Posted in Match Preview on Sep 30th, 2024
And so to the Stadium of Stone for the Tuesday evening’s visit of our first Pot 1 opponent in the new format Champions League, French champions Paris Saint-Germain. PSG is an artifice in that it was created at the start of the 1970s to fill the vacuum in Paris caused by the absence of a […]
Posted in Match Preview on Sep 27th, 2024
And Breathe, And Leicester This Saturday at 3pm (UK time) sees us back at Ashburton Grove to welcome lowly Leicester in our first PL game since the blood and thunder outing at the home of deceit last weekend. A chance to draw breath in what certainly feels like a very eventful start to this campaign […]
Posted in Match Preview on Sep 24th, 2024
The EFL Cup tropy. Image: Wikimedia Commons. I’ve only been to Bolton once and it wasn’t for a football match. In 2016 I was involved in a charity project and one of the people we helped was Paul. Paul was 39, a lively, successful manager of a big car dealership in Bolton and a fanatical […]
Posted in Match Preview on Sep 21st, 2024
It’s been a very good week for the Arsenal. A win at Tottenham and a draw at Europa League winners, Atalanta, in the Champions League, both achieved in the face of an injury and suspension crisis with two brilliant defensive displays. What a shame that with one of the biggest games of the season around […]
Posted in Match Preview on Sep 18th, 2024
And so to Alpine Lombardy, where a new opponent and a new Champions League format await. One of the rewards of CL qualification is meant to be not having to play Thursday night football. However, we shall be playing football on Thursday night in hilly and historic Bergamo where Atalanta hosts us in its newly […]
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