Henry's knee slide: the Highbury moment that still sells

North London derby, Highbury, November 2002. Thierry Henry picks the ball up inside his own half, runs through the Tottenham midfield, drops a shoulder past Stephen Carr and buries it low past Kasey Keller.

The celebration

Scoring wasn't enough. Henry kept running. Back past the halfway line, all the way to the Clock End, where the Tottenham fans were sitting, and slid on his knees in front of them with his arms out. The run was about seventy yards. The slide was about two seconds. Arsenal fans have been talking about it for twenty-odd years.

There's a statue of it outside the Emirates now. That tells you where it sits in the club's history.

Why it matters

Henry scored 228 goals for Arsenal and a fair few were better than this one as a piece of football. None of them said more. The knee slide was the moment the best player in the league told the neighbours exactly what he thought of them, in their own end, without a word.

It's also the perfect LIT moment, because the image is instantly recognisable without any badge or name attached. The pose does the talking.

The design

The Legends in Thread Henry design is an embroidered outline of the slide, arms out, on the chest of the tee, hoodie or cap. No crest, no sponsor, nothing official. Small enough to pass as a normal bit of clothing, obvious enough that every Gooner will know.

Embroidery was the only option here. A moment this good deserves stitching that lasts, not print that fades after a season.

Get one

Pick from the organic cotton tee, the hoodie, the vintage cap or the kids hoodie. Made to order in the UK.

The rest of the Henry range and the full Arsenal collection, including Saka, Wright and Bergkamp, are on the site.

Chris