Posted in match review on Apr 30th, 2017 213 Drinks »
Arsene Wenger made changes from a close victory against Leicester City for the North London derby. Out went Hector Bellerin, Francis Coquelin, and Theo Walcott. Back came Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Aaron Ramsey, and Olivier Giroud. The latter was a controversial pick but was surely in with an eye on Tottenham’s aerial threat at set pieces. Chelsea’s […]
Posted in match preview on Apr 28th, 2017 81 Drinks »
Between 1897 and 1903 we made seven visits to the Middlesex marshlands in various minor leagues. The first Football League visit of Arsenal to the neighbours-to-be took place at White Hart Lane on 16th April 1910, some three years before we really wound them up by moving within four miles of them into a stadium with […]
Posted in match review on Apr 26th, 2017 136 Drinks »
Arsene Wenger rested tired legs for the visit of Leicester City. In came Hector Bellerin, Kieran Gibbs, Francis Coquelin, and Theo Walcott for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Rob Holding, Aaron Ramsey, and Olivier Giroud. Nacho Monreal switched to one of the back three. It was the visitors who got the first chance when a careless back heel […]
Posted in match preview on Apr 25th, 2017 62 Drinks »
Still basking in the afterglow of Sunday? I know I am, but the players have no time to reflect on just what they achieved on Sunday as they prepare for the visit of the champions, Leicester City, on Wednesday. When the Foxes came calling last season the match had even more significance than this season. […]
Posted in match review on Apr 24th, 2017 35 Drinks »
Good morning. You can spot the Arsenal supporters this morning. We are the ones with a smile wide enough to insert a banana sideways. Of all the good days I have been following the club that was right up there with the best. It helped that my company from lunchtime in the fanzone through to […]
Posted in match preview on Apr 22nd, 2017 120 Drinks »
Well, as evening’s go that wasn’t so bad after all. The bus stop in Fulham somehow managed to beat a far superior Middlesex team which must have absolutely infuriated our friends in the north. One can only hope that shattering defeat has ramifications for next Sunday. Let’s worry about that after we have played the […]
Posted in history on Apr 20th, 2017 54 Drinks »
“My memories are the old Wembley because it’s the first time I played in 98 I think against Newcastle in the Final. When I was a kid I watched the games at Wembley on television so that (98 Final) was the first time for me to reach Wembley. Now we have been a bit more […]
Posted in match review on Apr 17th, 2017 82 Drinks »
Arsene Wenger swung the axe for the trip to the Riverside. Petr Cech and Laurent Koscielny returned from injury, and there were recalls for Rob Holding, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Aaron Ramsey, and Olivier Giroud. Out went Emiliano Martinez, Hector Bellerin, Skhodran Mustafi, Mohamed Elneny, Theo Walcott, and Danny Welbeck. There was pre-match speculation that the boss […]
Posted in match preview on Apr 15th, 2017 98 Drinks »
Four in a row. It was a game I loved when I was a pup. Now it means the number of away league defeats we have suffered in our current run I am less enamoured with it. We need a gloom lifting performance in Middlesbrough on Monday evening, especially after yet more results went against […]
Posted in comment on Apr 11th, 2017 119 Drinks »
I remember with some sadness the decision of Muhammad Ali to come out of retirement and fight Larry Holmes to try and claim the world heavyweight title for a record fourth time. In order to get the ok to box again Ali underwent a physical examination in the Mayo Clinic. He was given the all clear […]
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