Posted in Interlull on Sep 7th, 2023
Embed from Getty Images The recent departure of Harry Kane and its impact on the fan base of our beloved North London neighbours started me thinking about moments in our history when a player (or players) has departed and they seem irreplaceable. The loss of a superstar says many things, as I suspect we will […]
When I was a young boy (around the time Hannibal crossed the Alps on an elephant) our Christmas present choices were more limited. XBoxes and PlayStations had not been remotely thought of, so at Christmas I used to love to be bought, and to play, Waddington’s finest board games like Monopoly, Cluedo, and a horse-racing game called […]
Posted in Goonerholic, Interlull, Politics on Dec 10th, 2022
In two weeks it will be Christmas Day. It will already also be the third anniversary of the passing of a great man, and a great friend of Gooners from around the world, who passed away in the early hours of Christmas Day 2019.I have struggled to know what to write about this World Cup, […]
Posted in Club History, Interlull on Dec 7th, 2022
Embed from Getty Images The last time we were top of the league at Christmas and went on to win the title was in 1947. Few, if any, in this bar, save Dr F.’s interlocutor in the previous, most excellent post, will remember that Christmas. American crooner Buddy Clark topped the UK pop charts with An […]
Posted in Club History, Interlull, Waffle on Dec 3rd, 2022
Outside the train window I could see a vast expanse of olive groves interspersed with stretches of gently undulating pastures, deserted but not desolate. I had fallen asleep with my head leaning back towards the empty aisle seat next to mine, and as I opened my eyes the landscape outside was the first thing I […]
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