Posted in match review on May 31st, 2015 218 Drinks »
Todays post is brought to you by the letter R for record and r-senal, and the numbers 6 and 12, for obvious reasons. A wonderful day took shape in Pinner. Scallops with black pudding followed by a delicious fillet steak, all accompanied by the most wonderful drop of red I can remember since last year! […]
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Posted in match preview on May 30th, 2015 311 Drinks »
“Confident. I don’t like that word to be related to a Final because you know how difficult it is to win a Final. We have been working very hard. We know where we want to get. We are really keen to play.” Mikel Arteta, captain on the pitch last season but probably not starting today […]
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Posted in match preview on May 29th, 2015 60 Drinks »
“It’s another opportunity to win the FA Cup. To score the winner last year was just a dream come true and hopefully I can relive that again” Amen to that, brother Aaron. It would be the perfect end to a sometimes frustrating season for the young Welshman. He chooses his words carefully when asked […]
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Posted in match preview on May 28th, 2015 68 Drinks »
There’s a lot to get through this morning, courtesy of being one of the fortunate invitees to Arsenal’s Cup Final media day. A handful of bloggers have been invited to ‘observe’ proceedings in the last couple of seasons. There were three survivors from last year on hand to guide Dave Seager, author of the wonderful […]
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Posted in Guest Tales, history on May 26th, 2015 69 Drinks »
It is a joy to put Ned’s late offering in front of you. He looks back to an astonishing season when Arsenal, yet to win a major trophy, came closer than most in the twentieth century at that point to a double. Certainly it was closer than any southern team had come, and we would […]
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Posted in match review on May 25th, 2015 82 Drinks »
Eight o’clock on a Sunday morning. The predicted rain hasn’t arrived. A replacement rail journey coach pulls up on the station concourse. It quickly fills. Swindon are off to Wembley along with Chelsea and Arsenal supporters, cricket lovers heading to Lords, and it seems there is a running event in London as well. So begins […]
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Posted in match preview on May 23rd, 2015 154 Drinks »
A league season that seems to have raced by draws to a close on Sunday, and Arsenal seem to be limping into a third place finish. Without a goal in the last three home matches, the Gunners face a West Brom who have become much more accomplished defensively under the management of Tony Pulis. The […]
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Posted in comment on May 21st, 2015 85 Drinks »
The early evening often revolves around the email accounts associated with the blog. Like the posts you don’t read in the drinks, there is a healthy spam content involved. So if you are after any particular dodgy medications or would like to share the wealth of Iraqi looters and Nigerian princes just drop me a line […]
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Posted in match review on May 20th, 2015 55 Drinks »
For the visit of Sunderland Arsene shuffled his pack a little, bringing in Kieran Gibbs and Jack Wilshere for Nacho Monreal and Francis Coquelin. It made for a very attack-minded line-up for a team requiring a win to take the battle for second place to the final Sunday of the season. In the opening minute […]
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Posted in match preview on May 19th, 2015 85 Drinks »
The penultimate fixture of an eventful season sees Sunderland visiting the Grove seeking a point to ensure Premiership survival, while the Gunners require all three to keep the remote possibility of second place alive and mathematically secure their hold on third place at least. It is probably fair to expect a very defensive set-up to […]
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