Posted in match review on Aug 2nd, 2011 393 Drinks »
It wasn’t only the referee who denied Thierry Henry his final wish at the Grove on Sunday. The great man had an opportunity to score the goal that would have brought the loudest cheers of the afternoon denied by a fine save from Wojciech Szczesny. Now you will have seen the rather grainy image of the goal in […]
Posted in match review on Aug 1st, 2011 268 Drinks »
It’s a different game today alright. I had the good fortune to view proceedings from a privileged vantage point, and for much of the afternoon the football matched the surroundings. It was relaxed, calming even. However, the sting in the tail was one mistake too many for some elsewhere in the ground. The rights and […]
Posted in match review on Jul 30th, 2011 183 Drinks »
I’m off to the Grove for the first time this season tomorrow. I must say I seem to have picked the best day. I will be there for what will surely be the best atmosphere as Arsenal come up against a true Gunners legend. I will be among people who I suspect are mostly enthusiastic, […]
Posted in match review on Jul 23rd, 2011 430 Drinks »
Finally, I got to see ninety minutes live. It was an interesting experience. I shared the afternoon with the good people of Twitter, the drinks, and a couple of other blogs. It wasn’t a surprise, but some people attach rather too much importance to games of this nature. After a lively opening by Cologne the […]
Posted in match review on Jul 16th, 2011 262 Drinks »
Some close season games catch the imagination. I’m sure to the vast Chinese television audience the game with Hangzhou Greentown was unmissable. Arsenal have conquered Asia, it would appear, but a score draw is bound to prompt more critical reviews back home. One cannot dispute the fact that a weakened Arsenal starting eleven showed some […]
Posted in match review on Jul 14th, 2011 244 Drinks »
It’s a new guest poster being introduced to you today, although both his style and he will be familiar to regular ‘drinkers’. The artist sometimes known as Wolfgang Smallballs has rescued me as I have still yet to see anything other than the twelve minutes of highlights that eventually appeared on Arsenal Player last night. […]
Posted in match review on May 23rd, 2011 106 Drinks »
So the last day of the season. The highlights were… at the Eight Bells. Lunch is served… Nice pint at the river… Spend some flipping money. And afterwards… Can’t believe they lost the Timothy Taylor beers. Not on. Swines. G’night all, for this season.
Posted in match review on May 15th, 2011 570 Drinks »
“I shall be glad to avoid…what could be a less enthusiastic than usual response to the lap of appreciation at the end of the game. I hope I am wrong, but I sense there could just be a mixed reception for the boys at this one.” OK, so I’m no soothsayer. I think everybody could […]
Posted in match review on May 8th, 2011 196 Drinks »
I know. You came here for perspective. You came here for a sense of ‘well that sort of thing happens but we are still Arsenal”. Sorry. Not today. At two this afternoon there was still a feasible, if highly unlikely, series of results that would see us somehow land the title. At two this afternoon […]
Posted in match review on May 2nd, 2011 172 Drinks »
I’m inspired. By friends new and old. Thank you for your company, and your whisky! This was a day to treasure in an end of season that has seen us contrive to snatch misery from the brink of glory. Yet it had started with some considerable surprise when the team news reached the pub and […]
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