Posted in Waffle on Jul 17th, 2021
Embed from Getty Images As promised in the preview of our league game at Sheffield United last season, here are some summer ramblings on the early laws of the game. By way of disclosure, there is not much Arsenal in this as it covers the three decades before the club was founded. Still, I hope […]
A number of years ago I had the pleasure of briefly meeting Sir Geoff Hurst. I made the point to him that since late July 1966 he has almost lived a Groundhog Day existence. He understood my point that every single day of his life everyone who meets him (like me) only wants to speak […]
Posted in Waffle on Jun 2nd, 2021
For those of you keen to learn the results of the HolicsRopeyLeague annual contest, the long wait is over. I would like to announce that TTG emerged triumphant after a last day that saw the coveted title change hands several times over a nail-bitingly tense final 90 minutes. I would like to, but I can’t […]
I moved home in the same year Arsenal moved away from their spiritual home in Highbury, not that they or I had particularly planned it that way; while Arsenal’s move involved a mere hop and a skip over the Drayton Park railway lines mine took a massive leap over longitudinal lines to move to a […]
Several months ago I wrote a post, Loans, Moans & Groans, reviewing our then situation with regard to 10 players we had out on loan. Time now thanks to the Interlull to look briefly at how those loans went, or didn’t go as it turns out, and although there is still a week or so […]
The Goonerholicsforever auction in support of the Willow Foundation is over. Please click here for results.
