Posted in Match Preview on May 15th, 2022
Embed from Getty Images And so to St James’ Park. Fourth place is still in our hands, if barely, after Thursday’s fiasco and Burnley’s VAR-assisted Sunday lunchtime defeat at the Armitage Shanks. With the neighbours’ remaining game being at Norwich, we need, as the Chinese say, a win-win situation, Our renascent Monday evening hosts will […]
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Posted in Match Preview on May 11th, 2022
The penultimate away fixture for this season takes us to the other end of the Seven Sisters Road, to finally play the COVID delayed north London derby at the Armitage Shanks Arena – that name is official, by the way – just try Googling the aforementioned arena and up pops our header photo! We go […]
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Posted in Match Preview on May 8th, 2022
Embed from Getty Images We got good news this week in the announcement that Arsenal’s Guipuzcoan guvnor Mikel Arteta received a two year contract extension that sees him commit his future to the club through 2025, putting the club on a solid managerial footing for the next three seasons. Arteta’s leadership has brought Arsenal, after […]
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Posted in Match Preview on Apr 29th, 2022
On Sunday afternoon we travel the short distance across London to the London Stadium (the Olympic Stadium that was virtually given to West Ham) for a vital London Derby. At least, it’s vital as far as we are concerned: it may be a game that West Ham feel they could well do without, sandwiched as […]
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Posted in Match Preview on Apr 22nd, 2022
Embed from Getty Images Arsenal vs Manchester United! Once a battle of Titans. Vieira against Keane. Keown against van Nistleroy. For over a decade these matches were highly competitive and often determined the destination of trophies. Passions were invariably close to the surface and often spilled over like in the ‘First Battle of Old Trafford’ […]
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