Posted in match preview on Dec 12th, 2010 193 Drinks »
Spending most of the eve of the Manchester United versus Arsenal match travelling to visit the ‘holicdad in hospital puts the game into some semblance of perspective. It also highlights to me the utter absurdity of the pre-match jibes of Patrice Evra, an intellectual dwarf and coward who so badly let down his country in […]
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Posted in comment on Dec 10th, 2010 39 Drinks »
No preview. No cricket. Just Guinness to tease the memories from the grey stuff. My first trip to Old Trafford was in 1973. The older ones amongst you who recall Jasper Carrott talking about his trip there with Birmingham City will know that sketch was not just funny, but an accurate reflection of trips there […]
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Posted in match review on Dec 9th, 2010 100 Drinks »
Interesting. I’m wondering whether it was worse to be in the Grove tonight, or watching a delayed transmission at home? I didn’t have the issue of thousands of nervous gooners around me, but the atmosphere did transmit itself to those watching at home, trust me. I did warn prior to the event that we would […]
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Posted in match preview on Dec 7th, 2010 97 Drinks »
“We have no chance of finishing first. Braga might get a draw, maximum. Shakhtar will be top. Before we played at home I said Shakhtar and Braga were good teams, especially at home, and unfortunately against us they showed that.” Andrey Arshavin is nothing less than honest in his appraisal of Arsenal’s chances of securing […]
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Posted in match review on Dec 4th, 2010 101 Drinks »
It’s a bit unnerving to have called it perfectly in the preview. Fulham are a much better side than their league placing suggests. They have experience, organisation, and desire, although for the best part of half an hour this looked like being a stroll in the park for Arsenal. Even if you are not an […]
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Posted in match preview on Dec 3rd, 2010 106 Drinks »
Any other Gladys Knight fans out there? That was for you! Two consecutive Premiership home defeats. Three in the last five, actually. It’s time to put a stop to the run that threatens the title ambitions of this Arsenal side. To the neutral observer, Fulham is probably one of the sides you would want to […]
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Posted in comment on Dec 2nd, 2010 82 Drinks »
The Carling Cup draw has aggravated an old injury. A particularly unpleasant memory of my third FA Cup Final. The 1978 clash with Ipswich was supposed to be my reward for following the team in every match, home and away that season. The Arsenal boasted an astonishing array of attacking talent. Alan Hudson, Liam Brady, […]
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