Posted in comment on Jun 28th, 2009 18 Drinks »
Another completely news free week, unless you are a fiction fanatic. I’m starting to get the right hump with this summer. I checked on what football streams were available yesterday and found I was out of luck unless I could work up some enthusiasm for the J or K Leagues. No offence to those in […]
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Posted in comment on Jun 21st, 2009 31 Drinks »
An interesting discussion, and some even more interesting emails, followed my piece last week about season ticket holders looking to hire out their precious gold memberships as they cannot afford to renew this season. I understand that the economic situation is really starting to bite and Arsenal do not have full take up of their […]
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Posted in comment on Jun 20th, 2009 36 Drinks »
So the deal is complete and Thomas Vermaelen is now officially an Arsenal player. I have to confess to not having watched more than about three Ajax games last season, and he did not live in the memory. However there was no question that we needed a central defender, and the capture of a Belgian […]
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Posted in history on Jun 17th, 2009 13 Drinks »
The release of the new fixtures has prompted memories of one of the greatest of all Arsenal seasons. Back in August 1970 the side that three months earlier had ended a seventeen year run without a trophy by lifting the European Fairs Cup was handed the task of confronting new champions Everton at Goodison. Everton […]
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Posted in comment on Jun 14th, 2009 23 Drinks »
It really is not my intention to write just a weekly piece during the summer, but there has been precious little to bring to you that is either newsworthy, or hasn’t been well covered elsewhere. Essentially the only ‘news’ of the week surrounded those who have, or have not, signed. On the plus side Lukasz […]
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Posted in comment on Jun 7th, 2009 34 Drinks »
I can say it is now official. I no longer have feelings for a former love. Which is something of a surprise, given the hold they once had over me. Time though has ravaged the features that once held an allure for me. It is around twenty years since we were actually in each others […]
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