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Arsenal FC retro: 'I saw John Jensen score' – Fan's view of once in a lifetime event

On New Year's Eve 1994 the unthinkable happened: John Jensen scored a goal for Arsenal. It turned out to be his one and only goal for the club, and it was a day Gooners never thought they’d see given the midfielder – who enjoys cult hero status – hadn’t scored in 97 previous games. Arsenal may have lost the match, but only a select few saw this once in a lifetime moment. John Hilditch was one of them, and he recalled this momentous occasion in an interview with retrofootballblog.com, reproduced below...

Arsenal 1-3 QPR: 31 December, 1994

“I remember it being bitterly cold.