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Monthly Archive for February, 2020

It was a cold and rainy night in the city by the bay. The sort of night to test the calibre of Arsenal’s young guns who arrived in Piraeus on the back of an 8 match unbeaten run in cup and league. Before the match Mikel Arteta had talked of his belief that our younger […]

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Thursday evening sees us return to everyone’s least favourite competition away at Olympiacos. It is one we must take seriously though as it offers silverware and a possible return to the holy land of the Champion’s League. After a long Winter break between the usually dull group stages and the latter rounds we can now […]

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I was supposed to write this match report from a hotel room in India, in the middle of the dark night, my creativity fueled by sleeplessness, drinks, and a long day of visiting friends and relatives that despite sapping physical energy – or maybe, because of that – tends to light up the imagination. Bereft […]

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Newcastle United’s visit to the Home of Football terminates the first Premier League two-week winter-lull. It pitches 10th against 12th with both teams on 31 points, the Gunners sitting two places above the Magpies by virtue of a better goal difference of -2 compared to their -12. A true mid-table six-pointer! Two other teams share […]

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I celebrate a BIG birthday next year and I have begun to realise that I have been following Arsenal for sixty three years. Reflecting on this it staggers me how much the experience of following a club has changed. We are all familiar with the change in player lifestyles (I remember my father being very […]

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