Posted in Match Report on Apr 7th, 2024
So, on a typical April day of sunshine and showers we were off to Brighton. We had never been to the Amex stadium, indeed my last visit to see Brighton at home had been when I was about 10 and my parents were visiting friends who lived there. No idea who the opponents were. The […]
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Posted in Match Report on Apr 4th, 2024
Embed from Getty Images Arsenal eased back to the top of the Premier League with a largely untroubled 2-0 home win over Luton Town tonight. It was an excellent outcome on a night when Mikel Arteta made five changes from the titanic show of defensive resilience at the Emptihad on Sunday. He brought in Zinchenko […]
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Posted in Match Report on Apr 1st, 2024
23 years ago yesterday, we lost the footballing great that was David Rocastle. He was famous for his wonderful skill, his indomitable spirit, his boundless tenacity. It was somehow fitting that Arsenal should be playing one of the biggest games of the season, in which we would need to exhibit all these qualities, on the […]
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Posted in Match Report on Mar 13th, 2024
I had been nervous about this game. The late kick in the teeth from the winner in Porto deep into added on time had changed the mind-set completely. Suddenly we had to score twice to win during the game, with the possibility of extra time and even penalties. And all against a side with Champions […]
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Posted in Match Report on Mar 9th, 2024
A dramatic night at the Home of Football saw us (eventually) restored to our rightful place at the top of the Premier League with a late header by Kai Havertz. It decided a bad-tempered and tense affair pockmarked by Brentford’s play-acting and simulation of head injuries. The ball was in play for less than fifty […]
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