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Archive for May, 2012

A week away from the start of Euro 2012, and England have suffered the second injury setback of the week. Normally not a subject that would hold much interest for me these days, but I cannot help but think that the loss of Frank Lampard creates quite an opportunity for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. Now before you […]

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Did you listen to last week’s Arsecast? The end of season roundtable discussion is always fun to record, especially with the birds singing and the sunshine pouring in through the window. So who was Arsenal’s player of the season if you discount the obvious? I had to agree with the man from East Lower who […]

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@indianGoon didn’t know you were such a massive cricket fan. A blog post abt cricket plz, to endure pain of off season A tweeted request, and one I think at first I can’t really do, but then again. There have been big links between Arsenal and the cricket world down the years. In my own […]

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Hello ‘holics. Today was officially new coaching team day as the official club site hit us with a wave of pieces about the recently promoted Steve Bould and Neil Banfield. You won’t be surprised to hear I am absolutely thrilled for both, but positively delighted to see ‘he’s got no hair but we don’t care‘ […]

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Not So Fever Pitch

It brought a smile to the face, reading tales of Dads dropping off and collecting their offspring at the weekend’s sleepover on the pitch for the Junior Gunners. It must be a terrific treat for the youngsters, and one only possible at this time of year with the pitch awaiting relaying after the Coldplay concerts […]

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A Welcome Distraction

If Carlsberg did weeks they would be hard-pushed to do better than the one that I have been blessed with this week. Three points to clinch a Champions League berth on Sunday, a day with Bobby at the new home of football courtesy of Indesit Football, and to cap it all a Lord’s Friday with […]

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“So ‘holic, we have a day coming up where you could chew the fat with Robert Pires for a while. Fancy it?” And so I found myself at the final of the Indesit Football Talents competition, along with teams representing Arsenal, AC Milan, Paris St Germain, and Shakhtar Donetsk. The day could only have been […]

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And so the season ended as it had progressed. The side that has reached the extremes of performance both good and bad gave us one more afternoon of unbelievable tension. Would you have it any other way? Well given the choice I would have to say yes. My old ticker isn’t getting any younger, and […]

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It’s guest time again, and another ‘holic reveals that he has been hiding his light under a bushel. It seems he is getting all spiritual about tomorrow. I’m delighted to share it with you. Thanks AL. ……………….Our Liam, who art THEE seven,                       Hallowed be thy name.                         Thy kingdom gone –                        They shifted […]

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“You deal always with the consequences of your performances after the game, and before the game you focus on doing what you want to achieve.” In other words, Arsene, let’s show confidence and belief ahead of the final day of an astonishing season. That is quite an ask, given our last four results, but it […]

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