Posted in match review on Apr 27th, 2009 14 Drinks »
What a strange and wonderful day that was. The trains ran on time. The sun shone. Middlesbrough arrived at the Grove and put up precious little resistance. Pints of Guinness mysteriously appeared in front of me at regular intervals, and the ticket inspector woke me up before we reached my station so I didn’t have to spend the […]
Posted in match review on Apr 21st, 2009 56 Drinks »
How on earth am I not minted tonight? I told you beforehand I had no option but to put the ‘holic pound (and several of his mates!) on an Arsenal victory. We should never be four to one against anyone, anywhere. The emotions ran high and swung this way and that through ninety-six minutes, and […]
Posted in match review on Apr 19th, 2009 38 Drinks »
As days go I have had worse. I’ve had better, of course, but losing a semi-final to strong opposition with a weakened team is not one of them. Those who seek a conventional match report are in the wrong place. The day itself was a mixed bag. A trouble-free trip meant I was in the […]
Posted in match review on Apr 15th, 2009 28 Drinks »
The evening starts with a call to ‘holicdad. Two weeks short of his eighty-seventh birthday he is having to spend more time than he would like visiting the doctor, so I am checking on the latest news. At the end of the conversation I try to take his mind off matters medical. “Will you be […]
Posted in match review on Apr 11th, 2009 25 Drinks »
It’s that day again. Happy St Totteringhams day, fellow ‘holics. Astonishingly though at 3.45 this afternoon that was the last thing on our minds. The first half at Wigan was every bit as difficult as expected beforehand. Not only did Steve Bruce’s side work energetically and virtually nullify any threat from the visitors, they grabbed […]
Posted in match review on Apr 7th, 2009 22 Drinks »
So it was everything we had anticipated, and then some. The nerves kicked in, were settled, and kicked in again. We somehow lost two players to injury against a side that likes to play football like us, but regained composure to level having gone behind. Earliest blow was Manuel Almunia limping out of a clearance […]
Posted in match review on Apr 4th, 2009 25 Drinks »
There is something about the first sunshine of spring, Arsenal playing at their expansive best, and winning a couple of bob, that lifts the spirits. The Guinness is sliding down a treat this evening. Emmanuel Adebayor, Cesc Fabregas, and Theo Walcott probably owed their starting roles to the knocks picked up by others in the […]
Posted in match review on Mar 23rd, 2009 26 Drinks »
As weekends go, that was not at all bad. Grandson (one of six!) was unbeaten in two matches for his under seven team on Sunday, but Saturday was more important for his footballing development. A shopping excursion in the morning saw Granddad fork out for an HDMI cable (sixty quid! It’s a bit of wire […]
Posted in match review on Mar 17th, 2009 39 Drinks »
Once again there is danger in blogging too soon after the final whistle has been blown. There is much emotion in the immediate aftermath of the contest and there may or may not be repercussions to wild accusations that have been made, possibly in haste, tonight. Let me set my stall out. For me Hull […]
Posted in match review on Mar 14th, 2009 37 Drinks »
It’s not often you get something for nothing. When the provider of the ‘something’ is a bookmaker then you know it’s your day! It wasn’t until I got back to the pub that someone suggested Andrey Arshavin had not landed the ‘holic pound in the second minute. Television cameras revealed that Blackburn’s Ooijer got the […]
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