Posted in Match Report on Feb 2nd, 2025
As Dave would say, it is one of the good days. How much would he have enjoyed that? It started badly though. Five minutes before kickoff, a tea-related accident saw me fail to place the filter jug securely on the sideboard and my desperate fumbling did not manage to prevent it crashing to the floor, […]
Posted in Match Report on Jan 30th, 2025
Match day 8 of the Champions League. How successful has this format been? There have been differences of opinion even within the digital pages of this blog. Some (e.g. TTG) have opined that the extra two matches in the group stage were unnecessary, have filled the January schedule to an impossible degree and have been […]
Posted in Match Report on Jan 25th, 2025
Not Cricket Sports have rules. It is how we define them and what gives them meaning. For example, in football it is not possible to score points by picking the ball up and running the length of the pitch holding it in your hand, whereas in rugby that is a legitimate way to score points. […]
Posted in Match Report on Jan 23rd, 2025
Sometimes, we all can become so very wedded to a particular narrative about how the world is supposed to be, and how we expect it to be, that even when our actual experience of the reality continues to prove our expectations unfounded, we hold on dearly to the belief system that we have already built […]
Posted in Match Report on Jan 20th, 2025
Embed from Getty Images Why do we love Arsenal? And why do we care about them as much as we do? These are questions we have all asked ourselves at various points over the course of our Arsenal supporting lives. As with supporting any football club, there are highs and lows no matter the size […]
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