Posted in Match Preview on Mar 10th, 2020
Last week, while idly pondering Manchester City’s stadium name, I discovered that Etihad is only the second-largest airline in the UAE, trailing Emirates, the leader. What with Arsenal having named their stadium Emirates and signed a long-term “Fly Emirates” shirt sponsorship, some people might think Arsenal should be able to get better commercial deals than […]
Posted in Match Preview on Mar 6th, 2020
Tomorrow will see us turn our attention back to the Premier League with the visit of West Ham. Since we beat Everton in that eventful 3-2 win we have played in two cups, with contrasting fortunes. Our disappointing loss to Olympiakos in the Europa League can be offset against our win against Portsmouth in the […]
Posted in Match Preview on Mar 1st, 2020
What a difference a few days can make. Arsenal will now be looking at their 5th round FA Cup away tie with Portsmouth quite differently than they would have been thinking about it prior to last Thursday’s disappointing exit from Europa League competition at the hands of Olympiakos. Mikel Arteta’s mandate for the players will […]
Posted in Match Preview on Feb 26th, 2020
Having decided it was high time to watch my first Europa League match of the season, last Thursday I drove across the Mississippi River from St. Paul, Minnesota’s capital, to the city of Minneapolis, the state’s commercial hub and home of Brit’s Pub, the local mecca of televised football and ultimate resource for those whose […]
Posted in Match Preview on Feb 22nd, 2020
We bought our own house in Santa Cruz’s hinterlands in mid-2003, and had neither TV nor cable when we moved in. I had spent much of the previous few years watching sports at local bars which were walking distance from where we lived in town. So it was with great anticipation I signed for the […]
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