Posted in Match Report, Review on Jul 22nd, 2023
Embed from Getty Images As Mikel Arteta begins his fourth full season in charge, Arsenal face a different challenge than they have seen in any recent Summer, having just finished their best season since the Invincibles took the league title in 2003/04. Arsenal have been ambitiously focused on improving last year’s model, even as a smattering […]
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Posted in Review, Waffle on Nov 26th, 2022
I don’t read many autobiographies, especially sporting autobiographies which are inevitably ghost written (this one enlisted help from Amy Lawrence and Henry Winter) and often lack intellectual challenge. There are exceptions but that’s not what I’m here to write about. A few weeks ago our own Clock End Rider was kind enough to supply me with […]
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Posted in Interlull, Review on Nov 21st, 2022
We are pleased to mark England’s opening game (sans the One Love captain’s armband) of the 2022 World Cup by republishing a thoughtful piece by TTG that was first published on Gunnerstown after a dialogue over the controversies that have surrounded this event since good ol’ Sepp tentatively pulled the card bearing the name Qatar […]
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Posted in Review on Nov 19th, 2022
May 22nd, 2022. Arsenal thrash Everton 5-1 at a sun-soaked Emirates Stadium as we are pipped to the final Champions League spot by our fiercest rivals. But the mood remains upbeat. Throughout the 2021/22 season, Arsenal supporters are beginning to see Mikel Arteta’s fabulous process show significant signs of development. Despite being consigned to another […]
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Posted in Review on Sep 6th, 2022
Embed from Getty Images This is a rather rushed recollection of yesterday’s game in which Arsenal surrendered their unbeaten record to Manchester United. Recent seasons have seen the intensity of the rivalry between the two clubs diminish but yesterday’s match events and the comments of the pundits after the match ensured that all those long-suppressed […]
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