Posted in Match Report on Sep 4th, 2024
with minor input from ClockEndRider In order to break the interminable boredom created by yet another ineffably pointless Interlull, CER and I decided to take in a game in the Bristol Street Motors Trophy where Arsenal’s U-21 team were playing away at Brisbane Road, the venerable old stadium of Leyton Orient. The last time we […]
Posted in Match Report on Sep 1st, 2024
Yesterday afternoon a referee called Chris Kavanagh, from Ashton, Greater Manchester, put in the worst refereeing performance I have seen in over 60 years of watching football. He made poor decision after poor decision. The game turned on his sending off of Declan Rice around 50 minutes, for a second yellow card for delaying the […]
Posted in Match Report on Aug 25th, 2024
The Arsenal started the first of a run of potentially tricky fixtures this weekend with a trip to Villa Park to face the only Premier League team to beat us in 2024. As I have given the result away in the headline, I won’t indulge in any ‘could we, would we, shenanigans’ and will move […]
Posted in Match Report on Aug 18th, 2024
It’s so good to be back. Ok, so this was my third visit to the Emirates in the last ten days but the Emirates Cup, despite all its glory and prestige, is no match for the big kick-off itself. Since mid-May I have been sat on a park bench twiddling my thumbs eagerly awaiting the […]
Posted in Match Report on Aug 12th, 2024
A glorious summer day provided the background to our final pre-season friendly. The Emirates was packed with young families mostly, it seemed to me, taking advantage of the fact that tickets were both easily available and relatively affordable. My tickets were about £30 for sitting more or less at the front of the West Upper […]
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