Posted in match preview on Jan 31st, 2014 427 Drinks »
You know I am not a lover of speculation so it makes sense for me to devote transfer deadline day to a preview of Sunday’s Crystal Palace fixture so as to leave Saturday clear to write about our stellar signings at 10.59pm on Friday. As far as the team news is concerned we have basically […]
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Posted in match review on Jan 28th, 2014 546 Drinks »
The late arrival of the away team coach, caused only by the volume of traffic one hopes, set the tone for the opening half. The passengers on that vehicle failed to get into gear in the opening half. Credit is due to Southampton who pressed, passed, and quite simply outplayed the Premier League leaders. In […]
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Posted in match preview on Jan 27th, 2014 369 Drinks »
When Southampton departed the Grove at the end of November few could envisage the slump that followed. They arrived trailing us at the top by just three points, having lost just one of their opening eleven fixtures and conceding only five goals in the process. Our 2-0 win that day sparked a turnaround in their […]
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Posted in match review on Jan 25th, 2014 166 Drinks »
On a strange night Arsenal progressed into the last sixteen of the FA Cup and landed the ‘holic pound into the bargain. It being an evening fixture I was condemned to join the poor souls subjected to BT Sports presentation. Those of you who were there must have enjoyed it much more. It was encouraging […]
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Posted in match preview on Jan 23rd, 2014 294 Drinks »
Coventry City remain in the memory as a decent day out a few years back, and of course will always be remembered fondly by older Gooners for their FA Cup Final win over the small club up the road in 1987. So I wrote before we last met the sky blues in a COCup tie […]
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Posted in match review on Jan 19th, 2014 432 Drinks »
Thankfully the early morning gloom gave way to a bright start to the day’s festivities in good company. The level of anticipation was evident. The talk was of the midfield riches available to us, and how many players we have capable of playing just behind Olivier Giroud. Fitting then that one of them should prove […]
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Posted in match preview on Jan 16th, 2014 398 Drinks »
A post is due, and the match with Fulham is less than two days away. Lets have an early preview so you can all go out and enjoy yourselves on Friday night (what do you mean, you were going to anyway?). Arsene has kindly revealed the team news today thereby saving us a nervous wait […]
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Posted in match review on Jan 14th, 2014 270 Drinks »
My thanks to our very own TaBS for stepping into the breach with a report on last night’s win. I hope you enjoy it as much as I. And breathe! Arsenal duly matched the efforts of their closest challengers at the weekend and returned to the top of the Premiership with a 2-1 victory at […]
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Posted in match preview on Jan 12th, 2014 337 Drinks »
A lot has happened since Aston Villa departed the Grove with all three points back in August. Most of it good if you are an Arsenal supporter. The same cannot be said of Villa, however. The hosts on Monday night have already lost six home Premier League matches and are finding goals hard to come […]
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Posted in history on Jan 9th, 2014 238 Drinks »
Seeing the FA Cup draw pitting us against Coventry got me thinking about meetings between the sides in the past. The first one I have memories of was I believe in the late sixties. The Sky Blues centre-forward, Neil Martin, a Scottish international, was put clean through behind the defence. As he bore down on […]
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