Posted in match review on Aug 13th, 2011 174 Drinks »
I have counted to ten, more than once, and have placed myself under a media and web blackout so I can try and convey thoughts about a match that left me, and doubtless many of you raging. For a conventional report, go elsewhere. Where to start? Well, before I get holier-than-thou, and you know I […]
Posted in match preview on Aug 12th, 2011 255 Drinks »
This is it. This is what it is all about. For ninety minutes on Saturday evening I will cast aside the means of catching hysterical minute by minute updates and misinformation and focus on what is important. Ladies and gentlemen, the Arsenal are back. The headline is fitting, for those of a certain vintage who […]
Posted in comment on Aug 9th, 2011 930 Drinks »
The last twenty-four hours have provided a massive hint as to the basis of Arsene Wenger’s next incarnation. I have to say there is more than a hint of back to the future about it. I think one of the most oft-aired criticism’s of Arsenal in the last few years has been the fact that […]
Posted in match review on Aug 6th, 2011 559 Drinks »
For various reasons it has been a few weeks since I have been to my local after work on a Friday. Thankfully that was rectified this week, and rather than complicate the food arrangements I got an old-school take away from the chippie afterwards. Now jumbo sausage, saveloy, fishcake, and chips may not be either […]
Posted in tongue in cheek on Aug 5th, 2011 230 Drinks »
It has been a week in which good humour has been in short supply, and in which I have been very fortunate to have been sent some picture exclusives. On Tuesday I woke up to find the excellent shots of the Thierry Henry free-kick from Sunday from BtM. This morning it was the turn of […]
Posted in book reviews on Aug 4th, 2011 193 Drinks »
A little nostalgia helps to take my mind off what might otherwise drive me over the edge. The longstanding regulars may recall me confessing to following non-league football a good few years back when reviewing a book called The Bromley Boys. The author of that book, Dave Roberts got in touch recently with a copy […]
Posted in match review on Aug 2nd, 2011 393 Drinks »
It wasn’t only the referee who denied Thierry Henry his final wish at the Grove on Sunday. The great man had an opportunity to score the goal that would have brought the loudest cheers of the afternoon denied by a fine save from Wojciech Szczesny. Now you will have seen the rather grainy image of the goal in […]
Posted in match review on Aug 1st, 2011 268 Drinks »
It’s a different game today alright. I had the good fortune to view proceedings from a privileged vantage point, and for much of the afternoon the football matched the surroundings. It was relaxed, calming even. However, the sting in the tail was one mistake too many for some elsewhere in the ground. The rights and […]
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