Posted in Match Report on Sep 12th, 2020
I’ve been waking up on the opening day of the season as an active Gooner for 62 years and that feeling of butterflies mingling with anticipation has visited me every single year. It was no different today and those butterflies intensified with a look at the team. Elneny and Gabriel were surprise inclusions and Willian […]
Posted in Match Report on Aug 31st, 2020
As the traditional curtain-raiser – if you haven’t yet read Bathgooner’s excellent previous post about the fascinating history of the erstwhile Charity Shield, or Community Shield as it is known as nowadays, and Arsenal’s dominating records in it, I really must bring your attention to it – for the upcoming domestic season approached the general […]
Posted in Match Report on Aug 2nd, 2020
It seemed so strange not to be there. We have had five Wembley Cup Finals since 2011. I’ve been lucky enough to have been at all of them. The ritual was engrained. Early travel to Wembley, couple of beers, dinner on the way home. So many pictures were on social media before the game, including […]
Posted in Match Report on Jul 27th, 2020
Have we ever looked forward to the final day of the Premier League season with such an absence of interest? Our worst league standing in more than two decades already guaranteed, even the second tier of European club competition – once unthinkable for this proud club – no longer available via the league position, and […]
Posted in Match Report on Jul 22nd, 2020
The Arsenal rocked up at Villa Park for their penultimate league game of this strange season, on a warm July evening knowing that qualification for a European place, albeit only the Europa League, was still a possibility even if not entirely in our own hands. Qualification by winning the FA Cup for a record 14th […]
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