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Archive for March, 2009

As weekends go, that was not at all bad. Grandson (one of six!) was unbeaten in two matches for his under seven team on Sunday, but Saturday was more important for his footballing development. A shopping excursion in the morning saw Granddad fork out for an HDMI cable (sixty quid! It’s a bit of wire […]

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After a couple of rants I have decided I should set an example to Phil Brown and Mike Riley and take some time away from the hurly-burly of top flight football. Who am I kidding ?  Nobody, I know. It’s Mothers Day weekend and the management, who has been through much in the last ten […]

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I am not alone in smiling at the irony of ‘gobgate’. Things have turned full circle. We live in strange times when northern nancies depart from another defeat on a warm spring evening bemoaning the vicious prawn bagel munchers in the crowd at the Grove for their part in intimidating the referee and the visitors. […]

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Once again there is danger in blogging too soon after the final whistle has been blown. There is much emotion in the immediate aftermath of the contest and there may or may not be repercussions to wild accusations that have been made, possibly in haste, tonight. Let me set my stall out. For me Hull […]

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Back in September I got back from the Grove at some ungodly hour, full of Guinness and curry, and published my thoughts on our Premiership clash with Hull while still in a bit of a grump. “It would be remiss of me at the outset not to state that Hull City were worth the three […]

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The Day The Luck Turned

It’s not often you get something for nothing. When the provider of the ‘something’ is a bookmaker then you know it’s your day! It wasn’t until I got back to the pub that someone suggested Andrey Arshavin had not landed the ‘holic pound in the second minute. Television cameras revealed that Blackburn’s Ooijer got the […]

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Ouch. Sorry about that, but it is Friday, and I just couldn’t resist! Scoring goals at home in the Premier League has not been a strong point for Arsenal of late. There is no better time, therefore, for us to come face to face with Paul ‘It’s behind you!’ Robinson, a regular contributor to Arsenal’s […]

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The regular press have a duty to be restrained and measured in their reporting of events. Bloggers are thankfully free of that responsibility. It is 10.50 pm. I have endured a tense two hours of football at the highest level, followed by an extended penalty shoot-out. I have supped a gallon of Guinness and have […]

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We can only hope that Wednesday will see the first of two visits to Rome’s Stadio Olimpico this spring. The venue for the Final of the Champions League on 27th May is also home to AS Roma, who stand between the Gunners and a quarter-final berth. Let’s hope that the problems with the team’s jet […]

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The opening five minutes at the Grove were to be misleading. Burnley’s best football came early and seemed to awaken the mixed bag sent out by Arsene Wenger. Aside from long-term absentees Rosicky, Fabregas, Adebayor, and Silvestre, Arsene rested Toure, Nasri, and Denilson. Relegated to the bench were Almunia, Clichy, van Persie, and Bendtner alongside […]

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