Joseph Brimicombe is a designer based in London. He doesn't do much besides designing and making stuff, but if he's not in bed or the studio one thing is for sure: He's watching Arsenal.
For lots of people Arsenal Football Club means a lot of different things. It can mean a brief escape from the mundane and repetitive to watch a team play exciting football. It can be a tool to build bridges between generations who otherwise may have little in common. It can be a once-in-a-lifetime trip to the Emirates, or a far-away passion that keeps you up in the AM to ensure you never miss a kick off.
For me it simply means family. It’s the scuffed furniture when Danny Welbeck launched us back into the title race at the death against Leicester. Its cheering on as a 16-year-old runs through the pitch to become the youngest ever Premier League goal scorer. It’s the 10-2 aggregate losses to Bayern Munich and the relentless secondary school mocking that came with it the next day. Its every painstaking sitter missed, every penalty conceded, every last-minute screamer. It’s the money left in my grandmother's will to ensure we had pristine kits for her funeral, and knowing that she would be cremated in her hilarious Arsenal onesie. It’s the giant Gunnersaurus tattoo on my leg, and the Junior Gunner membership I have held through with since the age of two. It’s the insistence that, from opposite ends of the country, me and my brothers come together to watch a momentous Champions League final together. It’s the feeling of holding my grandfather on the night of the 19th of May 2026 as we sobbed into each other’s arms knowing that 22 years of waiting had ended and not everyone in our family had made it with us. It really is everything to me - because my family is everything to me, and my family is Arsenal.
I am honored to be able to give something small back to the community of the club that has given me the best days of my life.