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Archive for April, 2010

When Arsenal and the neighbours walk out at the Lane it will be just eight days short of the fourth anniversary of the last ever meeting of the two sides at Highbury. Arguably, this is the most significant meeting since that day. We may since have traded two Carling Cup semi-finals, and eight goals at […]

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Who’d a thunk it? Manchester United dropping two points at Blackburn means that all we have to do is win our last five matches to finish above the reigning champions. Say it quickly, and don’t think about it too much. If there is a downside to that it is the fact that we too still […]

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1971 – And All That

Let’s put this week behind us and start looking ahead to the upcoming North London derby with an unabridged version of a piece I wrote for a publication that was available when the sides met at the Grove in October. 2 Halves was A Fanmade Production in association with Rebel Alliance & Parlour Magic Productions. […]

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Now you know what it is like to be a Bolton/Hull/Stoke/Wolves fan. You’ve just seen a team a class apart from what we were able to put on the pitch knock it about for fun, treat the ball as though they owned it. When we got hold of it the period of the loan was […]

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This is the second consecutive match preview I have written from the local hospital, having brought visitors to a poor old soul unable to pass water under his own steam. The supreme irony is that I have just heard that on top of Fabregas, Gallas, Arshavin, and van Persie, we have travelled to Barca without […]

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The early game doesn’t produce the result we want, but the unexpected sunshine at the Grove lifts the spirits, and a lively start by the Gunners bodes well. It is just a matter of time before Wolves fall apart, isn’t it? Why then am I getting irritated? I’m watching from the family enclosure with a […]

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Less than forty-eight hours after witnessing as good a game as there has been at the Grove we are now counting the heavy cost of that astonishing draw with Barcelona. The Friday press conference was more a like a casualty report. In brief we learned that Cesc did break his leg in the challenge with […]

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Quarter to three. Holloway Road is cold and grey. I’ve made it though, and nothing can keep me from the game now. A quick burger for lunch and in the pub to quench my diabolical thirst. I quenched it rather well, too. In the pub are a father and son, without a ticket but praying […]

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