> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.arsenalwomentrailblazers.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Make the Banner, Madison - URL: https://www.arsenalwomentrailblazers.com/make-the-banner-madison/ - Published: 2026-08-13T12:00:51.000Z - Updated: 2026-08-13T12:00:50.000Z - Description: Wondering what size banner you can take into Emirates Stadium? Arsenal’s rules are clear - and the story behind one young fan’s question says something bigger too. - Author: Roberto Revilla - Tags: Features, Podcast Madison Reed [got in touch](https://shows.acast.com/arsenal-women-trailblazers?ref=arsenalwomentrailblazers.com) because she wants to take a banner to the Emirates Stadium to ask Leah Williamson for her shirt, and she wanted to know what size banner she’s allowed to take into the stadium. Madison, I’ve checked Arsenal’s current stadium guidance for you, and the rule is that non-offensive flags and banners - which yours will obviously be - measuring 2 metres by 1 metre or smaller are permitted at the Emirates Stadium, provided they don’t have sticks or poles and they comply with the stadium’s fire regulations. Anything larger than 2 metres by 1 metre is listed as not allowed. So that’s your practical answer. Keep it within 2 metres by 1 metre and don’t use any sticks or poles because I think they worry that those things can hit someone, poke someone or be used as a weapon. I mean, we don’t have that sort of behaviour at Arsenal Women games, it’s all very, very gentle and family-friendly, but anyway, they’ve got that rule, so we need to abide by it. And obviously don’t make it out of anything that’s going to cause a problem with fire regulations. The other thing Madison told me was that when she asked this question on Facebook, presumably in some sort of forum - I’m not really on Facebook - she got some really negative responses, including people telling her that Leah is arrogant and doesn’t interact with supporters. I don’t really understand what that’s got to do with Madison’s question. She’s a young supporter; Leah, I think, is her favourite player, and she wants to make a banner so that she can try and get Leah’s shirt at the end of the game. All she asked was what size that banner should be so she can get it into the stadium. Why does anyone need to come along and tell her that her favourite player is arrogant? Or that any player is arrogant, for that matter. Now, I’m not going to counter somebody else’s sweeping claim with another one and tell you that Leah always stops and speaks to every supporter because I’ve not actually seen that happen at the Emirates Stadium and, when I think about it, I kind of feel like it would be impossible. Think about it from the player’s point of view. Think about how many people are trying to get your attention at the Emirates now, where the players are being directed by club staff, what media commitments they might have, whether they’ve just played 90 minutes of football, whether security is trying to move them somewhere. Have they even seen that particular person trying to get their attention? I think there was an interview, and it might have even been with Leah actually last season, where they talked about the difference between Meadow Park and the Emirates Stadium and how the Emirates just gives them a little bit more distance from the crowd, whereas at Meadow Park the players’ tunnel is so, so close to the supporters. And while that’s nice in one way, it can be a worry in another because you can imagine you might get a supporter trying to grab them or touch them and things like that. So we’ve got to be aware of all this stuff. If Leah doesn’t see your banner, Madison, or she does see it but she’s not able to come over to you, then don’t take it personally. It doesn’t tell us anything about Leah Williamson as a person. And there’s something else I want you to remember if you do make it. Asking is absolutely fine. Enjoy making that banner. Take it to the Emirates with you. Hold it up. Let me know where you’re going to be so I can try and get a photograph from across the stadium and actually see it. Hold it up with pride. You never know what might happen. But don’t go into that day with any negative feelings from what other supporters have told you. You might get ignored, but it wouldn’t be deliberate on her part. It’s a big stadium, there’s a lot of stuff going on, and the players are generally kind of herded and shepherded through at the end of the game. If she doesn’t come over, please don’t come away from it feeling rejected if she’s not able to give you her shirt. The lovely thing is that you cared enough about one of our players to make something and go to the effort of then taking it with you to the game. And I think that’s a wonderful thing in itself.