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Archive for March, 2015

This week culminates in the visit of Liverpool for an important match in the chase for Champions League places next season. We have enjoyed some memorable matches against them in the past, and two of the most treasured Arsenal shirts in my collection are the yellow and blue one in which we won the 1971 […]

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A Friday night and Saturday evening have been dedicated to watching European championship qualifiers. Regular readers know I blow hot and cold over international matches these days. In the long run I wonder how long the clubs that generate massive wealth and supply the expensive players will be governed by the apparently corrupt bodies running […]

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The international break is well and truly upon us. No real football for another eleven days as I type, and then Liverpool come to the Grove for a match that could have a massive bearing on the end of season placings. So I thought I would look at some of the players who wore the […]

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Down the years I’m sure we have all seen games that could be described as the archetypal game of two halves. Somehow though, and maybe just because it is so fresh in the memory, Arsenal’s match at Newcastle is right up there among the most astonishing of them. Having drawn Newcastle’s sting in the opening […]

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There is no more time to go over the Champions League exit. The priorities for the remainder of the season are to finish as high in the Premier League as we can, and retain the FA Cup. The title bid that the repugnant Mourinho says we are still in continues at St James’ Park (or […]

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Yet again in the ’round of sixteen’ Arsenal have produced a wonderful second leg performance in the wake of a poor first leg display. Heroic failure? Maybe less so this time but there is no question that the Gunners came within a whisker of a Champions League quarter-final with an impressive performance in Stade Louis-II. The […]

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I am indebted tonight to ‘one of our own’, Thundertinygooner, who has stepped into the breach at short notice to preview the Champions League clash in Monaco. Thank you so much Ttg, it is massively appreciated. Hope really does spring eternal  A few weeks ago we experienced one of the most gut wrenching nights of […]

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Another enjoyable day spent in pleasant company and the bonus of another decent performance from the Arsenal which went largely as expected. Arsene made five changes to the team that defeated Manchester United, resting among others the in-form Santi Cazorla. We made a bright start and could have grabbed an early lead but Theo Walcott […]

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West Ham In Brief

The confidence must be high as Arsenal prepare for another London derby. West Ham arrive at the Grove having enjoyed a good season until hitting the buffers in recent weeks. The visitors contested a top four berth in the first half of the season, but are without a win in seven league and cup matches. […]

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Well, as nights go that was one of the more memorable ones. Tonight we are celebrating reaching the FA Cup semi-finals after the Arsenal once again produced a disciplined display to claim their first victory against Manchester United at Old Trafford since 2006. I’m aware that half the planet, and therefore the vast majority of […]

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