page_id=41"},"modified":"2020-03-06T13:22:24","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T13:22:24","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.goonerholicsforever.com\/?page_id=41","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"241\" height=\"250\" src=\"http:\/\/www.goonerholicsforever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/stone3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66\"\/><figcaption><em><center>Tile donated by arsabeatbarca 2012<\/center><\/em>  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In March 2007, Dave Faber, aka Goonerholic, wrote, \u201cHalf a century of following Arsenal. The joy, and the hurt. There is nothing else quite like it is there? Thanks for joining me, however briefly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is however the take of a long-standing Gooner on what\u2019s happening in and around the club we love. If you enjoy it, then pop back now and again. It will never be a long read. If you don\u2019t enjoy it let me know, and come back from time to time to see if you have converted me. Your suggestions can only help.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/goonerholic.com\">Goonerholic.com<\/a> generated a worldwide network of acolytes drawn by Holic\u2019s wit, wisdom, deep knowledge of The Arsenal\u2019s history and his ability to be positive not only under the most trying circumstances for The Arsenal but also with the most idiosyncratic contributor to his comments section which he labelled \u2018The Drinks\u2019. Dave\u2019s site became a \u2018virtual bar\u2019 for his legion of regulars and \u2018The Drinks\u2019 became a favourite place to discuss his posts, the latest game, transfers, Jimmy Choo footwear and all manner of other things besides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Goonerholics Forever is dedicated to Dave, who tragically died on 25 December 2019 after more than a decade writing wonderful blog posts about his beloved football club. This site has been set up by a tight-knit group of highly motivated \u2018holics, meeting in smoke-filled corners of the internet to honour Dave\u2019s memory and to preserve the traditions of his original bar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apart from our shared respect for Dave and his values and a love for The Arsenal Football Club, we are a diverse group. If you support another club and are willing to tolerate our feeling that it\u2019s your misfortune, then please feel free to join us. Discussions will be frank and disagreements many but always, we insist, underpinned by respect. If you cannot manage to abide by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goonerholicsforever.com\/?page_id=72\">House Rules<\/a> then this bar is not the place for you. Violators will be removed as quickly as Dave himself would have done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In March 2007, Dave Faber, aka Goonerholic, wrote, \u201cHalf a century of following Arsenal. The joy, and the hurt. There is nothing else quite like it is there? Thanks for joining me, however briefly. \u201cIt is however the take of a long-standing Gooner on what\u2019s happening in and around the club we love. If you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goonerholicsforever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goonerholicsforever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goonerholicsforever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goonerholicsforever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goonerholicsforever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.goonerholicsforever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":446,"href":"https:\/\/www.goonerholicsforever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41\/revisions\/446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goonerholicsforever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}