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Archive for April, 2015

Once more it is time for one of ours to reveal his hitherto hidden talents with a guest blog. Gunner1948 has been kind enough to pen a piece about Arsenal’s elevation to the top flight after the First World War. Thank you very much for your contribution, young man! Enjoy, all. On April 24th, 2015, […]

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This was the match that had everything – except goals. Chelsea departed the Grove carrying with them the point they had sought. The scenes at the final whistle as Terry led the astonishing celebrations told you they viewed avoiding defeat as effectively the title clincher. In truth I think they would have been crowned champions […]

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“I don’t think that they have taken more points than us since January but from September to January they did. They have been consistent throughout and they relied on a strong defensive record that got them the championship.” Arsene conceding that even if we beat Chelsea on Sunday the seven points gap that will remain […]

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Saturday remains in the memory, for now. A very long day was made worthwhile by the result and the pre-match socialising in pleasant surroundings. Much of the rest of it was frustrating, the tone set by engineering works more than doubling the journey time. Once at the iconic venue much of the magic of the […]

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The full Wembley experience, warts and all, ended well, but what a meal Arsenal made of their Championship opponents. The tone was set by a bus replacement service followed by a less than salubrious rattler into Paddington packed with exuberant Reading supporters. The tube whisked me to the next port of call. A fabulous Fullers […]

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Wembley, again. We make the short journey to our second home again this weekend for an FA Cup semi-final appointment with Reading. We are obviously massive favourites to progress to the Final but history provides many reminders of just why we should not take the outcome for granted. That is why I was pleased to […]

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I think it is something of an omen that prior to our FA Cup match at Brighton our very own North Bank Ned contributed a piece, and he has felt compelled to repeat his generous contribution prior to our Wembley semi-final weekend. We made it past Championship opposition then. It will happen again now. Right? […]

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A number of ‘holics have been good enough to share their thoughts with us in recent years. When our very own zicoinexile said he was heading for the other side of the pond this weekend and could he do a report on the Burnley match I ripped his arm out of it’s socket straight away. […]

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Six weeks. That’s what is left of the Premier League season. Chuck in a potential, although not guaranteed, FA Cup Final a week later and you have the wonderfully named ‘squeaky bum time’. Did ever a fixture encapsulate this more than Burnley (bottom but one and desperate for the points) versus Arsenal (top but one […]

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Once again I owe a huge debt of thanks to one of ours, this time the excellent company that is Steve T, for a guest post covering the U21 fixture at the Grove last night. Steve, thank you for helping out one who has been clocking up the motorway miles this week. It is much […]

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