Posted in match review on Sep 30th, 2007 8 Drinks »
There was a time when the media would have made much of a contest between the pretty footballers from the West Ham academy and their dour and practical north London neighbours. How times change. The capture of the likes of Neill, Bowyer, and Bellamy tells you all you need to know about the Hammers’ ambitions […]
Posted in comment on Sep 28th, 2007 17 Drinks »
For all sorts of reasons I am pleased to see this petition, and would urge all ‘holic regulars to sign it. All ‘holic regulars that is who are resident in the UK, or UK citizens. If you are an expatriate, you’re in an overseas territory, a Crown dependency or in the Armed Forces without a […]
Posted in match preview on Sep 27th, 2007 7 Drinks »
So we are off to a somewhat surprising modern day bogey team this weekend. When West Ham became the first team to take all three points off Arsenal at the Grove last season they became the only team to ‘do the double’ over the Gunners in the Ashburton era. In fact since Bobby Zamora settled […]
Posted in match review on Sep 25th, 2007 12 Drinks »
Beating a Sam Allardyce side is always pleasant. For all that he is one irritating so and so you have to say he has made silk purses out of cauliflower ears at Bolton in recent years. You just knew he would put a strong side out at the Grove, for the Carling Cup represented his […]
Posted in match preview on Sep 24th, 2007 6 Drinks »
I have to confess to being easily bought! Until last season I have been fairly ambivalent about our progress in a competition that has been sponsored at various times by, among others, the Milk Marketing Board, Littlewoods, and Coca-Cola. Carling changed that to an extent last season when they made sponsors hospitality packages available to […]
Posted in match review on Sep 23rd, 2007 2 Drinks »
I’ve just got time for a few brief thoughts on yesterdays match this morning. The ‘holic pound was well and truly lost. I was sure after a morale boosting win over Newcastle, and inspired by their magnificent surroundings and a sixty thousand crowd, that Derby would prove to be stubborn and obstinate opponents. I was […]
Posted in tongue in cheek on Sep 22nd, 2007 5 Drinks »
I would like to put on record my gratitude, and that of many Arsenal supporters, to Schillings, corporate lawyers extraordinaire. But for their sterling efforts I suspect that the articles penned by Craig Murray and Bloggerheads would not now be freely circulating the Arsenal community, and the entire blogosphere and beyond. The story also made […]
Posted in match preview on Sep 21st, 2007 35 Drinks »
The visit of Derby County provides the perfect opportunity, you would think, for Arsenal to consolidate their position at the head of affairs in the Premier League. I think we can be reasonably sure from their attitude to date that this group will not take any opponents too lightly. What is less certain is just […]
Posted in match review on Sep 19th, 2007 18 Drinks »
The interesting thing about deciding what to write in a blog is the knowledge that at some stage in the future some smartarse can dig through your archives and pinpoint the moment you made a complete arse of yourself! I’m sure that all of us have watched Arsenal’s progress this season with a mixture of […]
Posted in comment on Sep 18th, 2007 4 Drinks »
Surprise surprise. There has been just too much good news for Arsenal lately, so Red and White Holdings loom large to snatch back the limelight. There is an air of inevitability about their growing shareholding. ‘What’s the problem with that?’ a friend innocently asked this morning. ‘I thought you were only opposed to a leveraged […]
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