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Europe – Still to be Conquered!

Confession time – on a recent trip to Liverpool I took the opportunity to visit Anfield. I took the stadium tour and found myself envying one particular feature of their history – their achievements in Europe. For the record they have won six Champions Leagues (or European Cups) and three  UEFA Cups. They’ve also won […]

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I never enjoyed getting half-term reports at school. Being the subject of intense scrutiny and evaluation of performance was not as common when I was a schoolboy as it is now and the recipients of the report were very heavily invested in my progress emotionally and financially and their expectations were high. That might describe […]

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So Far … So Pretty Good!

As the celebrations continued after the win against Manchester City, it seemed reasonable to take stock, for the first time this season of how the 2023/24 season had started. In this second Interlull, I will look at three things. How Arsenal have started the season, how have other teams fared so far and finally, what […]

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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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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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