Posted in Match Report on Jan 8th, 2025
On a cold night in north London, an Arsenal side recently ravaged by viral illness and still learning how to play without its creative genius, Bukayo Saka, took on a vibrant and confident Newcastle United in the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final. We were delighted to see that Ødegaard had shaken off enough […]
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Posted in Match Report on Jan 5th, 2025
A trip to Brighton, to jolly old Sussex by the sea. The Amex stadium is in Falmer, in the middle of the facilities of the University of Sussex (where, once upon a time, my old University, including me, used to play an annual two day cricket match, with a night of revelry in Brighton between). […]
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Posted in Match Report on Jan 2nd, 2025
Embed from Getty Images Following the “news” that apart from White and Saka being unavailable, and Tomiyasu, Zinchenko and Sterling were refusing to relinquish their beds in the treatment room, Kai Havertz had reported sick – possibly no surprise remembering how he sniffled and snuffled in his post match interview after the Ipswich game. The […]
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Posted in Match Report on Dec 28th, 2024
The first league visit of Ipswich to the Emirates was not one they or most of the sixty thousand spectators will remember with any fondness. Even as an eye witness I am starting to find the game fading in my memory but the important facts are that Arsenal beat Ipswich and moved into second place […]
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Posted in Match Report on Dec 21st, 2024
Hello all, Dino here, and may I welcome you all to another match report from your official Crystal Palace correspondent! This afternoon I watched from the safety of the sofa as Arsenal beat Crystal Palace for the second time in four days to keep ourselves in third place. The four-goal margin of victory has done […]
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